Shri Bhanu Kumar Shastri

SHASTRI, SHRI BHANU KUMAR, Sahitya  Shastri, M.A., Janata, (Rajasthan—Udaipur—1977):  s. of  Shri Gindhar Lal Sharma, b. at Sind, Hyderabad, Kartik, Shukla Vikram Samvat, 1982; ed. at Banaras Hindu University and Udaipur University; m. Smt. Kalavati Bai; 1 s. and 1 d.; Teacher, Headmaster Vidya Niketan Secondary School, Udaipur; previously associated with the Jan Sangh; imprisoned for participating in the Kathu Aajida Movement in Jammu in 1953 and two months under DIR in 1965; Detained under MISA during Emergency in Jaipur and Ajmer Jails; President, Rajasthan Pradesh Jan Sangh prior to its merger in the Janata Party; Vice-President, Municipal Council, Udaipur, 1964-1967; Member, Town  Development Trust Udaipur, 1964-1967; Organiser of the Bharatiya Shiksha Prachar Samiti, Udaipur; Member (i) Famine Relief  Committee and (ii) Cow Protection Committee; Member, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, 1972-76; presently Member, (i) Committee on Public Undertaking and (ii) Committee on Absence of  Member.

Social activities:  Organised Relief work in refugee cm nips after the formation, of Pakistan.

Special interests:  Journalism; Writes in ‘KAUMUDI’ (Sanskrit Magazine).

Sports and clubs:  Indoor games.

Permanent address:  Shivaji Nagar, Udaipur, Rajasthan.