Jai Narayan Vyas


Jai Narayan Vyas was an Indian politician and the third chief minister of the State of Rajasthan. He hailed from Jodhpur city and was a leader of Indian National Congress party.

Early life

He was born on 18 February 1899 in a Brahmin family to Pandit Sewaramji Vyas and Shrimati Gopi Devi in Jodhpur. He has studied till Matriculation.

Political career

Pre-independence

Vyas and other Jodhpuri political activists formed the Marwar Hitkarni Sabha 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 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 with Bhanwarlal Sarraf, the Youth League, and the Marwar Lok Parishad with inspiration of Subhashchander Bose. He guided his movements from Ajmer, whenever he had trouble in his home state of Jodhpur.

Post-independence

On 3 March 1948 he became the Prime Minister of Jodhpur State. He relinquished his office on 7 April 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 of 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 from 20 April 1957 to 2 April 1960 and from 3 April 1960 till his death on 14 March 1963 in New Delhi. His remains were cremated in Chandpole, Jodhpur.

Honors

The Jai Narain Vyas University in Jodhpur, his home town, is named after him.