Vishnu Datt Sharma was a member of 13th Lok Sabha

13th Lok Sabha

The 13th Lok Sabha is the thirteenth session of the Lok Sabha...

 representing Jammu

Jammu (Lok Sabha constituency)

Jammu Lok Sabha constituency is one of the six Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir state in northern India. This constituency was created in 1967.-Assembly segments:...

 Parliamentary Constituency of Jammu & Kashmir state in India. He was also a member of Twelfth Lok Sabha during 1998-99.He was a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party

Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

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Earlier, he was a member of Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 1998, and President, Municipal Council, Jammu in 1972.

An Ayurvedic medical practitioner (Vaid) by profession he worked for the improvement of indigenous system of medicine and promoted Ayurveda

Ayurveda

Ayurveda or ayurvedic medicine is a system of traditional medicine native to India and a form of alternative medicine. In Sanskrit, words , meaning "longevity", and , meaning "knowledge" or "science". The earliest literature on Indian medical practice appeared during the Vedic period in India,...

. He was awarded fellowship of National Council for Indian System of Medicine.

He died in 2001.

External links

• http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls13/ses8/271101.html