Shyam Nandan Mishra | |
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Minister of External Affairs | |
In office 28 July 1979 – 13 January 1980 |
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Prime Minister | Charan Singh |
Preceded by | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Succeeded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
Member of the Indian Parliament for Begusarai |
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In office 1971–1980 |
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Preceded by | Yogendra Sharma |
Succeeded by | Krishna Sahi |
Personal details | |
Born |
Patna, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India (now Patna, Bihar, India) |
20 October 1920
Died | 25 October 2004 Kadamkuan, Patna, India |
(aged 84)
Shyam Nandan Mishra (20 October 1920 – 25 October 2004) was an Indian politician. He was born at Gonawan, Patna, India in October 1920 and was educated at Sursand, Muzaffarpur and Law College, Patna.
Shyam Nandan Mishra took active part in the Indian Independence Movement and was imprisoned in connection with the Quit India Movement during 1942–1943. He was associated with various social and political organisations. He was also editor of the publications Liberator and Bihar Vaibhav.
His political career began with membership of the Constituent Assembly of India between 1950-52. He was also member of the 1st, 2nd,5th and 6th Lok Sabha. He also represented the State of Bihar in the Rajya Sabha from December 1962 to April 1966 and again from April 1966 to March 1971. He was Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha from December 1969 to March 1971. In 1975, when the principal opposition party leaders were arrested in the first hours of the Emergency, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani, Madhu Dandavate and Shyam Nandan Mishra and were detained together on 26 June in Bangalore, where they had gone to take part in a parliamentary commission.
Mishra served as the Union Deputy Minister for Planning from 1954 to 1962. He also served as the Parliamentary Secretary to the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru from June, 1951 to May, 1952. He was Deputy Leader of the Congress Party in Parliament from 1967 to 1969 and Leader of the Congress (O) Party in the Rajya Sabha from 1969 to 1971.