Hari Vishnu Kamath Explained

Hari Vishnu Kamath
Birth Date:13 July 1907
Birth Place:Mangalore, Madras Presidency, British India (now Karnataka, India)
Death Date:1982
Office:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term:1977–1980
Predecessor:Chaudhary Nitiraj Singh
Successor:Rameshwar Neekhra
Term2:1962–1967
Successor2:Chaudhary Nitiraj Singh
Term3:1952–1957
Constituency3:Narmadapuram, Madhya Pradesh
Party:Janata Party
Otherparty:Praja Socialist Party
Source:https://sansad.in/ls/members/biography/776?from=amembers&former=1&profileURL=https://lssapi.nic.in/MemberProfile/biodata_1_12/776.htm

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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Doctor . Vikram . 2020-01-26 . HV Kamath: The contrarian who became legendary for his antics and interjections . The Economic Times . 2023-07-07 . 0013-0389.
  2. Book: Lok Sabha Debates. 1964. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 4171. Google Books.
    - Book: R. C. Bhardwaj. Legislation by Members in the Indian Parliament. 1994. Allied Publishers. 978-81-7023-409-8. 174. Google Books.
    - Book: India-Sri Lanka Relations and Sri Lanka's Ethnic Conflict Documents, 1947–2000. 2001. Indian Research Press. 978-81-87943-11-2. 870. Google Books.
  3. https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1977-election-results.html
  4. Web site: Constituent Assembly Members. H.V. Kamath. 2021-08-28. Constitution of India.
  5. https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/123456789/2717576?frontend&my-list&query=[query=&frontend&rpp=20]