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Jaynarayan Vyas (1899–1963) was a chief minister of the Indian state of Rajasthan. He hailed from Jodhpur city and was a leader of Indian National Congress party.
Contents
- Jai narayan vyas backs modi slams kejriwal
- Chunav Manch Debate between Shakti Singh Gohil and Jai Narayan Vyas
- Early life
- Pre independence
- Post independence
- Honors
- References
Chunav Manch: Debate between Shakti Singh Gohil and Jai Narayan Vyas
Early life
He was born on February 18, 1899 in a Brahmin family to Pandit Sewaramji Vyas and Shrimati Gopi Devi in Jodhpur. He has studied till Matriculation. He died on 14 March 1963.
Pre-independence
Jaynarayan Vyas and other Jodhpuri political activists formed the "Marwar Hitkarni Sabha" (Marwar Improvement Society) in the early 1920s in Jodhpur State, aimed at freeing the state from the rule of "aliens": a chief minister and other non-Jodhpuri officials both Indian and English. Its motto was "Marwar [Jodhpur] for the Marwaris" and its design to protect local interests from the effects of administrative reform.63 The maharaja gave the Sabha his blessing, while Vyas saw his role in it as his first contribution to the freedom movement. The organization was banned in 1924.
Later he formed the Jodhpur Praja Mandal(1934)with Bhanwarlal Sarraf,the Youth League, and the Marwar Lok Parishad(1938) with inspiration of Subhashchander Bose. He guided his movements from Ajmer, whenever he had trouble in his home state of Jodhpur.
Post-independence
On March 3, 1948 he became the Prime Minister of Jodhpur State. He relinquished his office on April 7, 1949. He was chief minister of the state of Rajasthan twice, first time from 26 April 1951 to 3 March 1952 and a second time from 1 November 1952 to 12 November 1954.
He lost in first election if Rajasthan legislative assembly in 1952. So Tika Ram Paliwal has been made the chief minister of Rajasthan. Later he won the by-election for Kishangarh and again took over the post on 1 November 1952.
He was also the member of Rajya Sabha form 20 April 1957 to 2 April 1960 and 3 April 1960 to 14 March 1963.
Honors
The Jai Narain Vyas University in Jodhpur, his home town, is named after him.