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{{Infobox officeholder
| name= Prakash Vir Shastri
| image=
| title=Member of Parliament in [[Lok Sabha]] and [[Rajya Sabha]]
| term_start=1958
| term_end=1977
| birth_date= 30 December 1923
| birth_place= [[Amroha district|Rehra]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| death_date= 23 November 1977
| death_place=Uttar Pradesh
| party= [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| residence= Uttar Pradesh
}}

'''Prakash Vir Shastri''' (30 December 1923 – 23 November 1977) was a Member of the [[Parliament of India]] (Sansad) and was also a leader in the [[Arya Samaj]] movement.

== Career ==
Shastri was born to Dalipsingh Tyagi on 30 December 1923 in the [[Amroha district|Rehra]] village of [[Moradabad district]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1366.htm |title=4th Lok Sabha: Profile |publisher=Lok Sabha |access-date=15 June 2018 }}</ref> (now in the [[Amroha district]]) of [[Uttar Pradesh]]. He was politically active as a young man, obtaining an M.A. degree from [[Agra University]], and eventually rising to become Vice-Chancellor of [[Gurukul]] [[Vrindavan]]. He earned his [[Shastri (degree)|Shastri]] degree from [[Sampurnanand Sanskrit University]].<ref name="Bioprofile"/> In 1958 Shastri was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] as an [[Independent (politician)|Independent]] and until his death continued to serve as an Independent member, first in the Lok Sabha<ref>{{cite web|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok04/state/04lsup.htm|title=Government Member Roster - Fourth Lok Sabha Member Roster|accessdate = 6 May 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926223814/https://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok04/state/04lsup.htm |archivedate=2007-09-26}}</ref> and later in the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eci.gov.in/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf|format=PDF|title=Key Highlights on General Elections, 1962 to the Third Lokh Sabha|author=Election Commission of New Delhi|accessdate=6 May 2007|year=1962|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070705165418/http://www.eci.gov.in/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf|archive-date=5 July 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was elected as a [[Jana Sangh]] nominee in 1974.<ref name="Bioprofile">{{cite news|title=Bioprofile|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]] website|accessdate=1 May 2015|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1366.htm}}</ref>

== Oratory style ==
Shastri opposed the official designation of [[English language|English]] as the national language of India. He instead preferred [[Hindi]].<ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.ciil-ebooks.net/html/langMove/engoff.html |title=Movement Against English as Official Language|author=Alok Bhallia}}</ref>

== Religious activism ==
Shastri was also internationally recognised as a devotee of the [[Arya Samaj]] movement, a branch of Hinduism dedicated to the [[Vedas]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aryasamaj.org/newsite/node/142 |title=The Triumph at Tankara|author=Brigadier Chitranjan Sawant, VSM|accessdate=6 May 2007|date=22 February 2002|publisher=[[Aryasamaj Online Database]]}}</ref>

Shastri proposed the [[Religious Protection Bill]] in March 1960 in the Lok Sabha, which called for the protection of religious minorities in the face of mass conversions by force occurring across the country at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.assamtribune.com/jun0406/edit1.html |title=Religious Conversions and Religious Freedom |author=Poonam I. Kaushish|accessdate=6 May 2007 |date=4 June 2006|publisher=[[The Assam Tribune]] |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070928043644/http://www.assamtribune.com/jun0406/edit1.html  |archivedate = 28 September 2007}}</ref>

== Train accident ==
Shastri was killed in a train accident on 23 November 1977. He was survived by his wife and two children.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://megassembly.gov.in/proceedings/1977/30-11-1977.htm |title = Parliament Proceedings |accessdate = 6 May 2007|date = 30 November 1977 |publisher = [[Indian Government]]}}</ref>

== Speech compilations ==
In early 2003, a collection of his parliamentary speeches was compiled for publication, in part by former Deputy Prime Minister [[Lal Krishna Advani]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/phtgalry/pgyr2003/pg022003/pg21feb2003/210220036.htm |title=Photograph of L. K. Advani releasing a compilation of Prakash vir Shastri's parliamentary speeches |date=23 February 2003}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1923 births]]
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[[Category:People from Amroha district]]
[[Category:Arya Samajis]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Jana Sangh politicians]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:2nd Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:3rd Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:4th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya alumni]]
[[Category:Railway accident deaths in India]]

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