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|name = Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna<br />
|image=Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna 2018 stamp of India.jpg<br />
|caption = Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna on a 2018 stamp of India<br />
|native_name = <br />
|native_name_lang = <br />
|office = 13th [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]]<br />
|term_start = 28 July 1979<br />
|term_end = 25 October 1979<br />
|primeminister = Charan Singh<br />
|predecessor = [[Charan Singh]]<br />
|successor = Charan Singh<br />
|order1 = 9th<br />
|office1 = Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh<br />
|term_start1 = 8 November 1973<br />
|term_end1 = 29 November 1975<br />
|governor1 = [[Akbar Ali Khan (politician)|Akbar Ali Khan]]<br/>[[Marri Chenna Reddy]]<br />
|predecessor1 = [[President's rule]]<br />
|successor1 = President's rule<br />
|birth_date = 25 April 1919<br />
|birth_place = [[Pauri Garhwal]], [[United Provinces of Agra and Oudh]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]])<br />
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1989|03|17|1919|04|25}}<br />
|death_place = [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], [[U.S.]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Allahabad University]]<br />
|spouse = [[Kamala Bahuguna]]<br />
|children = [[Vijay Bahuguna]] (son)<br/>[[Rita Bahuguna Joshi]] (daughter)<br />
|party =[[Bharatiya Lok Dal]]<br />
|otherparty=[[Indian National Congress]] and [[Congress for Democracy]] }}<br />
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'''Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna''' (25 April 1919 – 17 March 1989) was an [[Indian National Congress]] leader and former [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]]; he later joined [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]] and worked with [[Charan Singh]].<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
He was born on 25 April 1919 in Bughani, [[Pauri Garhwal]], [[Uttarakhand]] in a [[Garhwali people|Garhwali]] [[Brahmin]] family.<ref>{{cite news |title=Big fight for Brahmin votes in Uttar Pradesh |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/big-fight-for-brahmin-votes-in-uttar-pradesh-874065.html |access-date=27 September 2020 |work=Deccan Herald |date=16 August 2020 |language=en}}</ref> The family later moved to Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="Pauri">{{cite web|publisher=Pauri Garhwal Group |title=Hemanti Nandan Bahuguna|url=http://www.paurigarhwal.com/celebrities/hemantinandanbahuguna.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601164421/http://www.paurigarhwal.com/celebrities/hemantinandanbahuguna.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 June 2007 |access-date=15 March 2015}}</ref><br />
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Little is known about his first marriage. His first wife always lived in his native village Bughani as a simple village woman.<br />
His 2nd wife, [[Kamala Bahuguna]], lived with him in [[Allahabad]] and was mother of their 3 children:<br />
:*Their eldest son [[Vijay Bahuguna]] served as the Chief Minister of Uttrakhand. He was a former judge of Allahabad and [[Bombay High Court]]. Currently he is member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
:*Second son Shekhar Bahuguna.<br />
:*The couple's daughter, [[Rita Bahuguna|Rita Bahuguna Joshi]] was chief of UP Pradesh Congress committee. She also served as the Mayor of [[Allahabad]]. Currently she is member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<br />
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A personal tribute to him has recently been written.<ref>[https://southasiamonitor.org/open-forum/h-n-bahuguna-man-who-could-be-prime-minister H.N. Bahuguna Who Could be Prime Minister. South Asia Monitor, 25 April 2021]</ref><br />
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==Politics==<br />
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===Pre independence===<br />
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====Students Parliament====<br />
He studied in D.A.V. School and Messmore Inter College of Pauri Town. He passed 10th from Pauri and went to the [[Government Intermediate College]] in Allahabad in 1937 in the Bachelor or Science programme. He received an Arts degree in 1946.<ref name="Pauri" /><br />
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====In jail====<br />
He was jailed as a part of Quit India movement from 1942 to 1946.{{Citation needed|date = January 2015}}<br />
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===Post independence===<br />
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====Union Cabinet====<br />
In 1971, he was made State Minister for Communication in the Union Cabinet.<br />
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====Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh====<br />
In 1973, he was appointed as the Chief Minister of [[Uttar Pradesh]], the most populous state in India. However, his tenure was short and he was forced to resign by Prime minister [[Indira Gandhi]] in 1975.<br />
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====Parting of ways with the Congress====<br />
In early 1977, when Indira Gandhi lifted the state emergency and called for new elections to the Lok Sabha, Bahuguna left the ruling Congress party of Indira and formed a new group called [[Congress for Democracy]] (CFD) with [[Jagjivan Ram]] and [[Nandini Satpathy]]. The CFD joined the Janata alliance to contest the elections. After the victory of the Janata alliance, Bahuguna joined the cabinet of Janata Prime Minister [[Morarji Desai]] as the [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers|minister of chemicals and fertilizers]].<br />
In 1979, he became the Finance Minister under the short lived ( August - December 1979) Charan Singh administration. During his term, Indian economy went into the last recession of the 20th century. Real GDP growth fell by massive 5.2% in 1979 due to the [[1979 energy crisis|global energy crisis]]. Bahuguna withdrew from the government and joined hands with Indira Gandhi in October 1979<br />
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In the January 1980 Parliamentary elections he won from [[Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Garhwal]] as Indira Gandhi's Congress(I) party candidate. But, he soon left the party and resigned his seat subsequently. He won the by-election for the seat in 1982.<br />
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====1984 Lok Sabha Elections====<br />
He contested against the Congress candidate, [[Amitabh Bachchan]], in [[1984 Indian general election|1984 Parliamentary elections]] from [[Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Allahabad constituency]]. Bachhan won the election by approximately 1,87,000 votes. Later his wife Kamla Bahuguna also stood for by-elections from Allahabad.<br />
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===Electoral history===<br />
* 1971 : Elected to Lok Sabha from [[Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Allahabad]] as member of Congress<br />
* 1977 : Elected to Lok Sabha from Lucknow as member of 'Congress For Democracy', supported by Janata Party<br />
* 1980 : Elected to lok Sabha from [[Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Garhwal]] as member of Congress, but soon quit both Congress and Lok Sabha <br />
* 1982 bypoll : Elected to Lok Sabha from Garhwal, defeating his Congress rival <br />
* 1984 : Lost to Amitabh Bachchan in Prayagraj (Allahbad)<br />
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==Death==<br />
Bahuguna fell ill in 1988 and flew to the United States for coronary bypass surgery. The surgery was unsuccessful and he died 17 March 1989 in a Cleveland hospital.<br />
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==Legacy==<br />
* [[Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University]], [[Uttarakhand]]'s largest university in [[Srinagar, Uttarakhand|Srinagar]], [[Pauri Garhwal]]<br />
* [[Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Uttarakhand Medical Education University]], in [[Dehradun]], Uttarakhand<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140721050934/http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/CHIEF%20MINISTERS.HTM Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh]<br />
* {{cite web|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/UP.htm|title=Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|access-date=16 March 2013}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928031108/http://www.hnbahuguna.com/aboutme.html Biography]<br />
* [http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99aug27/nation.htm Bahugana's daughter runs in Amethi]<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090410015111/http://uplegassembly.nic.in/mini_b.htm MINISTERS]<br />
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