Ghaziabad Honors H.P. Shastri

In August 2011, Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation passed a resolution to name the street that goes to Hindi Bhavan in Ghaziabad, India as the Har Prasad Shastri Marg (Har Prasad Shastri Road) in honor of Pt Har Prasad Shastri and his contributions to the city of Ghaziabad and to India.

Har Prasad Shastri Marg was officially dedicated in a ceremony held on April 17, 2012 at the Hindi Bhavan in Ghaziabad, UP, India.

The chief guest at the dedication ceremony was the honorable Shri Rajnath Singh, (former President of the Bharitya Janata Party and the Union Affairs Minister of India) Other guests included Shrimati Damyanti Goyal who was the mayor of Ghaziabad, and Shri Jitendra Singh who was Ghaziabad Muncipal Commissioner.

International Poets including Shri Surendra Sharma, Shri Hari Om Pawar and Shri Praveen Shukla and others were also in attendance.

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