21 Facts About Ranganath Misra

Ranganath Misra was the first chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of India.

Ranganath Misra served as Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from the Congress Party between 1998 and 2004.

Ranganath Misra is the second Supreme court judge to become a Rajya Sabha member after Baharul Islam who was elected as Indian National Congress member.

Ranganath Misra was born on 25 November 1926 in Banapur, Odisha into an Odia Brahmin family.

Ranganath Misra's father, Godavaris Mishra, was an Odia litterateur and congress politician who became education minister of Orissa state in 1941 while India was still under British rule.

Ranganath Misra's eldest brother, Lokanath Misra, was a prominent politician belonging to Swatantra Party and later the Janata Party.

Ranganath Misra served for several terms as a member of the Rajya Sabha and as governor of Assam and Nagaland.

Loknath Ranganath Misra's son, Pinaki Ranganath Misra, is a Lok Sabha MP belonging to the Biju Janata Dal.

Raghunath's son, Dipak Ranganath Misra was the 45th Chief Justice of India; he was in office from 28 August 2017 to 2 October 2018.

Ranganath Misra studied in Banpur High School and PM Academy and later at Ravenshaw College and Allahabad University.

In 1950, they were blessed with a son, Devananda Ranganath Misra, who became a lawyer and a senior advocate in the Supreme Court and the Orissa High Court.

On 18 September 1950, Ranganath Misra got enrolled as advocate of Orissa High Court, Cuttack, where he practiced law until 1969, when he was appointed a Permanent Judge of the Orissa High Court.

Ranganath Misra served as the acting Chief Justice of the Orissa High Court from 6 November 1980 to 16 January 1981, and on the latter date, he took office as permanent Chief Justice of the Orissa High court.

Ranganath Misra was appointed Judge of the Supreme Court of India in 1983.

Ranganath Misra became the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India on 25 September 1990 and retired on 24 November 1991.

Ranganath Misra was the sole member of the Justice Ranganath Misra Commission of Inquiry, a commission that headed the investigation of 1984 anti-Sikh riots and produced a report.

Ranganath Misra indicted 19 workers of the Congress Party who were charged by the People's Union for Civil Liberties of having abetted the riots, but gave clean chit to the Congress Party.

Ranganath Misra served as the Chief Scout of the All India Boy Scouts Association since 1992.

Ranganath Misra became the first Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission of India in 1993.

Ranganath Misra was member of Rajya Sabha from 1998 to 2004 from the Congress Party headed by Sonia Gandhi.

Ranganath Misra was survived by his wife Sumitra Misra and grandson Anand Misra.