Harihar Narayan Prabhakar

Who is Harihar Narayan Prabhakar?

Harihar Narayan Prabhakar is an Indian politician. He has represented the Dhanwar Legislative Assembly seat, winning elections on the tickets of three different parties.

Prabhakar became an activist of the Communist Party of India in 1952. He studied at Ranchi University, obtaining Master of Arts and LLB degrees. He graduated from the university in 1960. As a private candidate, he obtained his Master's Degree in History in 1964.

In 1964 he was appointed headmaster of the Jaridih High School. In 1967 he left the CPI. Two years later he joined the Bharatiya Jan Sangh. In 1972 he became a full-time political worker as the district organising secretary of the party in Giridih District. In the same year he contested the Dhanwar Legislative Assembly seat, as a candidate of Bharatiya Jan Sangh. He finished in third position in the constituency.

By 1977 Bharatiya Jan Sangh had merged into the Janata Party. Prabhakar contested the 1977 Bihar Legislative Assembly election as the Janata Party candidate, winning the Dhanwar seat. He was, however, defeated in the 1980 election.. He contested a 1981 by-poll in the neighbouring Giridih Legislative Assembly constituency.