Swami Ramanand Shastri | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 1952, 1967, 1971-1974 | |
Constituency | Bijnor,Uttar Pradesh |
Personal details | |
Born | Dhaulaba,Ahmedabad District,Bombay Presidency,British India (now Gujarat,India) | 7 February 1908
Political party | Indian National Congress |
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Swami Ramanand Shastri (1908-1974) was an Indian politician. He was elected from the Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh to the lower House of the Indian Parliament the Lok Sabha as a member of the Indian National Congress in 1952,1967 and 1971. [1] [2] [3]
Swami Ramanand Shastri died in 1974. The bye-poll necessitated by his death was won unopposed by Ram Dayal of Congress when his Jana Sangh rival withdrew from the contest. [4]
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