Brahm Prakash (politician)

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Brahm Prakash

| title =

| image = Chaudhary Brahm Parkash.jpg

| caption =

| birth_name = Brahm Prakash Yadav

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1918|06|16}}

| birth_place = Delhi, British India

| residence = Delhi, India

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1993|8|11|1918|06|16}}

| death_place = Delhi, India

| constituency = Nangloi Jat

| order5 = 1st

| office5 = Chief Minister of Delhi

| term_start5 = 17 March 1952

| term_end5 = 12 February 1955

| predecessor5 = Office Established

| successor5 = Gurmukh Nihal Singh

| office4 = Member of the Lok Sabha for
Delhi Sadar

| term_start4 = 1957

| term_end4 = 1962

| predecessor4 = Constituency Established

| successor4 = Shiv Charan Gupta

| term_start3 = 1962

| term_end3 = 1967

| predecessor3 = Naval Prabhakar

| successor3 = Vacant

| term_start2 = 1967

| term_end2 = 1971

| predecessor2 = Vacant

| successor2 = Dalip Singh

| office1 = Member of the Lok Sabha for Outer Delhi

| term_start1 = 1977

| term_end1 = 1980

| predecessor1 = Dalip Singh

| successor1 = Sajjan Kumar

| office = 13th Minister of Agriculture

| term_start = 30 July 1979

| term_end = 14 January 1980

| primeminister = Charan Singh

| predecessor = Surjit Singh Barnala

| successor = Rao Birendra Singh

| party = Indian National Congress,
Janata Party

| spouse =

| footnotes =

}}

Brahm Prakash Yadav (6 June 1918 – 11 August 1993) was an Indian politician, the first Chief Minister of Delhi and a freedom fighter who played an important role in the individual Satyagraha Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1940. His father was a famous landlord, Bhagwan Das Yadav, they hailed from Shakurpur village of Delhi.{{cite news |last1=Roy |first1=Sidhartha |date=28 September 2013 |title=Brahm Prakash: Delhi's first CM, ace parliamentarian |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/brahm-prakash-delhi-s-first-cm-ace-parliamentarian/story-uClZvLM4Ku9yuRtSCYBEnL.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=5 April 2025}}

Career

= Indian Independence movement =

He was among the leaders of the underground activities in Delhi during the Quit India movement. He was imprisoned many times during the freedom struggle.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107015945/http://www.hindu.com/2006/06/17/stories/2006061716020400.htm New Delhi News : Briefly]. The Hindu (17 June 2006). Retrieved on 21 November 2018.[https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/releases98/lyr2001/raug2001/11082001/r110820013.html Commemorative Postage Stamp on Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Released]. Pib.nic.in. Retrieved on 21 November 2018.

= Post independence =

Post-independence, Prakash served as Minister in charge of Planning and Development as well as the first Chief Minister of Delhi at the age of 34 years, the second-youngest Chief Minister in India in 1952–55.{{cite web |title=History of Delhi Legislative Assembly|url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/history_assembly.htm|date= |publisher=Legislative Assembly of Delhi website |page=}}{{cite web | title = Brahm Prakash: Delhi's first CM, ace parliamentarian | publisher = Hindustan Times | url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/coverage/myindia-myvote/chunk-ht-ui-myindiamyvote-delhi/brahm-prakash-delhi-s-first-cm-ace-parliamentarian/sp-article10-1127703.aspx | date = 27 September 2013 | accessdate = 22 January 2014 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140301071356/http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/coverage/myindia-myvote/chunk-ht-ui-myindiamyvote-delhi/brahm-prakash-delhi-s-first-cm-ace-parliamentarian/sp-article10-1127703.aspx | archivedate = 1 March 2014 | df = dmy-all }} His stints in the Parliament twice won him accolades as an able parliamentarian. While he was with Congress Party, he was elected to Lok Sabha from Delhi Sadar constituency in 1957, and from Outer Delhi in 1962 and 1967. He joined Janata Party later, and was elected to Lok Sabha again in 1977 from Outer Delhi. When the party split in 1979, he joined the Charan Singh faction, and became a minister for a few months. He made noteworthy contributions as the Union Cabinet Minister for Food, Agriculture, Irrigation and Cooperatives.{{cite book|last1=Kamath|first1=M. V.|title=Milkman from Anand: the story of Verghese Kurien|date=1996|publisher=Konark Publishers|page=386|isbn=9788122004137|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HGjtAAAAMAAJ&q=Chaudhary+Brahm+Prakash}}

The cause of depressed sections of the society, rural development and empowerment of the weaker sections were issues, which were very close to the heart of Prakash. He was quick to realise the potential of cooperative societies in mitigating the hardships of the village folks. As early as in 1945, he started organising village and agriculture cooperatives. He was also a proponent of the Panchayati Raj institutions. He organised the National Union of Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Minorities in 1977 to work for the welfare of these weaker sections.Puri, Rajinder (13 June 2007) [https://web.archive.org/web/20071014215403/https://www.boloji.com/myword/mw082.htm Quota Quagmire].boloji.com

Prakash and Kurien of NDDB promoted the idea of Cooperative Companies to help free the cooperatives from the shackles of Government control through the Registrar of Cooperative Societies. It was a precursor to the present Producer Company model.{{cite book|last1=Misra|first1=Biswa Swarup|title=Credit Cooperatives in India: Past, Present and Future|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136994036|year=2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7yHJBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT58|page=2.3}}{{cite book|title=State of the Indian farmer, millennium study|date=2006|publisher=Academic Foundation in association with Dept. of Agriculture and cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788171884940|page=90|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=85ffW3cNfwQC&pg=PA90}}{{cite book|last1=Sriram|first1=Samar K. Datta, M.S.|last2=Sriram|first2=M. S.|title=Towards a perspective on flow of credit to small and marginal farmers in India|date=2012|publisher=Allied|location=New Delhi [etc.]|isbn=9788184247602|page=48|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=irO-BkxmbIYC&pg=PA48}}

References

External links

[https://archive.pib.gov.in/archive/releases98/lyr2001/raug2001/09082001/r0908200119.html Commemorative Postage Stamp on the First Chief Minister of Delhi Chaudhary Brahm Prakash]
[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2007/20070808/delhi.htm#12 Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Delhi Rajkiya Charak Ayurvedic Sansthan]

{{Succession box|

before=NA (British Raj)|

title=Chief Minister of the Delhi|

after=Gurumukh Nihal Singh|

years=1952–55}}

Category:1918 births

Category:1993 deaths

Category:Chief ministers of Delhi

Category:People from West Delhi district

Category:India MPs 1962–1967

Category:India MPs 1967–1970

Category:India MPs 1977–1979