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{{Short description|Former state education minister of Bihar Government}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific_prefix = Prof
| name = Yugeshwar Jha
| native_name = प्रो युगेश्वर झा
| native_name_lang = mai
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1944|06|24}}
| birth_place = [[Basuki Bihari]]
| death_date = {{Death date |df=yes|2008|07|09}}
| death_place = IGIMS, Patna
| citizenship = Indian
| education = M. Sc (Physics)
| alma_mater = Langat Singh College, Bihar University
| occupation = Professor, Minister and Political Leader
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}
'''Yugeshwar Jha''' (Maithili: युगेश्वर झा) was a former state education minister in the [[Jagannath Mishra|Jagarnath Mishra]]'s cabinet of [[Government of Bihar|Bihar Government]] .<ref>{{Cite news |title=पूर्व मंत्री स्व. युगेश्वर झा की मनी जयंती |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/madhubani/story-former-minister-self-money-birth-anniversary-of-yugeshwar-jha-8350676.html |work=Hindustan}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=जयंती पर याद किए गए पूर्व मंत्री युगेश्वर झा - |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/madhubani-12517535.html |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-02-27 |title=पथों की हालत बदहाल, चलने में परेशानी |url=https://www.prabhatkhabar.com/state/bihar/madhubani/731329 |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Prabhat Khabar |language=hi}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Yogeshwar Jha born in [[Basuki Bihari]] North village of [[Madhubani district]] in the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] of Bihar. He was born in a middle-class family of [[Maithil Brahmin|Maithil Brahmins]].{{fact|date=February 2025}}

== Academic career ==
Yogeshwar Jha completed his post graduation ([[Master of Science]]) education from [[Langat Singh College]], [[Muzaffarpur]]. He was specialised in the subject of [[physics]]. He started his academic career as a professor of physics department in the same college. It is said that he was an eminent educationist.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> Later he also served as secretary of ''Ram Niranjan Janta College'' at [[Madhwapur]] in the [[Madhubani district]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=स्व.युगेश्वर झा की प्रतिमा स्थापित करने का निर्णय - |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/madhubani-8688718.html |access-date=2024-07-06 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref>

== Political career ==
It is said that Yogeshwar Jha came into political limelight during 1981-1982 from an movement originated in Chanpura village of [[Benipatti|Benipatti subdivision]] in Madhubani district for construction of a ring dam around the village.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-06-03 |title=स्व. प्रो. युगेश्वर झा जयंती विशेष... बेनीपट्टी में साल 1981-82 में हुई आंदोलन ने दिया प्रखर पहचान |url=https://www.mybenipatti.in/2018/06/Yugeshwar-Jha-Jayanti-Special-the-year-1982.html |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=BNN News}}</ref> He was elected as [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[Benipatti Assembly constituency|Benipatti assembly constituency]] four times. In the year 1980, he was first time elected as an MLA from the Benipatti assembly constituency. After that in the years 1985 and 1990, he was continuously elected as the MLA of the assembly constituency.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2025-06-17 |title=Benipatti Assembly Seat: बेनीपट्टी विधानसभा सीट पर क्या फिर चलेगा विनोद नारायण झा का जादू?।। Bihar Election 2025 |url=https://bihar.punjabkesari.in/national/news/will-vinod-narayan-jha-s-magic-work-again-on-benipatti-assembly-seat-2168013 |access-date=2025-10-05 |website=punjabkesari}}</ref> He became the state minister of education during 1990 in cabinet of [[Jagannath Mishra|Jagarnath Mishra]]'s government in Bihar.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |title=पूर्व शिक्षा मंत्री प्रो. युगेश्वर झा की 11वीं पुण्यतिथि मनाई |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/bihar/madhubani/news/former-education-minister-prof-yugeshwar-jha39s-11th-death-anniversary-081505-4963723.html |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}</ref>

In the year 1995, he lost the election in the hand of independent candidate [[Shaligram Yadav]]. In the year 2005, Yogeshwar Jha was again elected as the MLA of the Benipatti assembly constituency. But due to non achievement of the majority figure by his political alliance in the legislative assembly of the state, government was not formed in the state and finally re-election was conducted in the month of October in the same year. In this re-election, Yogeshwar Jha lost his assembly membership by his opponent candidate Shaligram Yadav.<ref name=":3" />

== Legacy ==
In the year 1982-83, Yogeshwar Jha built the building of the public library called as ''Adarsh Pustakalaya'' at Tyauth village in the Benipatti sub-division.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-19 |title=1982-83 में युगेश्वर झा ने कराई थी, पुस्तकालय भवन का निर्माण, अब होगा नए भवन का निर्माण |url=https://www.mybenipatti.in/2022/05/1982-83.html |access-date=2025-10-05 |website=BNN News}}</ref> After his death, every year his birth anniversary is celebrated as ''Yogeshwar Jayanti'' in the region of [[Benipatti]] sub-division in the [[Madhubani district]] of Bihar. Similarly his death anniversary is also remembered. On this day, some political leaders give speeches to praise him. He was a prominent leader from the Mithila region in the state of Bihar, India.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=प्रखर नेता व निष्ठावान व्यक्ति थे प्रो. युगेश्वर झा - Proficient leader and loyal person was Prof. Yugeshwar Jha - Bihar Madhubani General News |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/madhubani-proficient-leader-and-loyal-person-was-prof-yugeshwar-jha-20437832.html |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref>

The sub-divisional headquarter of the Indian National Congress party at [[Benipatti]] has been named as ''Yugeshwar Jha Ashram''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-09 |title=भ्रष्टाचार के विरूद्ध संघर्ष करते रहे पूर्व मंत्री |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/madhubani/story--10416710.html |access-date=2025-10-04 |website=www.livehindustan.com |language=hi}}</ref> There his memorial statue was installed, where different political leaders come to pay tribute by garlanding his statue on the occasion of his memorial day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=मिथिलांचल एवं सामाज के विकास के लिए आवाज उठाते रहे युगेश्वर बाबू - Yugeshwar Babu kept raising his voice for the development of Mithilanchal and society - Bihar Madhubani General News |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/madhubani-yugeshwar-babu-kept-raising-his-voice-for-the-development-of-mithilanchal-and-society-20497277.html |access-date=2025-10-05 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=पूर्व मंत्री युगेश्वर झा को पुण्यतिथि पर दी श्रद्धांजलि |url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/bihar/madhubani/benipatti/news/tributes-paid-to-former-minister-yugeshwar-jha-on-his-death-anniversary-135420479.html |work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]}}</ref>

The political legacy of Yogeshwar Jha was carried out by his own daughter Bhawana Jha after his death. His daughter [[Bhawana Jha]] was elected as member of Bihar legislative assembly from the Benipatti assembly constituency in the year 2015.<ref name=":2" />

== References ==
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[[Category:Bihar MLAs 1980–1985]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 1985–1990]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 1990–1995]]
[[Category:Bihar MLAs 2005–2010]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Bihar]]
[[Category:People from Madhubani district]]
[[Category:1944 births]]
[[Category:2008 deaths]]
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