{"id":"hukmdev-narayan-yadav","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hukmdev-narayan-yadav","language":"en","name":"Hukmdev Narayan Yadav","name_en":"Hukmdev Narayan Yadav","name_ne":"हुकुमदेव नारायण यादव","description":"Indian politician","headline":"Indian politician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Hukmdev Narayan Yadav is a politician from Bihar, who has been Union Minister for Textiles, whilst also serving as a Union Minister of State and long-serving influential member of the Lok Sabha. He is the recipient of Padma Bhushan India's third highest civilian award. He represented the Madhubani constituency of Bihar in 1977, 1999, 2009, 2014 and 1989 from Sitamarhi Lok Sabha constituency. He was with the Samyukta Socialist Party in 1960s and various faces of Janata Dal and its off-shoots in 1980s, before he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Yadav is known for his fiery speeches in the parliament. In August 2018, Yadav was recipient of Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the period of 2014-2017 and was felicitated at an event at the central hall of Parliament. Yadav is also the father of politician Ashok Kumar Yadav, a Bharatiya Janata Party MP in the Lok Sabha.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"17 November 1939","date":"1939-11-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16105255#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Bijuli","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3413854"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16105255#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"British Raj","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129286"},{"text":"India","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q668"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16105255#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16105255#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Bharatiya Janata Party","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10230"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16105255#P102"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Member of the 9th Lok Sabha (2 December 1989 – 13 March 1991)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42529713","start":"1989-12-02","end":"1991-03-13"},{"text":"Member of the 16th Lok Sabha","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42509248"},{"text":"Member of the 13th Lok Sabha","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15686910"},{"text":"Member of the 15th Lok Sabha","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15686919"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16105255#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Padma Bhushan","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932650","date":"2019"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16105255#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukmdev_Narayan_Yadav","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16105255"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Hukmdev Narayan Yadav born?","a":"Hukmdev Narayan Yadav was born on 17 November 1939 in Bijuli."},{"q":"What positions has Hukmdev Narayan Yadav held?","a":"Positions held by Hukmdev Narayan Yadav include: Member of the 9th Lok Sabha (1989–1991); Member of the 16th Lok Sabha; Member of the 13th Lok Sabha; Member of the 15th Lok Sabha."}],"related":[{"name":"Rajiv Gandhi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/rajiv-gandhi"},{"name":"P. 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for the year 2014 to Shri Hukmdev Narayan Yadav, at a function, at Parliament House, in New Delhi.JPG — President's Secretariat, GODL-India.","cite":"\"Hukmdev Narayan Yadav\". DigiNepal. Last updated 18 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/hukmdev-narayan-yadav. Retrieved 21 October 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-18T02:10:49Z","facts_checked":"2026-10-21","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/hukmdev-narayan-yadav","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/hukmdev-narayan-yadav","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/hukmdev-narayan-yadav?lang=ne"}}