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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Shyam Lal Yadav
| honorific_suffix =
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| constituency = [[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<ref name=" Previous Lok Sabha ">{{cite news|title=Previous Lok Sabha|publisher=Lok Sabha website|accessdate=December 24, 2013 |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/lokprev.aspx|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116233330/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/lokprev.aspx|archivedate=16 January 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term = 29 December 1984 - 26 November 1989 ([[8th Lok Sabha]])
| predecessor = [[Kamalapati Tripathi]]
| successor = [[Anil Kumar Shastri]]
| office1 = 6th [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]]
| term2 = 30 July 1980 – 4 April 1982
| predecessor2 = [[Ram Niwas Mirdha]]
| successor2 = Himself
| 1blankname3 = [[Vice President of India|Chairman]]
| 1namedata3 = [[Mohammed Hidtayullah]]
| term1 = 28 April 1982 – 29 December 1984
| predecessor1 = Himself
| successor1 = [[Najma Heptullah]]
| birth_date =
| birth_place = [[Varanasi]], ([[Uttar Pradesh]]).
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|05|06|1927|03|01|df=y}}.<ref name=" Obituary in Lok Sabha ">{{cite news |title= Obituary in Lok Sabha |publisher= IndiaKanoon.org |accessdate= December 24, 2013 |url= http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1363882/ |archive-date= 24 December 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131224120706/http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1363882/ |url-status= live }}</ref>
| death_place = [[Varanasi]], ([[Uttar Pradesh]]).
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| citizenship = {{flag|India}}
| party = [[Indian National Congress|Congress (I)]].<ref name=" Previous Lok Sabha " />
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| children = Prof. Raj Yadav<br/>Arun Yadav
| alma_mater =
| occupation = [[Advocate]].<ref name=" Obituary in Lok Sabha " />
| profession = Advocate, Politician
}}

''' '''Shyam Lal Yadav''' ''' (1 May 1927 – 6 May 2005) was an Indian politician. He was the [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]] and was Member of [[Parliament of India|Parliament]] in the [[8th Lok Sabha]]. Yadav represented the [[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]] constituency of [[Uttar Pradesh]] and was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) political party.<ref name=" Obituary in Lok Sabha " /><ref name=" Former Deputy Chairmen Of The Rajya Sabha ">{{cite news|title=Former Deputy Chairmen Of The Rajya Sabha|publisher=Rajya Sabha website|accessdate=December 24, 2013|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/deputy_chairman/former_deputy_chairmen.asp|archive-date=30 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030113704/http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/deputy_chairman/former_deputy_chairmen.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Background==
Yadav was born in [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]. Yadav was an [[advocate]] by profession. In his early years, he held various non-political posts. He was Director, District Cooperative Development Federation (Varanasi); Member, [[Uttar Pradesh|UP]] Harijan Welfare Board and President, [[Uttar Pradesh]] Government Hindi Samiti. He has also been the President of [[All-India Yadav Mahasabha]].

==Politics==

Shyam Lal Yadav entered politics shortly after [[Independence Day (India)|Indian Independence]]. During his political career, He was first elected assembly member from [[Mughalsarai Assembly constituency|Mughalsarai]] of the then [[Varanasi district]] (now [[Chandauli]]) in 1957 as an Indian National Congress candidate. In 1967, he left Indian National Congress along with [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]] and was elected MLA from [[Mughalsarai Assembly constituency|Mughalsarai]] as a candidate of [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]] and when [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]] became the [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] for the first time in April 1967, he became first time Minister of in his government. He served as Cabinet Minister of important portfolios like Industries, Information, Law, Food and Civil Supplies and Parliamentary Affairs. Later, he rejoined the Indian National Congress.In 1970, he was elected [[Rajya Sabha]] member from [[Uttar Pradesh]] and reelected to the Raj Sabha for the second time 1976.In 1982, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha for the third time and was elected the [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]] in the same year and when Rajiv Gandhi became the Prime Minister after the [[assassination of Indira Gandhi]], he was very close to her. In the 1984 Lok Sabha elections, on the instructions of Rajiv Gandhi, he was Resigned from the post of Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha and contested elections in place of [[Kamlapati Tripathi]] from [[Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency]] and got elected by getting 40.7% votes.<ref name=" Obituary in Lok Sabha " /><ref>{{Cite web |title=राज्यसभा के उपसभापति व प्रखर कांग्रेसी श्यामलाल यादव की पुण्य तिथि पर अन्नपूर्णा सेवा का आयोजन - Annapurna service organized on death anniversary of Shyamlal Yadav Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman and strong Congressman |url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/varanasi-city-annapurna-service-organized-on-death-anniversary-of-shyamlal-yadav-rajya-sabha-deputy-chairman-and-strong-congressman-20249629.html |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Centre |first=National Informatics |title=Digital Sansad |url=https://sansad.in/rs |access-date=2024-05-21 |website=Digital Sansad |language=en}}</ref>

===Commonwealth Parliamentary Association===

Yadav was a member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the 19th (1973) & 30th (1984) [[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association|Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference]] that were held in [[London]] & [[Isle of Man]] respectively.<ref name=" Obituary in Lok Sabha " />

===Inter-Parliamentary Conferences===

Yadav also participated in the Inter-Parliamentary Conferences as a member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation. He attended 68th (1981) & 69th (1982) conferences held in [[Havana]] & [[Rome]] respectively.<ref name=" Obituary in Lok Sabha " />

==Posts Held==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! # !! From !! To !! Position
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| 01 || 1957 || 1962 || Member, [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
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| 02 || 1967 || 1968 || Member, [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
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| 03 || 1967 || 1968 || [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of Law, [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
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| 04 || 1967 || 1968 || [[Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Parliamentary Affairs Minister]], [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
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| 05 || 1967 || 1968 || [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of Food and Civil Supplies, [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
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| 06 || 1967 || 1968 || [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of Industries, [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]]
|-
| 08 || 1970 || 1984 || Member, [[Rajya Sabha]]
|-
| 09 || 1980 || 1984 || [[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]]
|-
| 10 || 1984 || 1989 || Elected to [[8th Lok Sabha]]
|-
| 12 || 1988 || 1989 || Union [[Minister of State]] for Agriculture and Cooperation.

|-
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
*[[8th Lok Sabha]]
*[[List of members of the Rajya Sabha]]
*[[Politics of India]]
*[[Parliament of India]]
*[[Government of India]]
*[[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
*[[Commonwealth Parliamentary Association]]
*[[Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha]]

== References ==
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[[Category:India MPs 1984–1989]]
[[Category:1927 births]]
[[Category:2005 deaths]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:People from Varanasi district]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Politicians from Varanasi]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1957–1962]]
[[Category:Deputy chairmen of the Rajya Sabha]]
[[Category:Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1967–1969]]

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