Dr. Sampurnanand, born on 1 January 1891, was a teacher and
politician in Uttar Pradesh, India. He has served as the second Chief Minister
of Uttar Pradesh from 1954 to 1960. If single tenures in the office of the
Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministers are only considered, then Dr. Sampurnanand had
the longest stretch from 28 December 1954 to 7 December 1960, which is almost
six years in the office. Dr. Sampurnanand, a scholar of Sanskrit and Hindi,
succeeded Govind Ballabh Pant. His council of ministers numbered 28 and the
educationist ruled Uttar Pradesh until 7 December 1960.He was an eminent scholar and teacher of Sanskrit and astronomy. He was extremely interested in phalit Jyotish. Dr. Sampurnanand was also a fervent freedom fighter. He participated in the Non-cooperation Movement; edited Maryada, a Hindi monthly and also contributed to the National Herald.
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