Manikya Lal Verma
Manikya Lal Verma was a member of Constituent Assembly of India in 1949. He was prime minister of Rajasthan, India before full formation of the state. He was elected to Lok Sabha in 1957 from Chittorgarh and in 1952 from Tonk. He was recipient of Padma Bhushan in 1965.
He played pivotal role in Bijolia movement, a farmers agitation raised between 1919 and 1923 in Bhilwara. He died on 14 January 1969.
The Manikya Lal Verma Textile and Engineering College was named after him.
