B. P. Maurya
बुद्ध प्रिय मौर्य
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1962–1967
Preceded by	Jamal Khwaja
Succeeded by	Shiv Kumar Shastri
Constituency	Aligarh
In office 1971–1977
Preceded by	Prakash Vir Shastri
Succeeded by	Kunwar Mahmood Ali Khan
Constituency	Hapur
Union Minister of State for Agriculture
In office 11 January 1974 – 10 October 1974
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Union Minister of State for Civil Supplies and Industry
In office 10 October 1974 – 9 August 1976
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Union Minister of State for Industry
In office 9 August 1976 – 24 March 1977
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 1978–1984
Constituency	Andhra Pradesh
Personal details
Born	Buddha Priya Maurya
Party	Indian National Congress
Other political affiliations	Scheduled Castes Federation Republican Party of India
Spouse	Kanta Maurya
Children	5
Parent	Girwar Maurya (father)
Alma mater	Balwant Rajput College, Agra

Buddha Priya Maurya (1 May 1926 – 27 September 2004), better known as B.P. Maurya, was a popular Indian politician and a member of the 3rd Lok Sabha and 5th Lok Sabha of western Uttar Pradesh. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Hapur, Uttar Pradesh in the 1971 Indian general election as a member of the Indian National Congress, defeating senior leader Prakash Vir Shastri of Bharatiya Kranti Dal.^[1][2]

Maurya was born on 1 May 1926 in the town of Khair in Uttar Pradesh. His family was of Rajasthani background from the town of Bharatpur. Maurya was born into Chamar (Dalit) caste, who were treated as subjected to socio-economic discrimination. Although, He attended school very late at age of 8 years. He used to graze animals in his childhood. His father took him to get admission in primary school at the age of 8, but the headmaster of the school refused to admit the child because of the child’s age. His father gave a silver coin to the headmaster as a bribe. Maurya got admission but was not allowed to sit inside the class with other general caste students with same mat. He had to carry a sitting mat with him. When he needed to drink water, someone from a higher caste had to pour that water from a height as they were not allowed to touch pitcher.

His childhood days were spent in extreme poverty. When an animal died in the village,  the children used to collect and store the fat of the animal. There was no mustard or kerosene oil to light the lamps in the houses. The lamps were used to burn in the house with the fat of the dead animals. He studies in the light of whose lamps.  Maurya was a very brilliant mind and within a few years, he was in the ranks of meritorious students. He started getting merit scholarships from class 4 onwards. Maurya continued his studies with daliy wages and passed High School in 1946 from Vaishya High School (Khair).