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<p>Add: title. Changed bare reference to CS1/2. | <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:UCB" class="extiw" title="wp:UCB">Use this bot</a>. <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:DBUG" class="extiw" title="wp:DBUG">Report bugs</a>. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | Linked from User:BrownHairedGirl/Articles_with_bare_links | #UCB_webform_linked 514/2163</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox Indian politician<br /> | name = Devendra Sharma<br /> | image = Devendra_Sharma.jpg<br /> | office = Member, 15th Vidhan Sabha<br /> | constituency = [[Aul (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|AUL]]<br /> | term_start = 2014<br /> | office1 = Member: [[Odisha Vidhan Sabha]]<br /> | term_start1 = 28 May 2014<br /> | party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br /> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|03|18|df=y}}<br /> | birth_place = [[Cuttack]], [[Odisha]]<br /> | residence = Aul<br /> | birth_name = Devendra Sharma<br /> | profession = politician, social worker, lawyer<br /> | education = Ravenshaw Collegiate School<br /> | spouse = Anita Devi (m. 1 July 1993)<br /> | children = [[Dr. Debasmita Sharma]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Devendra Sharma&#039;&#039;&#039; is an Indian politician, currently serving as a Member of [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]. He is one of the strong leaders of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee and a member of Opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly. He is the 15th MLA, elected from the [[Aul (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Aul constituency]] in 2014.&lt;ref name=&quot;:1&quot;&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/orissa/assembly-constituencies/aul.html|title=Aul Elections Results 2014, Current MLA, Candidate List of Assembly Elections in Aul, Orissa}}&lt;/ref&gt; He belongs to the [[Indian National Congress]] party.<br /> <br /> ==Early life==<br /> <br /> Sharma was born in Cuttack, Odisha to Dr. Dibakar Sharma, Ex-MLA Aul and Kumari Kamala Devi. He studied at Ravenshaw Collegiate School, Cuttack. He studied law at [[Mayurbhanj Law College]] and graduated in 1982. Sharma is the grandson of Kabiraj Jagannath Sharma.<br /> <br /> ==Political career==<br /> <br /> Sharma followed in the footsteps of his father and is currently the Member of the Legislative Assembly from Aul, Odisha. He heads the district congress association, Kendrapara, and is a member of AICC and OPCC.<br /> <br /> ==Sports==<br /> <br /> Sharma is an active member of the Odisha cricket association and president of the district cricket association, Kendrapara. He is mainly known in India and Odisha for his work in the field of football as he is responsible for the recognition of many star female Indian footballers such as Sasmita Malick.<br /> <br /> ==Social work==<br /> <br /> He runs Dr. Dibakar Sharma girls&#039; high school meant for educating poor girls, and also runs Satya Sai School for the poor in Aul. He is also the President of Aul College.<br /> <br /> ==Personal life==<br /> <br /> Sharma married Kumari Anita Devi of Raj Korkor, on 1 July 1993, the daughter of Zamindar Gagananda Rout Bahadur and Kumari Atara Devi of Payara. They have one child, a daughter named Debasmita Sharma. Sharma is a doctor by profession having completed her MBBS from Indore, Madhya pradesh and schooling from four respected schools in Shimla, Bhubaneswar in India and United Kingdom.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Devendra}}<br /> [[Category:1959 births]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]<br /> [[Category:Indian Hindus]]<br /> [[Category:People from Cuttack]]</div>

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