Kailashpati Mishra
Kailashpati Mishra (Birth 5 October 1926, Dudharchak, Buxar, Bihar [1]in a Bhumihar Brahmin family[2]) is a leader of Bharatiya Janta Party and a former Governor of Gujarat and also shortly Governor of Rajasthan Following the Death of the Current Governor Nirmal Chandra Jain . [3] Kailashpati Mishra, a bachelor and popularly called the "Bhishmapitamah" of Bihar has been affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since 1944 and was even jailed after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.[4]Mishra was also appointed Bihar's finance minister in 1977-78 when the Janata Party government was in power.[4]
He had taken part in the Quit India Movement in 1942 and was arrested for the same and has been a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since 1943.
[edit] Book Written & Published
- Chetana Ke Swar - Collection of Poems
- Path Ke Sansmaran - Autobiography
[edit] References
- ^ Present Governor
- ^ Abhay Singh (2004-07-06). "BJP, Cong eye Bhumihars as Rabri drops ministers". The Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/767453.cms. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ Raj Bhavan
- ^ a b "Kailashpati Mishra is new Gujarat governor". The Times of India. 2003-05-04. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/45362590.cms. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
| Preceded by Sunder Singh Bhandari |
Governor of Gujarat May 2003 – July 2004 |
Succeeded by Balram Jakhar |
| Preceded by Nirmal Chandra Jain |
Governor of Rajasthan (acting) September 2003 – January 2004 |
Succeeded by Madan Lal Khurana |
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