Janeshwar Mishra (5 August 1933 – 22 January 2010) was a politician from

Samajwadi Party The Samajwadi Party ( SP; ) is a Socialism, socialist political party in India. It was founded on 4 October 1992 by former Janata Dal politician Mulayam Singh Yadav and is headquartered in New Delhi. It is the third-largest political party in ...

. He was a member of the

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and also represented

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in the

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, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was known as ''Chhote Lohia'' (Lohia Junior) for his commitment towards socialist ideology, in reference to Ram Manohar Lohia.Socialist leader Janeshwar Mishra passes away
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Biography

He was born in Shubhanathahin (शुभनथहीं ) village in Ballia on 5 August 1933.Janeshwar Mishra passes away
TNN, 22 January 2010, 10:39pm ISTSP leader Janeshwar Mishra died
, HT Correspondent/M Hasan, Hindustan Times Lucknow , 22 January 2010 He was B.A. and LL.B.Detailed Profile: Shri Janeshwar Mishra
/ref> He was president of the student union of Purna nand Inter College and attended Allahabad University as well. While still a student, he joined the Samajwadi Yuvajan Sabha and met Dr Ram Manohar Lohia and Raj Narain.

Lok Sabha

He represented the Prayagraj

Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of Parliament of India which is Bicameralism, bicameral, where the upper house is Rajya Sabha. Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by a ...

constituency three times. He first became the member of Lok Sabha by defeating K D Malviya, the sitting Petroleum Minister in Indira Gandhi Cabinet from Phulpur constituency in

Prayagraj district Prayagraj district, formerly known as Allahabad district, is the most populous Districts of Uttar Pradesh, district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Prayagraj city is the district headquarters of this district. The District is divided in ...

in 1969–70. Subsequently, he defeated V.P.Singh by almost 90,000 votes from Prayagraj Lok Sabha constituency in 1977 elections.Socialist leader Janeshwar Mishra passes away
/ref> He served as a Member of Sixth Lok Sabha, 1977–80, and as Member of Ninth Lok Sabha, 1989–91.

Union Minister

He served in the governments of

Morarji Desai Morarji Ranchhodji Desai (29 February 1896 – 10 April 1995) was an Indian politician and Indian independence activist, independence activist who served as the Prime Minister of India, prime minister of India between 1977 and 1979 leading th ...

, Chaudhary Charan Singh, V P Singh, Chandrashekhar, H D Deve Gowda and I K Gujral.Veteran socialist leader Janeshwar Mishra dies
Lucknow, 22 Jan (PTI) He served as union minister of state from 1977. He also held portfolios of Petroleum, Water Resources Chemicals and Fertilisers, Energy, Shipping and Transport, and Communication and Railways. He served as the minister of state for Railways in the Chandra Shekhar government during 1990–91. He was Railways Minister in the Chandra Shekhar government in 1990–91.

Rajya Sabha

He was elected to

in 1996. He was re-elected to

in 2000 and 2006.

Death

He died due to

cardiac arrest Cardiac arrest (also known as sudden cardiac arrest CA is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. When the heart stops beating, blood cannot properly Circulatory system, circulate around the body and the blood flow to the ...

on 22 January 2010 at Tej Bahadur Sapru Hospital in Allahabad. At the time of death, he was the

's vice president and member of the

. He is survived by two daughters, one of them being Mina Tiwari.

Influence

Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh,

Akhilesh Yadav Akhilesh Yadav (; born 1 July 1973) is an Indian politician and national president of the Samajwadi Party who served as the 20th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Having assumed the chief minister's office on 15 March 2012 at the age of 38, he ...

credits Janeshwar Mishra with initiating him into politics.

References

External links

Profile on Rajya Sabha website
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