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Balkrishna Sharma: A freedom fighter & poet admired by Atal Bihari Vajpayee

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Balkrishna Sharma campaigned vigorously for Hindi to be declared a national language of India. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1960.
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Lokanath Misra: Politician who opposed freedom to propagate religion as fundamental right

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Lokanath Misra served as governor of three 3 northeastern states. As member of the Constituent Assembly, he highlighted need to protect Hindu culture & religion.
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VT Krishnamachari: India’s master planner who laid the foundation of panchayati raj system

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A civil servant, Krishnamachari donned many hats in pre- and post-Independent India, with the most notable being his stint at the Planning Commission.
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Algu Rai Shastri: The socialist who vociferously denounced English as a foreign language

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Algu Rai Shastri, a member of the Constituent Assembly, was against forced religious conversions and known for denouncing views of religious minorities.
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Durgabai Deshmukh: The brave woman from Andhra who ended her own child marriage

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Durgabai Deshmukh, one of 15 women in the 299-member Constituent Assembly, was a feisty individual who studied law to help the wrongfully convicted.
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Sardar Hukam Singh, a minority rights champion in Constituent Assembly

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Sardar Hukam Singh, who served in first three Lok Sabhas, refused to sign draft of the constitution as he felt it failed to secure...
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The Kerala governor who openly pushed Indira’s case for PM

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Ajith Prasad Jain also served in a Nehru Cabinet and backed the abolition of the zamindari system.
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Gokulbhai Bhatt, the Constituent Assembly member who called the Constitution ‘un-Indian’

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Gokulbhai Bhatt, who quit college to join the non-cooperation movement, was a staunch proponent of the Gandhian Panchayati Raj.
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Muhammad Ismail, Indian Muslim League pioneer who wanted Hindustani as official language

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During Constituent Assembly debates, Ismail pushed for Hindustani because it was the most spoken and understood language in India.
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Hiralal Shastri, the man who pushed for equal rights within Constituent Assembly

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The first chief minister of Rajasthan, Shastri also co-founded the all-women Banasthali Vidyapith.
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