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'''Harihar Nath Shastri''' was | '''Harihar Nath Shastri''' was an Indian politician who belonged to [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/factionalpolitic0000bras | url-access=registration | quote=harihar nath shastri. | title=Factional Politics in an Indian State: The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh | publisher=University of California Press | author=Brass, Paul |authorlink=Paul Brass | year=1965 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/factionalpolitic0000bras/page/197 197] | accessdate=29 April 2014}}</ref> | ||
He was the first Member of Parliament of [[Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanpur]]. He also actively worked as the labour leader. In the late 1920s, he was seen as communist but was considered to be moderate by the late 1930s.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTZALAjtrR0C&q=harihar+nath+shastri&pg=PA290 | title=Lost Worlds: Indian Labour and Its Forgotten Histories | publisher=Orient Blackswan | author=Joshi, Chitra | year=2003 | pages=290 | isbn=9788178240220 | accessdate=29 April 2014}}</ref> He was the first President of Indian National Railway Workers Federation (INRWF) in 1948.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nfirindia.org/About_History.aspx | title=History: National Federation of Indian Railwaymen | accessdate=29 April 2014}}</ref> In 1925 he was recruited as a life member of the [[Servants of the People Society]], by its founder-director, the late [[Lala Lajpat Rai]], with whom he worked for a year as his private secretary. In 1947 he became a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]], and on its dissolution became a member of the [[Indian Parliament]]. | He was the first Member of Parliament of [[Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanpur]]. He also actively worked as the labour leader. In the late 1920s, he was seen as communist but was considered to be moderate by the late 1930s.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JTZALAjtrR0C&q=harihar+nath+shastri&pg=PA290 | title=Lost Worlds: Indian Labour and Its Forgotten Histories | publisher=Orient Blackswan | author=Joshi, Chitra | year=2003 | pages=290 | isbn=9788178240220 | accessdate=29 April 2014}}</ref> He was the first President of Indian National Railway Workers Federation (INRWF) in 1948.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.nfirindia.org/About_History.aspx | title=History: National Federation of Indian Railwaymen | accessdate=29 April 2014}}</ref> In 1925 he was recruited as a life member of the [[Servants of the People Society]], by its founder-director, the late [[Lala Lajpat Rai]], with whom he worked for a year as his private secretary. In 1947 he became a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]], and on its dissolution became a member of the [[Indian Parliament]]. | ||