Kushaleshwar Prasad Shankara () was an Indian politician, lawyer and trade unionist.Hindu College. Constitution
Shankara was the secretary of the University Law Union Society. In 1936 he was one of founders of the Delhi Students Federation along with Kanwar Lal, Mir Mushtaq Ahmad, Ismail Madha and others.K.P. Shankra Papers, Delhi ArchivesChandra, Prabodh. Student Movement in India. Lahore: All-India Students' Federation, 1938. pp. 102-103
Shankara stood as the Indian National Congress candidate in the Parliament Street constituency. He won the seat, having obtained 5,646 votes (67.21% of the votes in the constituency).Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF DELHI As of 1954 he served as president of the Delhi branch of the Indian National Trade Union Congress.Hsinhua News Agency Release. 1954. p. 26
He owned a house in the Bengali Market neighbourhood.Sarkar, Subodh Chandra. Indian Parliament and State Legislatures, Being the Supplement to Hindustan Year Book, 1952. Calcutta: M.C. Sarkar, 1952. p. 91The Criminal Law Journal: A Monthly Legal Publication Containing Full Reports of All Reported Criminal Cases of the High Courts, Etc., in India, Vol. 89, Eds. 2. W.R. Rayandekar or Congress Nagar, 1983. p. 1282
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