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Hari Vishnu Kamath

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Hari Vishnu Kamath
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1977–1980
Preceded byChaudhary Nitiraj Singh
Succeeded byRameshwar Neekhra
In office
1962–1967
Succeeded byChaudhary Nitiraj Singh
In office
1952–1957
ConstituencyNarmadapuram, Madhya Pradesh
Personal details
Born(1907-07-13)13 July 1907
Mangalore, Madras Presidency, British India (now Karnataka, India)
Died1982
Political partyJanata Party
Other political
affiliations
Praja Socialist Party
Source: [1]

Hari Vishnu Kamath (13 July 1907 – 1982) was an Indian politician and member of the Constituent Assembly of India.[1] He was elected to the lower House of Parliament, the Lok Sabha, from Narmadapuram (Hoshangabad), Madhya Pradesh, thrice.[2] In 1952 and 1962, he was elected as a member of Praja Socialist Party. And in 1977, he was elected as a member of Janata Party. [3] He was the losing candidate in 1957 and 1967.

Kamath qualified for the Indian Civil Service in 1938 but he left the job to join the independence movement and joined the Forward Bloc.[4]

He was imprisoned at Seoni Central Jail in connection with the Freedom Struggle with Prabhudayal Vidyarthi and spoke strongly against the atrocities of British on his release. [5]

References

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  1. ^ Doctor, Vikram (26 January 2020). "HV Kamath: The contrarian who became legendary for his antics and interjections". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  2. ^ Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1964. p. 4171 – via Google Books.
    - R. C. Bhardwaj (1994). Legislation by Members in the Indian Parliament. Allied Publishers. p. 174. ISBN 978-81-7023-409-8 – via Google Books.
    - India-Sri Lanka Relations and Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict Documents, 1947–2000. Indian Research Press. 2001. p. 870. ISBN 978-81-87943-11-2 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1977-election-results.html
  4. ^ "Constituent Assembly Members. H.V. Kamath". Constitution of India. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
  5. ^ https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/123456789/2717576?frontend&my-list&query=[query=&frontend&rpp=20]
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