Lucknow, April 26 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid homage to former Chief Minister late Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna on his birth anniversary and offered floral tributes at his statue located at Yojana Bhawan today.
Chief Minister said, "Bahuguna ji was an important pillar of Indian politics."He added, Bahuguna ji was born on April 25, 1919, in Pauri Garhwal district of the then Uttar Pradesh, now Uttarakhand. After receiving his early education in his village, he moved to Prayagraj for higher education. From 1942 to 1946, he actively participated in the Quit India Movement on the call of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi, due to which the British government also imprisoned him.
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