Yagya Datt Sharma
| Yagya Dutt Sharma | |
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| Governor of Odisha | |
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In office 7 February 1990 – 1 February 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Saiyid Nurul Hasan |
| Succeeded by | Saiyid Nurul Hasan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
21 September 1922 Punjab, British India |
| Died | 4 July 1996 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Profession | Politician |
| Religion | Hindu |
Yagya Dutt Sharma (21 October 1922 in Takhatgarh village, Ropar district, Punjab, India – 4 July 1996 in New Delhi) was an Indian politician, a member of fourth and sixth Lok Sabha representing Amritsar and Gurdaspur parliamentary constituencies in Punjab during 1967-70 and 1977-79. He was also a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the Governor of Odisha from 1990 to 1993.
An ayurvedic physician by profession, he worked to improve indigenous system of medicine and to promote the ayurvedic system of medicine. During the famines of 1943 in Bengal and Kangra-Kula valley in 1945-46, he along with a team of doctors from Punjab provided relief to the famine-stricken people.
He also worked for the relief and rehabilitation of refugees in 1947 and rendered medical assistance to the sick.
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