YASH* Biography

Members Bioprofile

YASH*, SHRI

[Cong. (I) – Jalandhar (Punjab)]

1946 onwards

1946-50

1952 and 1956

1957-62

1962, 1972 and 1980

1962-63

1972-77

1992

Other Positions held

17th June, 1919

Jalalpur Jattan (Pakistan)

Married

Smt. Swarna Yash

One son and three daughters

M.A., (Eco.)

Educated at Punjab University, Lahore
(Pakistan)

Journalist

Milap Bhawan, Milap Chowk, Jalandhar. Tel.
56836, 55942

A-35, South Extension II, New Delhi 110049. Tel. 6460548

Member, AICC

Treasurer, PCC, Punjab

Elected to Punjab Council

Deputy Minister, Punjab

Elected to Punjab Legislative Assembly

Minister of State, Punjab

Cabinet Minister, Punjab

Elected** to Lok Sabha (Tenth)

Vice-president, PCC, Punjab several times

Senior Vice-President, PCC, Punjab

‘Kaaravas’, ‘Aag’, ‘Main Poochchta Hoon’
(collection of short stories) and ‘Beas ke Pul Par’ (collection of one act
plays)

Reading and writing

Widely travelled; Delegate to UNO, 1972

Honoured by several state governments for
journalism; Managing Editor, Milap group of newspapers published from Jalandhar, Delhi and Hyderabad; President, Hindi
Sahitya Sammelan, 1946-47;
Freedom fighter, remained in various jails for seven years.