Harindranath Chattopadhyay

Vocation

Indian English poet, actor, and member of the 1st Lok Sabha from Vijayawada constituency. He was the younger brother of Sarojini Naidu, a child prodigy, Indian independence activist and poet. Born to a scientist-philosopher and a poetess, Harindranath Chattopadhyay is famous for poems like Noon and Shaper Shaped. His other interests were politics, 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). They had one son. Their divorce marked the very first legal separation granted by the courts of India. In 1951 Lok Sabha elections Harindranath Chattopadhyay won from Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency in Madras State as an independent candidate, supported by the Communist Party of India. He was the member of the 1st Lok Sabha from April 14, 1952 to April 4, 1957. He died on June 23, 1990. Link to Wikipedia biography