Chaturanan Mishra
Chaturanan Mishra | |
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Member of Parliament of Rajya Sabha for Bihar | |
In office 1990–1996 | |
In office 1984–1990 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 7 April 1925 Nahar, Madhubani District, Bihar |
Died | July 2, 2011 | (aged 86)
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Communist Party of India |
Occupation | Politician Indian freedom fighter |
Chaturanan Mishra (7 April 1925 – 2 July 2011)
Quit India Movement
Mishra took part in the 1942 Quit India Movement.[2][3] Due to his pro-Independence activism, he had to go into exile in Nepal for a period. Back in India, he was imprisoned at Darbhanga jail.[2]
1962–1980
He contested the Giridih seat in the 1962 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, finishing second with 6,379 votes.[4]
Mishra joined the National Council of the Communist Party of India in 1964.[2] He became the president of the Bihar State Committee of the All India Trade Union Congress.[3]
Between 1969 and 1980 he was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar, representing the
Mishra contested the
1981 election
He was defeated by
1980s
During the 1980s, Mishra became the president of the All India Trade Union Congress. In 1984 he was elected to the Rajya Sabha.[2]
In April 1989 he was included in the party secretariat of CPI.[2]
In 1990, he was again elected to the Rajya Sabha.[2]
Union Minister
Mishra was elected to the
In 1998 Mishra was excluded from the CPI secretariat. Officially health factors were claimed as the rationale behind his exclusion, but the press speculated that the move was motivated by Mishra's opposition on the position of the party in opposing the introduction of
Mishra died in New Delhi at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences at the age of 86.[1]
References
- ^ a b The Economic Times. Former Minister Chaturanan Mishra passes away
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Lok Sabha. Biographical Sketch - Member of Parliament - XI Lok Sabha
- ^ a b c Mishra, S. N., L. M. Prasad, and Kushal Sharma. Tribal Voting Behaviour: A Study of Bihar Tribes. New Delhi: Concept Pub. Co, 1982. p. 76
- ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT GENERAL ELECTION, 1962 THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
- ^ Mishra, S. N., L. M. Prasad, and Kushal Sharma. Tribal Voting Behaviour: A Study of Bihar Tribes. New Delhi: Concept Pub. Co, 1982. p. 71
- ^ Mishra, S. N., L. M. Prasad, and Kushal Sharma. Tribal Voting Behaviour: A Study of Bihar Tribes. New Delhi: Concept Pub. Co, 1982. p. 73
- ^ Indian Express. Chaturanan Mishra may find the going tough this time
- ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1977 TO THE SIXTH LOK SABHA Archived 18 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mishra, S. N., L. M. Prasad, and Kushal Sharma. Tribal Voting Behaviour: A Study of Bihar Tribes. New Delhi: Concept Pub. Co, 1982. p. 74
- ^ Mishra, S. N., L. M. Prasad, and Kushal Sharma. Tribal Voting Behaviour: A Study of Bihar Tribes. New Delhi: Concept Pub. Co, 1982. p. 79
- ^ Mishra, Chaturanan. Need to Redefine Socialism after the Collapse of the Soviet Union, article in Mainstream
- ^ Manisha. Profiles of Indian Prime Ministers: Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru to Dr. Manmohan Singh. New Delhi: Mittal Publ, 2005. p. 367
- Indian Express. Chaturanan dropped from CPI secretariat
External links
- No Subsidies For A Lost Cause, article in Outlook