Shri C. Krishnan Nair

NAIR, SHRI C. KRISHNAN, B.A., Cong., (Delhi—Outer Delhi—1957): S. of Shri Padmanathan; B. Neyyattinkara (Travancore State), 1902; ed. at Neyyattinkara High School, Sri Mulailasam High School, Trivandrum, Jamia Milla Islamia, Aligarh and Delhi; Social and political worker; Worked for some time as a teacher in Indraprasth Gurukul and as a clerk in the Lakshmi Insurance Company; Joined Satyagraha Ashram, Sabarmati, 1928 to 1930; Joined the Dandi March under Gandhiji; Opened Satyagraha Ashram at Delhi and Gandhi Sewa Ashram at Narela in 1931; General Secretary, Delhi P.C.C., 1937; Member, A.I.C.C., 1937; Participated in 1942 movement; Vice-President and Chief Public Relations Officer, D.P.C.C, since 1943; Was a Member of Chief Commissioner’s Advisory Council, Delhi; Member, Delhi Development Board, Textile Advisory Board (Delhi), P. & T. Advisory Board and Charkha Sangh, Gandhi Sewa Sangh and Sarvodaya Samaj; Worked as the General Secretary of the Delhi Central Refugee Relief Committee in 1947; Underwent various terms of imprisonment for participating in the National Movement; Now President of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee; Member, First Lok Sabha, 1952—57.

Special interests: Rural Reconstruction and Basic Education.

Recreation: Mass contact.

Permanent address: Gandhi Sewa Ashram, Narela, Delhi State.

[Voting results at the Election: 

Electorate: 4,39,733

Shri C. Krishnan Nair ..      1,23,377

Shri Ram Singh ..               50,770

Shri B. D. Joshi ..               38,236

Shri V. P. Joshi ..                24,765

Shri Krishna Mohan Singh .. 9,478

Shri Hari Chand ..              4,191

Shri Kharak Singh ..         3,400]