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[[File:Hari Ram Nathany in 1952.gif|thumb|Hari Ram Nathany in 1952]]'''Hari Ram Nathany''' was an [[India]]n politician and businessman. He represented the [[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]] in the [[1st Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[parliament of India]]) [[1952 Indian general election|elected in 1952]].<br />
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==Private life==<br />
Hailing from a [[Marwari people|Marwari]] family, Nathany was born in [[Calcutta]] as the son of Rameshwar Nathany.<ref name=ls/><ref name="Chhabra1952"/><ref name="TaknetIntegralDMS2016">{{cite book|author1=D.K. Taknet|author2=IntegralDMS|title=The Marwari Heritage|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kXS2DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA462|date=22 July 2016|publisher=IntegralDMS|isbn=978-1-942322-06-1|page=462}}</ref> His father was a businessman.<ref name="Chhabra1952"/> He was educated privately, and worked as a businessman.<ref name=ls/> He married Gita Devi Nathany, and the couple had three children (two sons and one daughter).<ref name=ls/> He settled in [[Bhilwara]], [[Rajasthan]].<ref name=ls/> As of 1948 he was named honourable treasurer of the Shri Gandhi Memorial Fund in Bhilwara.<ref name=ls/> In 1951 he was named President of the Sapt Shatabadi Maha Sati Mela in [[Chittor Fort|Chittorgarh Fort]].<ref name=ls/><br />
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As per the Lok Sabha biography, Nathany's hobbies and interests included gardening, poetry, photography, music and tennis.<ref name=ls/> He was a member of the Shri Bhopal Club in Bhilwara.<ref name=ls>Lok Sabha. ''[http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/894.htm Members Bioprofile: NATHANY, SHRI HARI RAM]''</ref><br />
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==Business==<br />
The Nathany family was prominent in business (Hari Ram's grandfather had co-founded the [[Calcutta Stock Exchange]]).<ref name="Chhabra1952"/> Hari Ram Nathany worked with the family company Duduwala & Co was dealing with [[mica]] in Calcutta, maintaining mining activities in Bhilwara.<ref name=ls/><ref name="Chhabra1952"/> Nathany was also served as one of the directors of the Citizens of India Mutual Insurance Co. in Calcutta (his brother was the chairman of the company).<ref name="Chhabra1952"/> The family also owned several mills.<ref name="Chhabra1952"/><br />
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==Parliamentarian==<br />
In politics, he became a member of the Hindu nationalist [[Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad]] in 1951.<ref name=ls/><ref name="Chhabra1952">{{cite book|author=Hari Sharan Chhabra|title=Opposition in the Parliament: a unique, authentic and comprehensive biographical dictionary of M. P.'s on opposition benches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R-k1AAAAIAAJ|year=1952|publisher=New Publishers|page=128}}</ref> He served as a member of the Working Committee of the party, as well as the Working Committee of its Rajasthan branch.<ref name=ls/><br />
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In 1952, Nathany was elected to the first Lok Sabha from the [[Bhilwara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bhilwara constituency]]. He obtained 51,562 votes (47.37%).<ref name=e1952>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1951 TO THE FIRST LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref> Nathany was one of three Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad members in the first Lok Sabha, all elected from constituencies in Rajasthan.<ref name=e1952/> In parliament, he opposed the trade policies of the [[Indian National Congress]] government.<ref name="Chhabra1952"/><br />
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==Later life==<br />
After his tenure in parliament 1952-1957, Nathany remainder active in mining business.<ref>{{cite book|title=Directory of Mines and Mining Leases: pt. 1. As of 1-1-1967. pt. 2. 1967 to 1970|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DEHb8PA876oC|year=1977|publisher=Controller of Publications|page=681}}</ref><br />
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Nathany died in Bhilwara on 24 March 1984 at the age of 60.<ref name="PeopleSabha1984">{{cite book|author1=India. Parliament. House of the People|author2=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha|title=Lok Sabha Debates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CVQwAAAAMAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat.|page=86}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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