Prakash Vir Shastri (30 December 1923 – 23 November 1977) was a Member of the Parliament of India (Sansad) and was also a leader in the Arya Samaj movement.
degree from Agra University, and eventually rising to become Vice-Chancellor of Gurukul Vrindavan.
[2] Shastri opposed the official designation of English as the national language of India.
[5] Shastri was also internationally recognised as a devotee of the Arya Samaj movement, a branch of Hinduism dedicated to the Vedas.
[8] In early 2003, a collection of his parliamentary speeches was compiled for publication, in part by former Deputy Prime Minister Lal Krishna Advani.