Birth Date: | 4 January 1902 |
Birth Place: | Chatra, Madhepura, Bihar |
Death Place: | Chatra, Madhepura, Bengal Presidency |
Nationality: | Indian |
Years Active: | 1935–1970 |
Known For: | Member of Constituent Assembly, Member of Legislative Assembly, Founder of K.P. College |
Occupation: | Politician, Zamindar, Social Educationist. |
Spouse: | Shyama Devi |
Children: | 4 |
Alma Mater: | Banaras Hindu University, Patna University |
Signature: | K.P. Yadav Signature.jpg |
Kamaleshwari Prasad Yadav better known as K.P. Yadav was the member of the Constituent Assembly of India from 1946 to 1950.[1] He was elected as the member of Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1951 from Kishanganj, Bihar on Indian National Congress ticket.[2] [3]
He was again elected as the member of Bihar Legislative Assembly in 1955 from Kishanganj, Bihar.[4] He was one of the prominent freedom fighters from Bihar.[5] He founded K.P. College in Murliganj, Bihar in 1965 which was later run by his son Abhay Kumar Yadav until they donated it to Government of India in 1980.[6]