Narayan, Jayaprakash (1902–1979), political activist and social worker, was born on 11 October 1902 in the village of Shitab Diara, Bihar, in an upper caste (Kayastha) family of modest means, the fourth of six children of Harsu Dayal, a government official, and his wife, ...
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S. T. Sheppard
revised by B. R. Nanda
Sastri, Valangiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa (1869–1946), social worker and politician in India, was born at Valangiman, Tanjore district, Madras, on 22 September 1869, the son of a Brahman priest, Sankaranarayana Sastri. He was educated at the Native High School and the Government College, Kumbakonam...
