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{{Infobox person
| name = Vitthal Prasad Sharma
| birth_date= {{Birth date|df=y|1920|06|20}}
| death_date= {{Death date and age|df=y|1982|06|12|1920|06|20}}
| occupation= Politician/businessman
| party=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
}}

'''Vitthal Prasad Sharma''' (20 June 1920 – 12 June 1982) was an Indian politician and elected 2 times as the Member of Legislative Assembly in 1967 and 1977 in [[Mohanlal Sukhadiya]] Government and in [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]] government respectively.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/Nov2003/pollupd/ac/states/s20/Partycomp117.htm | title=eci.nic.in}}</ref> He was considered as a very influential and respected personality in the Rajasthan politics.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/electionanalysis/AE/S20/partycomp117.htm | title=eci.nic.in}}</ref>

==Early life==
Vitthal Prasad Sharma was born in Manohar Thana town of [[Jhalawar district]] of Rajasthan in the family of priests. His father's name was Bhanwar Lal Sharma. He had an elder brother Ballabh Prasad Sharma.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://votematters.com/IndianElection/PartyCandidate.aspx?PartyName=IND&PartyId=5052757686819692350&ElectionId=1996&win=0 | title=votematters.com}}</ref> His early life was full of struggles, as he was born in a poor family and started to work as a private bus conductor and later served in [[Indian Railways]]. Later he had a cloth center in Aklera and he was a road contractor also. He was married to Shakuntala and he has 4 daughters and a son.

==Political career==
Right from his childhood he was interested in politics and was a freedom fighter. He was first elected as a "pradhan" in 1960 and 1965. His turning point in political life was in 1967 when he was elected as an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] in the assembly elections. And again was elected in 1977. He died on 12 June 1982 due to a heart stroke. At that time he was at the peak of his career.

==References==
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==External links==
* http://eci.nic.in/archive/Nov2003/pollupd/ac/states/s20/Partycomp117.htm
* http://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/rajasthan/manohar-thana.html.

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Vitthal Prasad Sharma - Revision history

->Red Director: Adding local short description: "Indian politician", overriding Wikidata description "Indian politician" (Shortdesc helper)

>Iridescent: /* Early life */Cleanup and typo fixing, typo(s) fixed: `s → 's