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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician (1919–1985)}}<br />
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| name = Kanhaiya Lal Balmiki<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date |1919|3|14|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Village Khanai, [[Baluchistan Agency|Baluchistan]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|9|2|1919|3|14|df=y}}<ref name="eparlib">{{cite book |title=Lok Sabha Debates: Eighth Series |date=1985-12-20 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |location=New Delhi |pages=1–2 |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1408/1/lsd_08_04_20-12-1985.pdf#page=7 |language=en}}</ref><br />
| death_place = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]<br />
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] in [[Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Bulandshahr Lok Sabha constituency|Bulandshahr]]<br />
| term1 = 1952—1962<br />
| predecessor1 = constituency created<br />
| successor1 = [[Surendra Pal Singh (politician)|Surendra Pal Singh]]<br />
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| constituency2 = [[Khurja Lok Sabha constituency|Khurja]]<br />
| term_start2 = 1962<br />
| term_end2 = 1967<br />
| predecessor2 = constituency created<br />
| successor2 = Ram Charan<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
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| spouse = Ramavati Devi<br />
| children = 4 (2 sons & 2 daughters)<br />
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| source = https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/604.htm <br />
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'''Kanhaiya Lal Balmiki''' (14 March 1919 — 2 September 1985) was an Indian politician. He along with [[Raghubar Dayal Misra]] were the [[1st Lok Sabha]] MP from the [[Bulandshahr Lok Sabha constituency|Bulandshahr]] constituency of [[Uttar Pradesh]] as a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="Kshīrasāgara1994">{{cite book|author=Rāmacandra Kshīrasāgara|title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wx218EFVU8MC&pg=PA175|access-date=15 November 2018|year=1994|publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=978-81-85880-43-3|pages=175–}}</ref><ref name="ShankarRodrigues2014">{{cite book|author1=B.L. Shankar|author2=Valerian Rodrigues|title=The Indian Parliament: A Democracy at Work|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0vQtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT144|access-date=15 November 2018|date=15 December 2014|publisher=OUP India|isbn=978-0-19-908825-6|pages=144–}}</ref> K.L. Balmiki also remained as MP in the [[3rd Lok Sabha]] representing [[Khurja Lok Sabha constituency|Khurja]] from 1962 to 1967.<br />
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Balmiki was born 14 March 1919 in the village of Khanai ([[Baluchistan Agency|Baluchistan]]). He was educated in [[Government Intermediate College]], [[Allahabad]] and [[Meerut College]]. Married to Ramavati Devi on June 15, 1941, they have two sons and two daughters.<ref name="loksabhaph">{{cite web |title=Balmiki, Shri Kanhaiya Lal — Members Bioprofile |url=https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/604.htm |publisher=Lok Sabha |access-date=10 September 2020}}</ref><br />
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Balmiki actively participated in the [[Quit India Movement]]. As a student, he participated several times in [[Hartal]] and [[Satyagraha]]. He was imprisoned as a political detainee during 1943—1945.<ref name="loksabhaph" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/604.htm Official Biographical Sketch in Lok Sabha Website]<br />
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[[Category:1919 births]]<br />
[[Category:1985 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 1952–1957]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 1957–1962]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 1962–1967]]<br />
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