{{short description|Indian politician}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Sushil Chandra Varma | image = | office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | term_start = 1989 | term_end = 1999 | predecessor = K. N. Pradhan | successor = Uma Bharti | constituency = Bhopal | birth_date = {{birth date|1926|2|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Khandwa, Central Provinces and Berar, British India | death_date = {{death date and age|2011|10|6|1926|2|24|df=y}} | spouse = {{marriage|Renu Varma|1951|2011}} | education = University of Allahabad, earning an MSc, PhD in sociology | party = Bharatiya Janata Party | source = http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3448.htm }}
'''Sushil Chandra Varma''' (24 February 1926 – 6 October 2011) was an Indian politician.
Sushil Chandra Varma was born on 24 February 1926 in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh and married Renu Varma in 1951. He attended the University of Bhopal and the University of Allahabad, earning an MSc in chemistry and a PhD in sociology. He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1949 and held various posts in Madhya Pradesh and in Delhi.<ref name="biodata">{{cite web |url=http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12MP30.htm |title=Biodata |publisher=Parliament of India |accessdate=11 June 2013}}</ref>
Varma was elected from the Bhopal constituency<ref name="toi" /> to the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Lok Sabhas,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/comb/combalpha.htm |title=Members of Lok Sabha |publisher=Parliament of India |accessdate=11 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627204233/http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/comb/combalpha.htm |archivedate=27 June 2013 }}</ref> with the first of those elections occurring in 1991. He was a member of various parliamentary committees<ref name="biodata" /> and of the Bharatiya Janata Party.<ref name="toi" />
He committed suicide in 2011, having suffered from ill-health for some years previously.<ref name="toi">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-06/indore/30250234_1_suicide-head-injuries-senior-bjp |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130620205422/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-10-06/indore/30250234_1_suicide-head-injuries-senior-bjp |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 June 2013 |title=Former BJP MP Varma commits suicide |date=6 October 2011 |work=The Times of India |accessdate=11 June 2013}}</ref>
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