Banarsi Das, popularly known as Babu Banarasi Das (1912-1985) was
an Indian politician and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He was
from Janata Party. Banarsi
Das was member of Indian Parliament for Bulandshahr from 1977 to 1979. He was Chief Minister from 28 Feb 1979 to 17 Feb
1980. Banarasi Das was born in Utarawli, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh. His sons Akhilesh Das is Rajya Sabha MP and
National General Secretary of Bahujan Samaj Party and was Minister of State
in Central Government.
It
is learnt that Department of Posts is issuing commemorative postage stamp on
Babu Banarasi Das on 31/12/2013 at Lucknow.
