Sampurnanand
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Sampurnanand | |
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संपूर्णानंद | |
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh | |
In office 28 December 1954 – 7 December 1960 | |
Preceded by | Govind Ballabh Pant |
Succeeded by | Chandra Bhanu Gupta |
Personal details | |
Born | British India | 1 January 1891
Died | 10 January 1969 Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India | (aged 78)
Political party | Indian National Congress |
Sampurnanand (1 January 1891 – 10 January 1969) was an Indian teacher and politician who served as the second
Born in
Sampurnanand became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1954, and served for nearly six years, until he was asked to step down following a political crisis in the UP government. As chief minister, Sampurnanand continued to promote the use of the Hindi language[5] and passed a ban on the slaughter of cattle, against the wishes of then-Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.[6] Following his resignation, he became Governor of Rajasthan in 1962, where he advocated for the "open prison" system, in which prisoners were allowed to live with family and work.[7]
Life
Sampurnanand was born to a
Babu Sampurnanandji was also an ardent freedom fighter. His jail-mates narrate that while under confinement in jail (as a freedom fighter) Babuji used to entertain them with discussions on astronomy and acquainted them with the night sky. Babuji had a modern outlook too and in this respect he was a curious mixture of diverse influences.
After Independence, Babu Sampurnanandji became Education Minister in the first popular government of
Dr Sampurnanand was first Chairman of State Lalit Kala Akademi, U.P. which was established on 8 February 1962 under the Department of Culture, Government of Uttar Pradesh as a fully funded autonomous body. Sampurnanand as a CM pushed Hindi (also Cow slaughter ban).
As a reformist governor of
References
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- ^ "Dr Sampurnanand, second UP CM, Sanskrit scholar and ex-journalist". The Indian Express. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ "::: Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi | Brief History :::". ssvv.ac.in. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Gould, William (July 2002). "Congress Radicals and Hindu Militancy: Sampurnanand and Purushottam Das Tandon in the Politics of the United Provinces, 1930-1947". Cambridge University Press. 36 (3) – via JSTOR.
- ^ "Long before Yogi Adityanath, a Congress CM banned cow slaughter in UP against Nehru's wishes". India Today. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
- ^ Goyal, Parikshit; Vedula, Kamesh (22 January 2021). "Understanding Open Prisons in India". Engage. 56 (4).
- "The men at Raj Bhavan". The Times of India. 26 September 2003. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 February 2024.