Harihar Nath Shastri was an Indian politician who was a member of the

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. He was the first Member of Parliament for

Kanpur Kanpur (Hindustani language, Hindustani: ), originally named Kanhapur and formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is the second largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow. It was the primary ...

and also actively worked as a labour leader. In the late 1920s, he was viewed as communist but was considered moderate by the late 1930s. He become the first President of the Indian National Railway Workers Federation (INRWF) in 1948. In 1925, he was recruited as a life member of the

Servants of the People Society Servants of the People Society (SOPS) (Hindi (ISO) : Lōka Sēvaka Maṇḍala ) is a non-profit social service organization founded by Lala Lajpat Rai, a prominent leader in the Indian Independence movement, in 1921 in Lahore. The society is d ...

, by its founder-director, the late

Lala Lajpat Rai Lala Lajpat Rai (28 January 1865 — 17 November 1928) was an Indian revolutionary, politician, and author, popularly known as ''Punjab Kesari (Lion of Punjab).'' He was one of the three members of the Lal Bal Pal trio. He died of severe tra ...

, with whom he worked for a year as his private secretary. In 1947, he became a member of the

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, and upon its dissolution, became a member of the

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Date of death unknown India MPs 1952–1957 Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh Politicians from Kanpur 1905 births Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh {{UttarPradesh-INC-politician-stub