Kailashpati Mishra was a leader of Jana Sangh, and later Bharatiya Janta Party.
10 Facts About Kailashpati Mishra
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Kailashpati Mishra was Governor of Gujarat from May 2003 to July 2004.
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Kailashpati Mishra was born in Dudharchak, Buxar, Bihar, into a Bhumihar family on 5 October 1923.
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Kailashpati Mishra took part in the Quit India Movement in 1942 and was arrested for the same.
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Kailashpati Mishra was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh from 1943, and was even jailed after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Kailash Pati Kailashpati Mishra contested 1971 Lok Sabha election on Jana Sangh's ticket from Patna but lost.
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Kailashpati Mishra won the Bihar Vidhan Sabha election for Bikram seat in 1977, and was appointed finance minister in the Janata Party government of Karpoori Thakur.
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Kailashpati Mishra served as BJP national Vice President from 1995 to 2003.
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Kailashpati Mishra was appointed governor of Gujarat in 2003, and for a short duration he was caretaker Governor of Rajasthan following the death of the incumbent Governor Nirmal Chandra Jain.
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Kailashpati Mishra was liked by the socialists due to his participation in JP's 1974 anti-Congress agitations.