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'''Harihar Nath Shastri''' was an Indian politician | '''Harihar Nath Shastri''' was an Indian politician and a member of the [[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 | He was the first Member of Parliament for [[Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanpur]] and also actively worked as a labour leader. In the late 1920s, he was viewed as a communist but was considered 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 become the first President of the 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 upon its dissolution, became a member of the [[Indian Parliament]], the Lok Sabha, from Kanpur. | ||
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Harihar Nath Shastri हरि हर नाथ शास्त्री | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1952–1953 | |
| Succeeded by | S. N. Tandon |
| Constituency | Kanpur Central |
| Member of Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh | |
| In office 1936–1939 | |
| In office 1946–1947 | |
| President, All India Trade Union Congress | |
| In office 1933–1935 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1905 Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Education | Graduate from BHU |
Harihar Nath Shastri was an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress.[1] He was the first Member of Parliament for Kanpur and also actively worked as a labour leader. In the late 1920s, he was viewed as a communist but was considered moderate by the late 1930s.[2] He become the first President of the Indian National Railway Workers Federation (INRWF) in 1948.[3] 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 upon its dissolution, became a member of the Indian Parliament, the Lok Sabha, from Kanpur.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Brass, Paul (1965). Factional Politics in an Indian State: The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh. University of California Press. pp. 197. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
harihar nath shastri.
- ↑ Joshi, Chitra (2003). Lost Worlds: Indian Labour and Its Forgotten Histories. Orient Blackswan. p. 290. ISBN 9788178240220. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ↑ "History: National Federation of Indian Railwaymen". Retrieved 29 April 2014.