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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kailashpati Mishra
| image = Kailashpati Mishra 2016 stamp of India.jpg
| caption = Mishra on a 2016 stamp of India
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1923|10|5|}}
| birth_place = Dudharchak, [[Buxar, Bihar]], [[British Raj|British India]]
| nationality = Indian
| residence =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2012|11|03|1923|10|5|}}
| death_place =
| profession = Lawyer
| order = 15th
| office = Governor of Gujarat
| term_start = 7 May 2003
| term_end = 12 Jul 2004
| predecessor = [[Sunder Singh Bhandari]]
| successor = [[Balram Jakhar]]
| order1 =
| office1 = Governor of Rajasthan (additional charge)
| term_start1 = 22 September 2003
| term_end1 = 14 January 2004
| predecessor1 = [[Nirmal Chandra Jain]]
| successor1 = [[Madan Lal Khurana]]
| alma_mater = Mt. Carmel College and Government Law College, [[Bangalore]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse =
| children =
| website =
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'''Kailashpati Mishra''' (5 October 1923 – 3 November 2012) was an Indian politician. He was a leader of [[Jana Sangh]], and later [[Bharatiya Janta Party]]. He was Finance Minister of Bihar in 1977. He was [[Governor of Gujarat]] from May 2003 to July 2004.

==Early life==
Kailashpati Mishra was born in Dudharchak, [[Buxar, Bihar]], into a [[Bhumihar]] Brahmin family on 5 October 1923.<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/767453.cms
| title = BJP, Cong eye Bhumihars as Rabri drops ministers
| author = Abhay Singh
| work = [[The Times of India]]
| date = 6 July 2004
| access-date = 21 March 2008
}}</ref><ref name=bt>{{cite news
| url =http://www.bihartimes.in/Newsbihar/2012/Nov/newsbihar03Nov7.html
| title = Bhishmapitamah of Bihar BJP Kailashpati Mishra dies at 86
| work = [[Bihar Times]]
| date = 3 November 2012
| access-date = 4 November 2012
}}</ref> He took part in the [[Quit India Movement]] in 1942 and was arrested for the same. He was a member of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] from 1943, and was even jailed after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. While studying in class X, Mr. Mishra was arrested for picketing at the main gate of his school at Buxar in support of 1942 [[Quit India Movement]].<ref name=th_obit>{{cite news
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/other-states/bjp-leader-kailashpati-mishra-passes-away/article4062067.ece
| title = BJP leader Kailashpati Mishra passes away
| author = Press Trust of India
| author-link = Press Trust of India
| work = [[The Hindu]]
| date = 3 November 2012
| access-date = 4 November 2012
}}</ref>

==Political career==
Kailash Pati Mishra contested 1971 Lok Sabha election on Jana Sangh's ticket from [[Patna (Lok Sabha constituency)|Patna]] but lost. He won the Bihar Vidhan Sabha election for [[Bikram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bikram]] seat in 1977, and was appointed finance minister in the Janata Party government of [[Karpoori Thakur]].
In 1980, he became the first BJP Bihar president when the party was founded. He also served as BJP national Vice President from 1995 to 2003.<ref name=th_obit /> He was appointed governor of Gujarat in 2003, and for a short duration he was caretaker [[Governor of Rajasthan]] following the death of the incumbent Governor Nirmal Chandra Jain.<ref>[http://rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in/Shri%20Kailashpati%20Mishra.htm Raj Bhavan]</ref> After the BJP's government's defeat in 2004 polls, Mishra was removed from his post as governor by the Congress Government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.india.com/loudspeaker/narendra-modi-led-nda-govt-mulls-over-what-upa-did-in-2004-removing-governors-77367/|title = Narendra Modi-led NDA govt mulls over what UPA did in 2004 – removing Governors!|date = 17 June 2014}}</ref>

Known as the Bhishma Pitamaha of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in Bihar, Mishra was away from direct political activities for the last two years of his life due to old age, but remained a source of inspiration for the party.<ref name=bt /><ref name=dc>{{cite news
| url = http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/nation/north/bjp-veteran-kailashpati-mishra-89-dies-482
| title = BJP veteran Kailashpati Mishra, 89, dies
| work = [[Deccan Chronicle]]
| date = 4 November 2012
| access-date = 4 November 2012
}}</ref> He was also liked by the socialists due to his participation in JP's 1974 anti-Congress agitations.<ref name=dc />

Born in 1923 in Bihar's Buxar, Mishra was a lifelong bachelor.<ref name=dc />

On his death in 2012 at the age of 89, Chief Minister [[Nitish Kumar]], his deputy and senior Bihar BJP leader [[Sushil Kumar Modi]] visited his residence to pay condolence.<ref name=th_obit /> Indian government issued a postal stamp in his honour in 2016.

==References==
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| before=[[Sunder Singh Bhandari]]
| title=[[Governors of Gujarat|Governor of Gujarat]]
| years=May 2003 – July 2004
| after= [[Balram Jakhar]]
|}}

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