Nand Lal Sharma

Nandlal Sharma in 1952Nandlal Sharma (born 2 May 1911) was an Indian politician and shastri. He was born in Alizai, Kohat District, the son of Pandit Harish Chander who settled in Kohat from Khost, Afghanistan. Nand Lal Sharma studied at Sanatan Dharma College in Rawalpindi and Benaras Hindu University. Sharma co-founded the All India Anti-Hindu Code Bill Committee. He lived at the Rishikul Brahmacharyashram.

In the midst of the Jammu Parishad agitations, Sharma was arrested in Delhi on 6 March 1953, along with Syama Prasad Mookherjee, Guru Dutt (head of the Delhi Jan Sangh) and N.C. Chatterjee and 18 others for defying court order banning processions. They were released on 12 March 1953.

Sharma unsuccessfully contested the Durg constituency of Madhya Pradesh in the 1957 Indian general election. He finished in third place with 37,324 votes (21.73%).

As of 1961 Sharma was reportedly the President of the Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad. Sharma finished in third place with 39,798 votes (18.76%) for the Durg seat in the 1962 Indian general election. At the time he was living in New Delhi.