Mishrilal Gangwal was an Indian

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

from the state of

Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (; ; ) is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and the largest city is Indore, Indore. Other major cities includes Gwalior, Jabalpur, and Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, Sagar. Madhya Pradesh is the List of states and union te ...

. He was the member of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

party. Mishrilal Gangwal was born on 7 October 1902 in Sonkatch,

Dewas district Dewas District () is a Districts of Madhya Pradesh, district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The town of Dewas is the district headquarters. It belongs to Ujjain Division. The Dewas District roughly corresponds to the territories of the ...

, of

state to a Jain businessman from

Indore Indore (; ISO 15919, ISO: , ) is the largest and most populous Cities in India, city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The commercial capital of the state, it has been declared as the List of cleanest cities in India, cleanest city of In ...

, Balchand Gangwal. At the age of 14 he became the chairman of his school's (Shri Trilok Chandra Jain Higher Secondary School in

) student committee. In the year 1945 he was elected the President of Indore Rajya Prajamandal Adhiveshan. His interest in social work led him into politics. He joined

. He became an MLA representing Bagli Assembly constituency after the 1952 Madhya Bharat Legislative Assembly election. He was a former chief minister of

Madhya Bharat Madhya Bharat, also known as Malwa Union, was an Indian state in west-central India, created on 28 May 1948 from twenty-five princely states which until 1947 had been part of the Central India Agency, with Jiwajirao Scindia as its Rajpramuk ...

state from 3 March 1952 and resigned from the post on 15 April 1955. In November 1956 he became Minister of Finance in the state of

. In the year 1959 he served as Minister for Finance, Separate Revenue, Economics & Statistics, and also served as Minister for Food & civil Supplies and had been Minister for several portfolios in later years in

government. He was a member of the

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and the President of Ajmer-Marwara, Provincial Congress Committee. Shri Gangwal was also associated with Indore Rajya Prajamandal and many social and commercial bodies. His son Narendra Gangwal, is a retired Assistant Commissioner ( RTI) N.V.D.A. M.P. Govt. in 2008, started the Desh Bhakti Jagran Abhiyan movement. One of

's bus stand is named after him as

Gangwal Bus Stand The Gangwal Inter-state bus terminus popularly known as ''Gangwal Bus Stand'' or '' ISBT'', located in Indore is one of the oldest and one of the biggest Inter State Bus Terminals in Indore. It operates bus services between Indore (Madhya Prade ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gangwal, Mishrila 1902 births 1981 deaths Politicians from Indore People from Dewas People from Dewas district Madhya Bharat politicians Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1952–1957 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1957–1962 Chief ministers from Indian National Congress Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh