YS Parmar

• About
  • Name: Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar
  • Born: on 4th August 1906 at Chanhalag village near Bagthan in the Sirmaur
  • Parents: Bhandari Shivanand Singh Parmar - Leader, Lawyer and writer
  • Education: F.C. College, Lahore and Canning College, Lucknow, Lucknow University; M.A., L.L.B., and Ph.D.
• Associated with
  • Seva Samiti Nahan (1919-20)
  • Theosophical Society, Dehradun (1929)
  • Sub-Judge and Magistrate Ist Class, Sirmaur State (1920- 37)
  • Secretary, Nahan Cricket Club (1937-39)
  • District and Sessions Judge, Sirmaur State (1937-41)
  • President of All India State People’s Conference (1947)
  • An advocate in Judicial Commissioner’s Court, Himachal Pradesh
• Freedom struggle
  • Organized Suket Satyagraha, 1948 - integration of princely state
  • AICC nominated as member in 1948
• Books
  • “Social and Economic Background of Himalayan Polyandry”
  • “Himachal Pradesh”- Its proper shape and status
  • “Himachal Pradesh”- Case for Statehood
  • “Himachal Pradesh” - Area and language and strategy for the development of hill areas
• Statehood
  • Chief Commissioner’s Advisory Council, 1948
  • CM
    • 1st CM 1952 to 1956
    • CM - 1963, 1967-1977 - Renuka constituency
  • President Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (1948-50)
  • MP, 1957
  • Advocate SC, 1961