Yagya Datt Sharma
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Yagya Datt Sharma was a governor of Orissa and a member of fourth and sixth Lok Sabha representing Amritsar and Gurdaspur parliamentary constituencies of Punjab during 1967-70 and 1977-79. He wasa leader of Bharatiya Janata Party . An ayurvedic physician by profession, he worked to improve indigenous system of medicine and to promote ayurvedic system of medicine. During the famines of 1943 in Bengal and Kangra-Kula valley in 1945-46, he alongwith a team of doctors from Punjab provided succour to the famine-stricken people.
He also worked for the relief and rehabilitation of refugees in 1947 and rendered medical assistance to the sick.
He died in New Delhi on 4 July, 1996 at the age of 75 years.
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