Kailashpati Mishra

Kailashpati Mishra
Mishra on a 2016 stamp of India
15thGovernor of Gujarat
In office 7 May 2003 – 12 Jul 2004
Preceded by	Sunder Singh Bhandari
Succeeded by	Balram Jakhar
Governor of Rajasthan
(Additional charge)
In office 22 September 2003 – 14 January 2004
Preceded by	Nirmal Chandra Jain
Succeeded by	Madan Lal Khurana
Finance Minister of Bihar
In office 24 June 1977 – 21 April 1979
Preceded by	Zawar Hussain
Succeeded by	Jagannath Mishra
Personal details
Born	(1923-10-05)5 October 1923 Dudharchak,Bihar and Orissa Province,British India
Died	3 November 2012(2012-11-03)(aged 89) Patna,Bihar,India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Bachelor
Alma mater	Mt. Carmel College and Government Law College,Bangalore
Profession	Lawyer

Kailashpati Mishra(5 October 1923 – 3 November 2012) was an Indian politician. He was a leader ofJana Sangh,and laterBharatiya Janta Party.He was theFinance Ministerfrom 1977 to 1979. He wasGovernor of Gujaratfrom May 2003 to July 2004.

Early life

Kailashpati Mishra was born in Dudharchak,Buxar, Bihar,into aBhumiharfamily on 5 October 1923.He took part in theQuit India Movementin 1942 and was arrested for the same. He was a member of theRashtriya Swayamsevak Sanghfrom 1943, and was even jailed after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. While studying in class X, Mr. Mishra was arrested for picketing at the main gate of his school at Buxar in support of 1942Quit India Movement.

Political career

Kailash Pati Mishra contested 1971 Lok Sabha election on Jana Sangh's ticket fromPatnabut lost. He won the Bihar Vidhan Sabha election forBikramseat in 1977, and was appointed finance minister in the Janata Party government ofKarpoori Thakur. In 1980, he became the first BJP Bihar president when the party was founded. He also served as BJP national Vice President from 1995 to 2003.He was appointed governor of Gujarat in 2003, and for a short duration he was caretakerGovernor of Rajasthanfollowing the death of the incumbent Governor Nirmal Chandra Jain.After the BJP's government's defeat in 2004 polls, Mishra was removed from his post as governor by the Congress Government.

Known as the Bhishma Pitamaha of theBharatiya Janata Partyin Bihar, Mishra was away from direct political activities for the last two years of his life due to old age, but remained a source of inspiration for the party.He was also liked by the socialists due to his participation in JP's 1974 anti-Congress agitations.

Born in 1923 in Bihar's Buxar, Mishra was a lifelong bachelor.

On his death in 2012 at the age of 89, Chief MinisterNitish Kumar,his deputy and senior Bihar BJP leaderSushil Kumar Modivisited his residence to pay condolence.Indian government issued a postal stamp in his honour in 2016.