Sampurnanand

Dr Sampurnanand was a teacher and politician in Uttar Pradesh, India. He was elected to the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly and served as chief minister of the state from 1954 to 1960.If we consider single tenure in the office of the U.P. C.M. then Dr. Sampurnanand had the longest stretch from 28 December 1954 to 7 December 1960, which is almost six years in the office. Dr. Sampurnanand, a scholar of Sanskrit and Hindi, succeeded Govind Ballabh Pant. His council of ministers numbered 28 and the educationist ruled UP till Dec 7, 1960. Following a political crisis in Uttar Pradesh initiated by late Kamlapati Tripathi and C.B.Gupta, Dr Sampurnanand was asked to resign as CM and sent to Rajasthan as the Governor of Rajasthan. Between 1962 to 1967, he held the seat. Sampurnanand was born on January 1 at Benaras. He participated in the Non-cooperation Movement; edited Maryada, a Hindi monthly staffed by Pandit Madan, Mohan Malaviys in Benaras, contributed frequently to the National Herald and the Congress Socialist; was elected to the All-India Congress Committee in 1922, became provincial Minister for Education in the U.P. cabinet, federal Minister from 1946-1951 and from 1951-1954, holding portfolios such as education, finance, and home labour; and, became Governor of Rajasthan from April 1962 to May 1967. The appointment of late Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Dr Sampurnanand as governor of Rajasthan heralded a new beginning in the Indian politics when spent forces in the politics were sent to hold gubernatorial functions.