Reshamlal Jangade

Reshamlal Jangade (1925-2014) was an Indian Lawyer and politician from Chhattisgarh.

Career
Jangde was born in a Dalit Satnami family in Chhattisgarh to Tikaram Jangade. He was a law graduate from Nagpur and being a Scheduled Caste, he had contested from a general seat to make it to the 1st Lok Sabha in 1952 from Bilaspur as a Congressman. He was re-elected from Bilaspur in 1957. He was also a member of the Provisional Parliament that preceded the first Lok Sabha between 1950 and 1952. In 1962 he was elected to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Bhatgaon and was re-elected again in 1972. After 80's he quit the Congress and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected to Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Bhatgaon in 1985 on BJP ticket and was again elected to Lok Sabha in 1989 from Bilaspur for the last time.