Kailashpati Mishra

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Kailashpati Mishra (Birth 5th October 1926, Dudharchak, Buxar, Bihar [1]in a Bhumihar family[2]) is a leader of Bharatiya Janta Party and a former governor of Gujarat and Rajasthan states in India. [3] Kailashpati Mishra, a bachelor and popularly called the "Bhishmapitamah" of Bihar has been affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since 1944 and was even jailed after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi.[4]Mishra was also appointed Bihar's finance minister in 1977-78 when the Janata Party government was in power.[5]

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  1. ^ Present Governor
  2. ^ Abhay Singh. "BJP, Cong eye Bhumihars as Rabri drops ministers", The Times of India, 2004-07-06. Retrieved on 2008-03-21. 
  3. ^ Raj Bhavan
  4. ^ "Kailashpati Mishra is new Gujarat governor", The Times of India, 2003-05-04. Retrieved on 2008-04-03. 
  5. ^ "Kailashpati Mishra is new Gujarat governor", The Times of India, 2003-05-04. Retrieved on 2008-04-03. 

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Preceded by
Sunder Singh Bhandari		 Governor of Gujarat
May 2003 – July 2004		 Succeeded by
Balram Jakhar
Preceded by
Nirmal Chandra Jain		 Governor of Rajasthan (acting)
September 2003 – January 2004		 Succeeded by
Balram Jakhar
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