Shastri left his college in between to join the non cooperation movement. He worked for the betterment of Harijans at Muzaffarpur and dropped his caste derived surname of Srivastava. He was impressed and influences by Mahatma Gandhi and therefore joined the Indian independence movement in the 1920s. He served as the president of Servants of the Peoples society founded by Lala Lajpat Rai
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