Harmohan Singh Yadav
Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav was an Indian educationist, social worker, independence activist, and an active politician from Samajwadi Party. He received the Shaurya Chakra award for valour from the president of India in 1991, for protecting Sikhs from attack during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots following the assassination of Indira Gandhi.
Early life
Yadav was born on 18 October 1921 at a small village of Kanpur known as Meharban Singh ka Purva. His father was Dhaniram Singh Yadav, a farmer, and his mother Parwati Devi. Brothers Ramgopal Singh and Harmohan Singh were given the nicknames Bade Saheb and Chote Saheb. Harmohan Singh married Gaya Kumari; he had five sons and one daughter.Political life
Yadav took his first step into the political field at the age of 31 under the supervision of his elder brother and in 1952 he was individually selected as village pradhan of Gujaini twice running. For the first time on 16 May 1970 he was elected as M.L.C. from Farukhabad-Kanpur. He remained a member of the Legislative Council until 5 May 1982.On 6 May 1976 he stood for the post of Legislative Assembly and he won the seat. For the third time on 6 May 1982 he got the ticket from Janta Dal and was selected as a member of Legislative Council until 5 May 1990. Working as a senior member of Legislative Council, Singh also remained the chairman of Assurance Committee and Co-operative Bank also from Kanpur. After that he was selected as vice-chairman of Land Development Bank. In 1980, Singh got the ticket for Lok Dal from Bilhore parliament seat, but did not win.
In 1991, for the first time he was elected as a member from Rajya Sabha through the Assembly and became a member of several Parliament Committees. He was chairman of state Lok Dal and member of Janta Dal working committees. In the year 1997 for the second time he was nominated as a member of Rajya Sabha by the President of India, Ramaswamy Venkataraman. Singh retained this post for six years, but he remained a member of Rajya Sabha for a total of 12 years.
Harmohan Singh Yadav was elected as a National Chairman of Akhil Bhartiya Yadav Mahasabha which took place at Mathura. In 1993 he was elected as a Chairman for the second time. In 1994 the meeting of the All-India Yadav Mahasabha took place at Hyderabad, and once again Harmohan Singh Yadav was elected for third time as a Chairman. After the completion of his term D. Nagendra was elected as a Chairman, but the Committee designated Singh as a "guardian". In November 2005 Nagendra suddenly died, and after the request of National Working Committee Singh took over all the responsibilities of that Mahasabha as Chairman..Chaudhary Sahab with help of his son Sukhram Singh had established many educational institutions in and around kanpur which includes Colleges and schools.