Raghu Vira

Raghu Vira
President of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh
In office
1963–1964
Preceded byDebaprasad Ghosh
Succeeded byDebaprasad Ghosh

Raghu Vira (30 December 1902 – 14 May 1963) was an Indian linguist, scholar, politician, and member of the Constituent Assembly. He was one of the editors of the critical edition of the Mahabharata which was compiled at the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute, Pune. More specifically he was the editor of the fourth Book of the critical edition of the Mahabharata i.e. the Virataparvan.

He was a Hindu nationalist and served as Jana Sangh's President. His son is the scholar Lokesh Chandra.

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