Jagtarandas

Jagtarandas was an Indian politician. At the time of the Independence of India, Jagtarandas and his brothers Muktavandas and Atibaldas, led a faction in local Bhandarpuri politics.^[1]^[2] Their group mobilized lower caste Chhattisgarhi population and was close to the Scheduled Castes Federation of B.R. Ambedkar and the local pro-British tendencies.^[1] He was elected from the reserved Scheduled Castes seat in Bemetara in the 1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, running as an Indian National Congress candidate.^[3] He died shortly thereafter, and in February 1954 a by-election was organized to elect a new legislator for the Bemetara seat, in which the Congress candidate Sheolal was elected unopposed.^[3]^[4]

References[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Chad M. Bauman (7 October 2008). Christian Identity and Dalit Religion in Hindu India, 1868-1947. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-8028-6276-1.
↑ Gnana Prakasam (1998). Social separatism: scheduled castes and the caste system. Rawat Publications. p. 76. ISBN 9788170334408.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Margaret Welpley Fisher; Joan Valérie Bondurant (1956). The Indian experience with democratic elections. University of California. p. 16.
↑ Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95 Archived 11 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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[Bauman2008-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Chad M. Bauman (7 October 2008). Christian Identity and Dalit Religion in Hindu India, 1868-1947. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-8028-6276-1.

[Prakasam1998-2] Gnana Prakasam (1998). Social separatism: scheduled castes and the caste system. Rawat Publications. p. 76. ISBN 9788170334408.

[FisherBondurant1956-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Margaret Welpley Fisher; Joan Valérie Bondurant (1956). The Indian experience with democratic elections. University of California. p. 16.

[e-4] Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95 Archived 11 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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