Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra | |
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Minister of External Affairs | |
In office 28 July 1979 – 13 January 1980 | |
Prime Minister | Charan Singh |
Preceded by | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Succeeded by | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 1962–1971 | |
Constituency | Bihar |
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 1971–1980 | |
Preceded by | Yogendra Sharma |
Succeeded by | Krishna Sahi |
Constituency | Begusarai |
In office 1952–1962 | |
Preceded by | None (parliament established) |
Constituency | Madhubani |
Personal details | |
Born | Patna, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India (now in Bihar, India) | 20 October 1920
Died | 25 October 2004 Patna, Bihar, India | (aged 84)
Shyam Nandan Mishra (20 October 1920 – 25 October 2004) was an Indian independence activist and politician from Bihar. He was Member of Parliament for many years in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. Initially a member of the Indian National Congress, he was later Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha as a Congress (O) leader, and then a Janata Party MP and Minister for External Affairs in Charan Singh's government. He was imprisoned both during the Quit India Movement and the Emergency.