Background
He was born in a zamindar family of Karnai village in district BALLIA on 10 June 1924 and died on 2 May 1991 at his native village Karnai in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh.
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Gauri Shankar Rai
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Career
He served as the Leader of Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council. Rai had his primary and junior school education in his native village Karnai and neighbouring villages Apayal and Sukhpura. He was admitted in Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Meston School in Ballia.
Student Activist and Freedom Fighter: He was arrested on 14 th August 1942, for participating in "QUIT INDIA MOVEMENT" of Mahatma Gandhi, as a student of class 9 th.class.
He was president of district youth congress in 1945 and organised many agitations against British government and local administration, schools and colleges along with his associates such as Chandra Shekhar, Kashi Nath Mishra and Vasudeo Rai. He passed.his intermediate and Bachelor of Arts From Satish Chandra College BALLIA (Agra University) and Bachelor of Education from Benares Hindu University, Varanasi.
He passed Sahitya Ratna from Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Allahabad. Just after independence in 1947, he led an agitation, organised by student organisations of Uttar Pradesh, against enhancement of school fees by Uttar Pradesh Government and was jailed with agitators in Lucknow, but freed after demand was accepted by Government
Pint He was elected to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council, MLC, in 1967 as congress candidate, defeating a communist candidate supported by the then Government in Uttar Pradesh.He was reelected to Uttar Pradesh Council in 1970 and was up to 1976.
He joined Justice of the Peace Movement in 1974against corruption and misrule of different state governments, e.g. Gujrat and Bihar and also against Government of India. State office of JPMovement was opened at his official residence as MLC in Royal Hotel, Lucknow and his residence became centre of activities.
Politics
He was a teacher in Town College Ballia for some time but left the job due to his preoccupation in Political Activities. He joined Congress Party in 1964 alongwithh Asok Mehta when PSP merged itself with Congress Party. Nehru had declared Socialism as ultimate Goal of congress and all socialists to join him and strengthen socialist movement.
Membership
Earlier he had been member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly (1957-1962) and Legislative Council (1967-1976). Parliamentary Life: He was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly, as a Praja Socialist Party candidate, from Ballia sadar vidhan sabha in 1957 and defeated congress candidate.
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Socialist Party