Sriniwas Tiwari

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Shriyut Sriniwas Tiwari (17 September 1926^[2][3][4] – 19 January 2018)^[1] was a politician from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India. He had a long career in Madhya Pradesh state politics. He was a six-time member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. For most of his political career, he was a member of the Indian National Congress, and had stints in Socialist Party and Samyukta Socialist Party in his younger days.He was assembly speaker of MP from 1993 to 2003.

He also served as a member of the Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 1952 and 1956, before it was merged into Madhya Pradesh. He was bitterly opposed to the merger and advocated the separation of Vindhya Pradesh region from Madhya Pradesh during his political career.^[5] He was known as the White Tiger of Madhya Pradesh.

He lost the election from

On 21 May 1937, he was wedded to Shravan Kumari, the daughter of Ramniranjan Mishra of Jhiria village in Satna district. He had two sons, Arun Tiwari and Sundar Lal Tiwari.^[1] Sundar Lal Tiwari was also an Indian National Congress politician who served as MP and MLA in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Tiwari died on 19 January 2018, aged 91.^[6]

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