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Hira Vallabh Tripathi

Indian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionApr 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ51423771 ↗
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Hira Vallabh Dutt Tripathi born August 1902 in Kankhal, was an Indian politician, lawyer, and trade unionist. Son of Pandit Padma Dutt Tripathi, he was a member of the Indian National Congress and held various roles in cooperative banking, labor unions, and municipal administration in Uttar Pradesh. He served as Chairman of the Municipal Board, Haridwar, and was associated with the I.N.T.U.C., U.P.C.C., and A.I.C.C..

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Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1902—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Hira, Vallabh and Tripathi providing the first useful test.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q51423771. The first chronological checks are 1902.

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This entry incorporates text from “Hira Vallabh Tripathi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.