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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2015}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Lokanath Misra
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1921|11|21}}<ref>{{cite web|title=India Who's Who 1980-81|url=https://archive.org/stream/IndianWhosWho198081/TXT/00000258.txt|accessdate=27 January 2015}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Banapur]], [[Khordha district|Khordha]], [[Bihar and Orissa Province|Bihar-Orissa]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| residence =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2009|05|27|1921|11|21}}
| death_place = [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]
| office = [[List of Governors of Assam|Governor of Assam]]
| term_start = 17 March 1991
| term_end = 1 September 1997
| predecessor = [[Devi Das Thakur]]
| successor = [[Srinivas Kumar Sinha]]
| office1 = [[List of Governors of Nagaland|Governor of Nagaland]]
| term_start1 = 13 April 1992 
| term_end1 = 	1 October 1993
| predecessor1 = [[Madathilparampil Mammen Thomas|M. M. Thomas]]
| successor1 = V. K. Nayyar
| office2 = [[List of Governors of Arunachal Pradesh|Governor of Arunachal Pradesh]]
| term_start2= 17 March 1991
| term_end2= 25 March 1991
| predecessor2= [[Devi Das Thakur]]
| successor2= [[Surendranath Dwivedy]]
| office3 = Member of the [[Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency3 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha|Odisha]]
| term_start3 = 3 April 1960
| term_end3 = 2 April 1978
| party = [[Janata Party]]
| otherparty = [[Swatantra Party]]
|alma_mater  =  
| profession   =  
| religion =
| spouse = Binapani Misra
| children = [[Pinaki Misra]] <br /> Anuradha Misra
| website =
}}

'''Lokanath Misra''' (21 November 1921 - 27 May 2009) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha.<ref>{{cite web|title=M|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/m.pdf|publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat|accessdate=27 January 2015}}</ref>
He was the [[List of Governors of Assam|Governor of Assam]] from 1991 to 1997<ref>{{cite web|title=Governors since 1937|url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/governor-list.html|publisher=Assam Legislative Assembly|accessdate=27 January 2015}}</ref>
and held additional charge as [[List of Governors of Nagaland|Governor of Nagaland]] from 1992 to 1993.
He died on 27 May 2009 at Bhubaneswar.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Assam Governor Loknath Mishra dies|url=http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=12796|publisher=OrissaDiary|accessdate=27 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305033134/http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=12796|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
He was the elder son of poet and notable socialist [[Godabarish Mishra]]. His younger brother, [[Ranganath Misra]] was the former [[Chief Justice of India]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Ex-Governor of Assam dead|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/exgovernor-of-assam-dead/article291994.ece|accessdate=27 January 2015|work=The Hindu}}</ref>while his son, [[Pinaki Misra]] is a member of the [[11th Lok Sabha|11th]], [[15th Lok Sabha|15th]] and [[16th Lok Sabha]] representing [[Puri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Puri constituency]].

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| before= [[Devi Das Thakur]]
| title=[[List of Governors of Assam|Governor of Assam]]
| years= 17 March 1991 – 1 September 1997
| after= [[Srinivas Kumar Sinha]]
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{{Succession box
|before= [[Madathilparampil Mammen Thomas|M. M. Thomas]]
|title= [[List of Governors of Nagaland|Governor of Nagaland]]
|years=13 April 1992 – 1 October 1993
|after= V. K. Nayyar
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{{Succession box
|before= [[Devi Das Thakur]]
|title= [[List of Governors of Arunachal Pradesh|Governor of Arunachal Pradesh]]
|years=17 March 1991 – 25 March 1991
|after= [[Surendranath Dwivedy]]
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[[Category:1921 births]]
[[Category:2009 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Odisha]]
[[Category:Odisha politicians]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Odisha]]
[[Category:Governors of Assam]]
[[Category:Governors of Nagaland]]
[[Category:Governors of Arunachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Swatantra Party politicians]]
[[Category:Janata Party politicians]]


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