Umashankar Muljibhai Trivedi was born in a Gujarati family on 9 July 1904 at Village Malvan in Sant State.
[3] He was elected to 1st Lok Sabha from Chittor representing Jan Sangh in 1952 defeating strong opponent and former Chief Minister of Rajasthan, Manikya Lal Verma.
[4][5] He, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Durga Charan Banerjee were only three members belonging to Jan Sangh in 1st Lok Sabha.
[7] When Shyama Prasad was detained, he filed a moved a habeas corpus petition in the Kashmir High Court at Srinagar.
[8] He was active member Sarvadaliya Goraksha Maha-Abhiyan Samiti and was prominent face of demonstrations in 1966 anti-cow slaughter agitation along-with Atal Bihari Vajpayee.