12 Facts About Rishang Keishing

Rishang Keishing was an Indian politician from Manipur.

Rishang Keishing was a former Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Manipur.

Rishang Keishing was a member of the Socialist Party of India, the Indian delegation to the Asian Socialist Conference held in Rangoon, the Indian National Congress, the Indian delegation led by the late Shri Yashwantrao Chavan to the 35th General Session of the UN held in US in 1975, the Indian delegation to attend the 51st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference held at Sheraton, Fiji, 2005 and Tenth Finance Commission.

Rishang Keishing was the founding Head Master of the first high school in the district of Ukhrul, a Founding Member and Honorary Head Master of Phungyar High School, and a founding member of a high school in Kamjong and Kasom Khullen.

Rishang Keishing served as Chairman to the Eastern Border Development Authority and Barak Development Board; and helped to set up the Foundation for Management of Tribal Areas in 1998, the Fresh Ginger Oil Processing Pilot Project with technology developed by the NIIST, Trivandrum in 1998 and the Fruit Processing Unit with technology developed by the CFTRI, Mysore.

In 1952, Rishang Keishing was elected to the first Lok Sabha representing the Socialist Party.

Rishang Keishing first entered Manipur State's Vidhan Sabha in 1972, winning Phungyar seat, and represented the seat for 30 years, winning the election 7 times.

Rishang Keishing retired from Rajya Sabha in 2014, at the age of 93.

Rishang Keishing served as the Chief Minister of Manipur from 1980 to 1988, and from 1994 to 1997.

In 2014, Rishang Keishing declared that he would not contest the Rajya Sabha elections after serving two consecutive terms.

Rishang Keishing married Khatingla Keishing in 1950, and the couple had two daughters and four sons.

Rishang Keishing died on 22 August 2017, aged 96 at Regional Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, Imphal, Manipur.