Yadavendra Dutt Dubey

Yadavendra Dutt Dubey (1918–1999) was the Maharaja of Jaunpur since 1956. He had been a member of the Hindu nationalist organisation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since 1942 and became its sanghchalak (director) for the Varanasi division.[1] He was elected to the 6th and 9th Lok Sabha from Jaunpur on a Bharatiya Jan Sangh ticket. He was a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for 17 years and served as its leader of opposition from 1962 to 1964.[2]

References
  1. Jaffrelot, Christophe (1996). The Hindu Nationalist Movement and Indian Politics. C. Hurst & Co. Publishers. p. 187. ISBN 978-1850653011.
  2. "Members Bioprofile". Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014.


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