Name of Member: Shri Chaturanan Mishra
Political Party: Communist Party of India
Constituency & State: Madhubani (Bihar)
Lok Sabha Experience: 11
Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha
MISHRA, SHRI CHATURANAN
C.P.I - MADHUBANI (BIHAR)
Father's Name : Late Shri Bachnanand Mishra
Date of Birth : 7 April 1925
Place of Birth : Vill. Nahar in Distt. Madhubani (Bihar)
Marital Status : Married on 13 December 1946
Spouse's Name : Smt. Hemanti Mishra
Children : One son and four daughters
Educational Qualifications :
Matriculation
Profession :
Trade Unionist, Political and Social Worker
Permanent Address :
Vill. Nahar, P.O. Bhagwatipur, Nahar via Rampatti,
Distt. Madhubani (Bihar)
Positions Held :
Since 1964 Member, National Council, C.P.I.
1969-80 Member, Bihar Legislative Assembly (For three terms)
Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
Member, Anti-Corruption Committee
Leader, C.P.I., Bihar Legislative Assembly for 10 years
Deputy Leader, Bihar Legislative Assembly for two years
1983-89 Chairman, Library Committee, Bihar Legislative Assembly
President, A.I.T.U.C.
1984 Elected to Rajya Sabha
1984-85 Member, Committee on Public Accounts
1986-87 Member, Committee on Government Assurances
Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes for two years
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
April1989onwards Secretary, C.P.I.
April 1990 Elected to Rajya Sabha
1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
June1996onwards Union Cabinet Minister, Agriculture
May1997 onwards Union Cabinet Minister of Agriculture; Additional
charges of Ministries of Food, Civil Supplies,
Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
Books Published :
Various Trade Union booklets and a novel based on reports on
Dhorhi Mines Accident; novels in Maithili; one novel 'Kala',
published by Maithili Academy, 'Samajwad Ka Navikaran', a
collection of essays in Hindi; 'Mahila Atma Katha' (Maithili)
'Khan Ki Balivedi' Hindi; regular contributor to Hindi dailies
like 'Hindustan' and 'Jan Shakti' and periodicals like 'New Age',
'Mukti Sangharsh', 'Mithila Mihir', Maithili Academy Journal
'Aryavarta' and 'Indian Nation'; Editor of Hindi 'AITUC Samvad',
and 'Sankraman'
Social and Cultural Activities :
Assisting mass literacy campaign in Madhubani and Begusarai
districts of Bihar under Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti
Special Interests :
Writing articles for dailies and studies in socio-economic
conditions of India
Countries Visited :
Widely travelled
Other Information :
Participated in 'Quit India Movement', 1942 while studying;
had to leave India and stay in Nepal during Quit India Movement;
freedom fighter, badly injured in lathi charge in Darbhanga jail,
1943; active in social service and trade union activities; actively
helped in opening of (i) Giridih Women's College; (ii) Baniadih
High School; (iii) Bishweshar Secondary School and Inter College
in vill. Nahar; and (iv) Natya Parishad at Nahar; Associated
with (i) A.N. Sinha and L.N. Mishra Institute of Research, Patna;
and (ii) Jagjivan Ram Institute of Parliamentary Work, Patna;
Chairman, Coal Commission of Miners International, 1964; President
(i) District Harijan Sewak Sangh, 1977-80; and (ii) AITUC, for two
terms; Founder General Secretary, Kedar Das Institute of Labour
and Social Sciences, Bihar; Member, Alternate Member; Executive
Committee of World Federation of Trade Unions. Attended I.L.O.
convention on Mines
Election Result :
Madhubani Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate 11,06,232
Total votes polled 6,07,552
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Shri Chaturanan Mishra (C.P.I.) 2,82,194
(2) Shri Hukm Dev Narayan Yadav (B.J.P.) 2,28,214
(3) Shri Kumud Ranjan Jha (I.N.C.) 38,104
(4) Shri Bauli Ahmad [A.I.I.C.(T)] 29,119
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