Lallanji

Indian politician

Lallanji in 1952

Lallanji was an Indian politician. He was born in Faizabad in November 1879, son of Mendu Lal.[1] Lallanji was a landlord and member of the Indian National Congress.[1] He hailed from the Khatri community.[2] He had been schooled at Government High School in Faizabad.[1] He was influenced by the Arya Samaj during his youth.[3]

He served as President of the Faizabad District Congress Committee.[1] In May 1948 he became the President of the Faizabad District Board.[1] He was a member of the All India Congress Committee and the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee.[1] He was a member of the Ram Yash Kirtan Sabha.[1]

Within the Indian National Congress, he emerged as the leader of the Gupta-Pant faction in Faizabad.[3][2]

Lallanji was elected to the first Lok Sabha (lower house of the parliament of India) from the Faizabad District (North-West) constituency in the 1952 Indian general election. He obtained 111,547 votes.[4] He defeated Acharya J.B. Kripalani.[4]

Lallanji died in Faizabad on 20 May 1958.[5]

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1. ^ a b c d e f g "First Lok Sabha Members Lallanji, Shri". 164.100.47.194. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
2. ^ a b Harold Alton Gould (1 January 1994). Grass Roots Politics in India: A Century of Political Evolution in Faizabad District. Oxford & IBH Publishing Company. pp. 84, 231. ISBN 978-81-204-0898-2.
3. ^ a b Brass, Paul R.; Robinson, Francis (1987). The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985 : ideology, social structure, and political dominance (1st ed.). Delhi: Chanakya Publications. ISBN 978-8170010265.
4. ^ a b Election Commission of India. Statistical report on general elections, 1951 to the first Lok Sabha – Volume I (National and state abstracts & detailed results)
5. ^ Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 11 August 1958. p. 843.