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'''Maheshdutta Chandragopal Mishra''' (born 1916) was an [[India]]n politician. He was the son of Chandra Gopal Mishra, a prominent freedom fighter.<ref name="m">{{cite book|title=Madhya Pradesh Who's Who, 1975-76: Eminent Individuals Listed Professionwise|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gNJWAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=New Era Publications|page=185}}</ref>

An [[Indian National Congress]] activist since his child years and a close associate of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] from 1941 onwards, Mishra worked as his private secretary at the time of Gandhi's death.<ref name="m"/><ref name="Union1953">{{cite book|author=Indian Peace Delegation to the Soviet Union|title=Hands Across the Himalayas: Indians in the Soviet Union|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OxswAAAAIAAJ|date=1953|publisher=All India Peace Council|page=xii}}</ref>

Mishra was one of two [[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party]] candidates elected from the Harda constituency in the 1951-52 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election. He obtained 17,029 votes.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatisticalReports_51_MP.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH]''</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iXhDAAAAYAAJ|year=1955|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting|page=503}}</ref>

He contested the [[Jabalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jabalpur Lok Sabha seat]] in the [[1957 Indian general election|1957 general election]], as a [[Praja Socialist Party]] candidate. He finished in second place with 44,259 votes (30.54% of the votes in the constituency).<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1957 TO THE SECOND LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref>

He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[parliament of India]]) from the [[Khandwa (Lok Sabha constituency)|Khandwa seat]] in the [[1962 Indian general election|1962 general election]], standing as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate. He obtained 105,889 votes (46.09%), defeating [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] and Praja Socialist Party candidates in the fray.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1962 TO THE THIRD LOK SABHA - VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref>

Mishra worked for thirteen years a teacher in political science at [[Allahabad University]]. As of 1976 he served as Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science at [[Jabalpur University]].<ref name="m"/>

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[[Category:1916 births]]
[[Category:3rd Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party politicians]]
[[Category:Praja Socialist Party politicians]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh]]
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[[Category:People from Khandwa district]]

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