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Sukhdev Prasad

Indian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ21598015 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sukhdev Prasad (1921-1995) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh as a member of the Indian National Congress for 3 terms. He was the Union Deputy Minister for Steel and Mines from 1973 to 1977.

Editorial summary

“Sukhdev Prasad” enters the record as indian politician. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Sukhdev, Prasad and Indian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1921, 1995, 1973, 1977—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1921-03-20. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Sukhdev, Prasad and Indian.
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Why this record matters

“Sukhdev Prasad” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Sukhdev, Prasad and Indian provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q21598015. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1921, 1995, 1973 and 1977.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sukhdev Prasad” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.