Mahavir Tyagi

Mahavir Tyagi (31 December 1899 – 22 May 1980) was a prominent independence fighter and parliamentarian from Dehra Dun, Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand) India. Quotes When the Chinese do, in fact, usurp these ‘sparsely inhabited frontier mountain areas’ in Ladakh, Panditji, as we shall soon see, says, ‘Not a blade of grass grows there...’ Mahavir Tyagi, the MP, I am told, remarked, ‘Here, look at my head’—he was quite bald—‘not a blade of grass grows here. To whom is Jawaharlal gifting my head?’ Attributed in Arun Shourie - Self-Deception _ India's China Policies_ Origins, Premises, Lessons-Harper Collins (2013) ch 8 External links Category:1899 births Category:1980 deaths Category:Politicians from India Category:Political activists