Jagtarandas was an Indian politician. At the time of the Independence of India, Jagtarandas and his brothers Muktavandas and Atibaldas, led a faction in local Bhandarpuri politics.[1][2] Their group mobilized lower caste Chhattisgarhi population and was close to the Scheduled Castes Federation of B.R. Ambedkar and the local pro-British tendencies.[1] He was elected from the reserved Scheduled Castes seat in Bemetara in the 1952 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, running as an Indian National Congress candidate.[3] He died shortly thereafter, and in February 1954 a by-election was organized to elect a new legislator for the Bemetara seat, in which the Congress candidate Sheolal was elected unopposed.[3][4]
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- ^ a b Chad M. Bauman (7 October 2008). Christian Identity and Dalit Religion in Hindu India, 1868-1947. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 57. ISBN 978-0-8028-6276-1.
- ^ Gnana Prakasam (1998). Social separatism: scheduled castes and the caste system. Rawat Publications. p. 76. ISBN 9788170334408.
- ^ a b Margaret Welpley Fisher; Joan Valérie Bondurant (1956). The Indian experience with democratic elections. University of California. p. 16.
- ^ Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95 Archived 11 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine