Jhunnilal Verma (also Jhunni Lal Verma or J. L. Verma) was an Indian lawyer and politician from Madhya Pradesh. He was freedom fighter from Bundelkhand Damoh region.[1]

Jhunnilal Verma
Born(1889-09-26)26 September 1889
Damoh, India
Died11 December 1980(1980-12-11) (aged 91)
Damoh, India
NationalityIndian
OccupationLawyer

In December 1933, Verma was elected unopposed to the Legislative Council of the Central Provinces and Berar, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of G. S. Singhai. He represented the Damoh district non-Muhammadan rural constituency.[2] He was still a member in 1936.[3]

During establishment of Saugor University he was in the team with Dr. Hari Singh Gour and also the founder of Damoh Degree College. J. L. Verma Law College, the law school affiliated with Dr. Hari Singh Gour University was named in his honor.[4] He wrote two books Bharat Darshan and Karm Sanyasi Krishna.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ [1] Archived 17 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine"Freedom Fighters Of Damoh"
  2. ^ A Review of the Administration (Central Provinces, 1932; pg. 2)
  3. ^ Proceedings of the Legislative Council of the Governor of the Central Provinces (1936)
  4. ^ J.L. Verma Law College at CareerIndia