Nandlal 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.[1] His father was a landlord and a Pandit.[2] Nand Lal Sharma studied at Sanatan Dharma College in Rawalpindi and Benaras Hindu University.[1] He obtained M.A. and LL.B. and Vedant Shastri degrees from BHU.[2] In Benaras, he became the general secretary of the Benaras Hindu Sabha.[2]
Sharma joined the Indian National Congress and was active in the 1930 Non-cooperation movement.[2] After graduation Sharma passed the All India Audits and Accounts Competition, but was not selected due to his involvement in the nationalist movement.[2]
He married Krishna Devi in 1932, the couple had two sons and one daughter.[1] He entered the Bar and began practicing law in Kohat.[2]
He soon gave up legal practice and dedicated himself to religious service, becoming general secretary of the Punjab Pratinidhi Mahasabha.[2] He served as the first secretary of the Sanatan Dharma Degree College in Rawalpindi and as the general secretary of the Sanatan Dharma Pratinidhi Mahasabha.[1]
In 1939, he opposed the Hindu Religious Endowment Bill, that was debated in the North West Frontier Province assembly.[2] Sharma authored 'Criticism of Hindu Code Bill', and opposed divorce rights, arguing that marriage was samskara.[1][3] Sharma co-founded the All India Anti-Hindu Code Bill Committee.[2] In 1947 he campaigned against the partition of India, cow slaughter and the Hindu Code Bill, being jailed during the latter movement.[2] In 1950 he was again arrested during campaign against cow slaughter.[2]
He also served as the secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Dharmasangh.[1] He was the Chief Organizer of the Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad.[1] Sharma served as general secretary of the Rishikul Brahmacharyashram in Hardwar.[1] He lived at the Rishikul Brahmacharyashram.[1]
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.[5] They were released on 12 March 1953.[6]
As of 1961 Sharma was reportedly the President of the Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad.[8] Sharma finished in third place with 39,798 votes (18.76%) for the Durg seat in the 1962 Indian general election.[9] At the time he was living in New Delhi.[10]
