Viresh Pratap Chaudhry: Difference between revisions

'''Viresh Pratap Chaudhry''' was an Indian social worker, politician<ref name="The Hindu">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-newdelhi/noted-social-worker-v-p-chaudhry-dead/article5102832.ece | title=The Hindu | publisher=The Hindu | date=7 September 2013 | access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref> and the president of ''Arya Anthyalay'',<ref name="Arya samaj">{{cite web | url=http://www.thearyasamaj.org/detailtopstories?topstoryid=283&topstorypage=topstories | title=Arya samaj | publisher=Arya samaj | date=2013 | access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref> a [[non governmental organization]].<ref name="Arya Anthyalay">{{cite web | url=http://www.ngoreporter.com/arya-anathalaya/ | title=Arya Anthyalay | publisher=NGO Reporter | date=2015 | access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref>  He was born in 1938 in Delhi<ref name="Arya samaj" /> and after joining [[Indian National Congress]], he became the general secretary of [[Indian Youth Congress]].<ref name="The Hindu" /> He left the party to join [[Janata Dal]] and became the president of the Delhi Pradesh unit. Later he quit Janata Dal and became a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name="The Hindu" /> He was involved in many social activities, primarily under the aegis of ''Arya Anthyalay'' of which he was the president of the Delhi Pataudi House unit.<ref name="Arya samaj" /> Chaudhry was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2002, with the fourth highest [[Indian honours system|Indian civilian award]] of [[Padma Shri]]<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Padma Awards | date=2015 | access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref> He died on 5 September 2013<ref name="Obituary">{{cite web | url=http://www.thearyasamaj.org/obituarydetail?obi=5 | title=Obituary | publisher=Obituary | date=2015 | access-date=1 February 2015}}</ref> at Delhi,<ref name="Arya samaj" /> leaving behind his wife, Bala, and daughter Sangeeta and son, Nitinjya.<ref name="The Hindu" />

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