The Gazette of India
EXTRAORDINARY
PART I—Section 1
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
NO. 116] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1980/ASADHA 4, 1902
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478 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART I—SEC. 1]On his return Shri Giri stalled taking keen interest in the labour movement and started practice at his home town Bcrhumporc. Later, he joined the Home Kute League, and the Indian National Congress. During the Non-Cooperation Movement lHunchcc1 by Mahauima Gundhi. Shri Giri gave up his practice and plunged himself into h'.s movement. He was arrested and suffered imprisonment.
- - Conference at Geneva in 1927, and also represented the workers at the Second Round Table Conference in London in 1931-32. He was a Mem- ber of the Central Legislative Assembly from 1934 to 1937 where he soon made his mark as a prominent sperAer parti- cularly on labour questions. A turning point in Shri Gins career w;is his election to the Madras Legislative Assemble . He joined the State Ministry in Madras as a Liibrmr Minister in 1937. He was re-elected to the Madras I egisWure in 1946 rind URain held the portfolio of Labour fo•• about a year. Soon alter, he was appointed India's Hiph Commissioner to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). In the first General Elections in 1952, Shri Giri was elect- ed to the Lok Sabha and held the office <↩