Harindranath Chattopadhyay
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Harindranath Chattopadhyay
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| MP | |
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In office 1952–1957 |
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| Succeeded by | Komarraju Atchamamba |
| Constituency | Vijayawada constituency |
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| Born |
2 April 1898 Hyderabad, India |
| Died | 23 June 1990 (aged 92) Mumbai, India |
| Spouse(s) | Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay |
| Children | Ramakrishna Chattopadhyaya, Krishna Chattopadhyay |
| Religion | Hindu |
Harindranath Chattopadhyay (2 April 1898 – 23 June 1990) was a multi-talented personality as an Indian English poet, a dramatist, an actor, a musician and a member of the 1st Lok Sabha from Vijayawada constituency. He was the younger brother of Sarojini Naidu, the second woman President of the Indian National Congress and first Indian woman to hold the position, and Virendranath Chattopadhyay, an international communist revolutionary. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan in 1973.
Born in Hyderabad (erstwhile Hyderabad State, present day Telangana) in a Bengali Hindu Kulin Brahmin family to Aghornath Chattopadhyay, first Indian D.Sc, a scientist-philosopher and educationist, and Barada Sundari Devi, a poet and singer, he is famous for poems like Noon and Shaper Shaped. His father was a Doctorate of Science from Edinburgh University, settled in Hyderabad State, where he founded and administered the Hyderabad College, which later became the Nizam's College in Hyderabad. His mother was a poet and used to write poetry in Bengali. His other interests were politics, music, theatre and cinema. He was awarded Padma Bhushan in 1973. He married Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, a Socialist and leader of Women, who created the All India Women's Conference, the Indian Cooperative Union and also was the inspiration for the All Indian Handicraft's Board, a body which revived many Indian handicrafts, decimated by the Industrial Revolution in Britain in the 19th century. (Pottery and Weaving). Their son Ramakrishna Chattopadhyaya is in Banagalore, India, today. Their daughter was Krishna Chattopadhyay. Their divorce marked the very first legal separation granted by the courts of India.
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