Currently, the position of President ( head of state ) is occupied by Dr. Ram Baran Yadav.

In this by-election, he defeated Lokdal leader Sharad Yadav by more than 200, 000 votes.

A simple, reproducible, high frequency micropropagation protocol in Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides has been reported by Yadav et al.

The NDA then put forth a third candidate Abdul Kalam as their official choice, without seeking consensus ; one opposition party ( the Samajwadi Party under Mulayam Singh Yadav ) dissipated the unity of the Opposition by supporting this proposal.

Former temple secretary Kalicharan Yadav has denied this claim, contending that the branch was removed much earlier as part of a needed pruning effort recommended by botanists working with the temple.

The finals of the 1991 season will be remembered for the number of international cricketers who were part of the match with Kapil Dev, Chetan Sharma, Ajay Jadeja and Vijay Yadav turning up for Haryana and Bombay cricket team represented by Sanjay Manjrekar, Vinod Kambli, Sachin Tendulkar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Chandrakant Pandit, Salil Ankola and Abey Kuruvilla.

This " Rath Yatra ", undertaken in an air-conditioned van decorated to look like a chariot, started from Somnath in Gujarat and had covered a large part of Northern India until it was brought to a halt by the Chief Minister of Bihar, Laloo Prasad Yadav.

The BJP and Advani, however, focused the yatra on the secularism – communalism debate. The yatra was stopped in UP by Mulayam Singh Yadav when he ordered shooting of kar sewaks.

A hijra ( played by Raghubir Yadav ), has taken to profession in introducing the widows of Varanasi, another group of down-trodden outcasts, to prostitution ( the film resulted in high controversy ).

* 10 February: Two central committee members of Communist Party of Nepal ( Maoist ), Matrika Yadav and Suresh Paswan, are reported to have been handed over by India to Nepal.

Prachanda resigned from the post on 4 May, 2009 after his attempt to sack the army chief, General Rookmangud Katawal, was opposed by President Ram Baran Yadav.

Prachanda resigned from the post of Prime Minister on 4 May, 2009, after his move to sack the Nepalese Chief of the Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal was opposed by President Ram Baran Yadav.

Yadav played the role of the Legendary Haji Nasruddin in the Teleplay by the name " Mullah Nasiruddin " and also has given many a memorable performances such as Mungerilal Ke Haseen Sapne.

* 14 July-Lalu Prasad Yadav, amidst walkouts by the opposition in both houses orders a high-level departmental inquiry into the Godhra tragedy in 2002.

The Samajwadi Party is led by ageing former wrestler Mulayam Singh Yadav, a former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and former defence minister of the country.

But Mulayam Singh Yadav himself surprised everyone by selecting his son Akhilesh Yadav to be the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. After he officially became the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister on March 15, he is the youngest ever Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. It is also the first time SP heads the UP government for full term of 5 years.

State President of the Samajwadi party Akhilesh Yadav conducted a 3-day cycle yatra ( march ) from Noida to Agra to protest unauthorized land acquisition by the Mayawati government.

Owing to ill health, George Fernandes, who was the NDA convener, was discharged of his responsibility and replaced by Sharad Yadav who is the National President of the JD ( U ).

Presently it is led by Sharad Yadav and Nitish Kumar.

The party was founded in 1997 by Laloo Prasad Yadav.

The party came about as a result of Lalu Prasad Yadav, ex-president of Janata Dal, being evicted by Sharad Yadav, the then president, on corruption charges ($ 250 million ) over the farm support funds.

He and others of his ilk, like Sharad Yadav, Nitish Kumar and Ram Vilas Paswan lashed on to the opportunity provided by JP Narayan's anti-emergency movement.

Based on the writings of Puranas, the Itihaasa Mahabharata and the Raghuvamsa, Lord Krishna was born into the Yadava branch and is considered an ancestor by the modern Yadav community.

Swami Ramdev ( born as Ramkrishna Yadav in Haryana ) is a spiritual leader known for his contributions in yoga, ayurved, politics and agriculture.

Caste-based politics invite the participation of the Bahujan Samaj Party and the party of Laloo Prasad Yadav, who build upon the support of poor low-caste and dalit Hindus in the northern, and most populated states of India like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

Umrao Singh, son of Mohar Singh, was born into a Hindu Yadav family in Palra, a small village in Jhajjar district in Haryana ( then the Rohtak district of undivided Punjab ), 50 km north of Delhi.

* 1939 – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician

* November 21 – Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician

A year later, Khan began hosting the game show Kya Aap Paanchvi Pass Se Tez Hain ?, the Indian version of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader ?, The show premiered on 25 April 2008 and the last episode was telecast on 27 July 2008 with Lalu Prasad Yadav as the special guest.

Lalu Prasad Yadav ( Devanāgarī: ल ा ल ू प ् रस ा द य ा दव ) is an Indian politician from Bihar.

It held power in the Indian state of Bihar, under the Chief Ministers Laloo Prasad Yadav and then Rabri Devi, Laloo's wife, but after the elections in February 2005, the state of Bihar came under President's Rule through Governor of Bihar Sardar Buta Singh.

Mulayam Singh Yadav ( born 22 November 1939 ) is an Indian politician belonging to the Samajwadi Party from Uttar Pradesh. His supporters call him Netajee and Dhartiputra.

His clients cover the political spectrum from Sharad Yadav of the Janata Dal to Madhavrao Scindia of the Indian National Congress to L. K. Advani of the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ).

She is the wife of the Indian politician Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar and former Railway Minister of India.

Paswan together with Lalu Prasad Yadav ( center ) and Amar Singh ( politician ) | Amar Singh ( left ) at a party rally in Mumbai during the Indian general election, 2009 | 2009 general elections.

For the Indian general election, 2009 Paswan forged an alliance with Lalu Prasad Yadav and his Rashtriya Janata Dal, while dumping their erstwhile coalition partner and leader of the United Progressive Alliance, the Indian National Congress from the new alliance.

* Lalu Prasad Yadav, an Indian politician

Rajesh Ranjan ( 1961 / 1962 – 2012 ), better known as Pappu Yadav, was an Indian politician.

Before launching BNP, Delkar had been involved in the formation of the Indian Federal Democratic Party together with the infamous Pappu Yadav.

Company shows that Mallik's aide Yadav is interviewed by a journalist of Indian news channel Aaj Tak after their assassination attempt on Chandu in Nairobi, Kenya.

Rajpal Yadav ( born 16 March 1971 ) is an Indian film actor, known for his comic roles in Hindi movies.

In 2004 he sponsored fellow Mritak Sangh member Shivdutt Yadav when he contested election against Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Indian cricketer Umesh Yadav, a fast bowler from Vidarbha, purchased a Hyundai Santa Fe in 2012.

Babulal Gaur Yadav ( born June 2, 1950 ) is currently a cabinet minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party-governed Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Raghubir Yadav ( also credited as Raghuvir Yadav ) is a two-time international award winner Indian stage, film and television actor, music composer, singer and set designer.

Raghubir Yadav is the only Indian actor to have received the Silver Peacock Best Actor Award, at the International Film Festival of India.

The then Indian Railways minister and former chief minister of Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav, vowed that he would come to Mumbai and perform Chhath Puja in front of Raj's house, which he failed to perform.