Yagya Dutt Sharma (Punjab politician)

Veer Yagya Dutt Sharma (21 October 1922 – 4 July 1996) (formerly known as Banarsi Dass Chandan) was an Indian politician.

He was a member of the fourth and sixth Lok Sabha representing the Amritsar and Gurdaspur parliamentary constituencies in Punjab during 1967-70 and 1977–79.

[citation needed] His memorable contribution in establishing Bhartiya Jan Sangh in the rural areas of hills of Punjab (Kangra Una Hamirpur & Shimla) which are presently the part of Himachal Pradesh deserves a special mention.

[citation needed] During the famines of 1943 in Bengal and Kangra-Kula valley in 1945–46, he along with a team of doctors from Punjab provided relief to the famine-stricken people.

[citation needed] He also worked for the relief and rehabilitation of refugees in 1947 and rendered medical assistance to the sick.