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| birth_date = 2 March 1902 | | birth_date = 2 March 1902 | ||
| birth_place = [[Ujjain | | birth_place = [[Ujjain]], India | ||
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1976|6|22|1902|3|2}} | | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1976|6|22|1902|3|2}} | ||
| occupation = [[Astrologer]]<br>Diviner | | occupation = [[Astrologer]]<br>Diviner | ||
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| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] | | awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] | ||
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'''Surya Narayan Vyas''' (2 March 1902 in [[Ujjain | '''Surya Narayan Vyas''' (2 March 1902 in [[Ujjain]], India – 22 June 1976) was an Indian [[astrologer]] and diviner from [[Ujjain]], in the Indian state of [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name="India’s independence was crafted by Rajendra Prasad and an astrologer">{{cite web | url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/news/MP-IND-indore-india---s-independence-was-hand-crafted-by-rajendra-prasad-and-an-astrolo-4160704-PHO.html?seq=1 | title=India's independence was crafted by Rajendra Prasad and an astrologer | publisher=[[Daily Bhaskar]] | date=27 January 2013 | accessdate=4 March 2016}}</ref> He was known to be the one who prescribed 14 August 1947 and 15 August 1947 as the dates for Pakistan and Indian independence respectively.<ref name="Here's why 15th August was chosen as India's Independence Day!">{{cite web | url=http://daily.bhaskar.com/article-hf/revealed-reasons-why-15th-august-was-chosen-as-indias-independence-day-4347027-NOR.html | title=Here's why 15th August was chosen as India's Independence Day! | publisher=Daily Bhaskar | date=13 August 2013 | accessdate=4 March 2016}}</ref> He is reported to have prophesied several other incidents such as the deaths of [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] and [[Sardar Vallabhai Patel]] and the emergence of India as a global power in the 21st century. He was a member of the Advisory Board to the [[Government of Madhya Pradesh]] during the tenure of [[Govind Narayan Singh]] from 1967–1969.<ref name="Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hqE8AAAAIAAJ&q=Surya+Narayan+Vyas&pg=PR7 | title=Madhya Pradesh District Gazetteers | publisher=Government Central Press | author=Government of Madhya Pradesh | year=1967}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 1958, for his contributions to astrology.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | accessdate=3 January 2016}}</ref> [[India Post]] issued a commemorative stamp on Vyas in 2002.<ref name="Indian Literature - Pandit Suryanarayan Vyas">{{cite web | url=http://www.wnsstamps.post/en/stamps/IN020.02 | title=Indian Literature – Pandit Suryanarayan Vyas | publisher=[[Universal Postal Union]] | date=2016 | accessdate=4 March 2016}}</ref> | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||