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Shankar Dayal Sharma is a politician, lawyer born in Bhopal (British Raj).
Shankar Dayal Sharma (Hindi pronunciation: [ˈɕəŋkəɾ d̪əˈjaːl ˈʃəɾmaː] ; 19 August 1918 – 26 December 1999) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the President of India from 1992 to 1997. Born in Bhopal, Sharma studied at Agra, Allahabad and Lucknow and received a doctorate in constitutional law from the University of Cambridge and was a bar-at-law from Lincoln's Inn and a Brandeis Fellow at Harvard University. During 1948–49, Sharma was one of the leaders of the movement for the merger of Bhopal State with India, a cause for which he served eight months' imprisonment. A member of the Indian National Congress party, Sharma was chief minister (1952–56) of Bhopal State and served as a cabinet minister (1956–1971) in the government of Madhya Pradesh holding several portfolios.
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| Born | 19 August 1918, Bhopal |
| Profession | politician, lawyer |
| Nationality | British Raj |
| Educated at | St. John's College, University of Allahabad, University of Lucknow, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, Harvard Law School |
| Spouse | Vimala Sharma |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Sagittarius |
| Nakshatra | Purva Ashadha (Pada 3) |
| Sun Sign | Leo |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Libra |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Lagna Phal (Garg)) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 385 politicians with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 34 of them (9%) have the Moon in Sagittarius, like Shankar Dayal Sharma, and 22 (6%) share the Purva Ashadha Nakshatra — the #2 most common Moon Nakshatra among politicians, where Uttara Bhadrapada leads with 25 (6%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Shankar Dayal Sharma was born on 19 August 1918 in Bhopal. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Lagna Phal (Garg)) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Shankar Dayal Sharma's Moon sign (Rashi) is Sagittarius and the Nakshatra is Purva Ashadha, pada 3, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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