Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav

Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav (or Chaudhary Sahab) (18 October 1921 – 25 July 2012) was an Indian educationist, social worker, independence activist, and an active politician from Samajwadi Party. He received the Shaurya Chakra award for valour from the president of India in 1991, for protecting Sikhs from attack during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots following the assassination of Indira Gandhi.

Early life Yadav was born on 18 October 1921 at a small village of Kanpur known as Meharban Singh ka Purva. His father was Dhaniram Singh Yadav, a farmer, and his mother Parwati Devi. Brothers Ramgopal Singh and Harmohan Singh were given the nicknames Bade Saheb ("elder master") and Chote Saheb ("younger master"). Harmohan Singh married Gaya Kumari; he had five sons and one daughter.

Political life Yadav took his first step into the political field at the age of 31 under the supervision of his elder brother and in 1952 he was individually selected as village pradhan of Gujaini twice running. He was chairman of state Lok Dal and member of Janta Dal working committees. In the year 1997 for the second time he was nominated as a member of Rajya Sabha by the President of India, Ramaswamy Venkataraman. Singh retained this post for six years, but he remained a member of Rajya Sabha for a total of 12 years.

Cake-cutting controversy In 2013, bailable warrants were served to SP politicians Shivpal Singh Yadav and Irfan Solanki, over video footage of Harmohan Singh Yadav's 2010 birthday party, at which a cake resembling the Indian tri-colour flag was cut. Complainants alleged that this act violated the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act 1971, and charges were filed against a number of people. By 2013 charges against Harmohan Singh Yadav and another member were dropped due to their deaths in the intervening time.

Death Yadav died on 24 July 2012 at the age of 91 due to cardiac arrest.