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[[File:Lallanji in 1952.gif|thumb|Lallanji in 1952]]'''Lallanji''' was an [[India]]n politician. He was born in [[Faizabad]] in November 1879, son of Mendu Lal.<ref name=ls>{{cite web | url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/814.htm | title=First Lok Sabha Members Lallanji, Shri | publisher=164.100.47.194 | accessdate=12 May 2019 }}</ref> Lallanji was a landlord and member of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=ls/> He hailed from the [[Khatri]] community.<ref name="Gould1994">{{cite book|author=Harold Alton Gould|title=Grass Roots Politics in India: A Century of Political Evolution in Faizabad District|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yUJuAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 1994|publisher=Oxford & IBH Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-204-0898-2|pages=84, 231}}</ref> He had been schooled at Government High School in Faizabad.<ref name=ls/> He was influenced by the [[Arya Samaj]] during his youth.<ref name="BrassRobinson1987"/><br />
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He served as President of the Faizabad District Congress Committee.<ref name=ls/> In May 1948 he became the President of the Faizabad District Board.<ref name=ls/> He was a member of the [[All India Congress Committee]] and the [[Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee]].<ref name=ls/> He was a member of the Ram Yash Kirtan Sabha.<ref name=ls/><br />
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Within the Indian National Congress, he emerged as the leader of the Gupta-Pant faction in Faizabad.<ref name="BrassRobinson1987">{{cite book|last1=Brass|first1=Paul R.|last2=Robinson|first2=Francis|title=The Indian National Congress and Indian society, 1885-1985 : ideology, social structure, and political dominance|date=1987|publisher=Chanakya Publications|location=Delhi|isbn=978-8170010265|edition=1st}}</ref><ref name="Gould1994"/><br />
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Lallanji was elected to the first [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[parliament of India]]) from the [[Faizabad District (North-West) (Lok Sabha constituency)|Faizabad District (North-West) constituency]] in the [[1952 Indian general election]]. He obtained 111,547 votes.<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> He defeated Acharya [[J.B. Kripalani]].<ref name=e1952/><br />
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Lallanji died in Faizabad on 20 May 1958.<ref>{{cite book|title=Lok Sabha Debates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IztPAQAAMAAJ|date=11 August 1958|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=843}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:People from Faizabad]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
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