Tarkeshwar Pandey
Tarkeshwar Pandey (1910–1989) was an Indian Member of Parliament from 1952 to 1977.He was member of Rajya Sabha between 1952 and 1971. Between 1972 and 1977 he represented Salempur. Pandey was jailed from 1932 to 1939. He was the only Congress MP to have opposed the Hindu Code Bill in the Indian Parliament. He is associated more with Ballia politics than Salempur. He has a village named after him in Ballia and a colony in Varanasi.