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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay
| image =
| caption = Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay
| birth_date = 3 August 1898
| birth_place = [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]], [[North-Western Provinces]], [[British India]]
| residence = [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]]
| death_date = 26 June 1983 (aged 84)
| death_place = [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh|Pratapgarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]]
| constituency = [[Pratapgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pratapgarh]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term = 1951–1962
| predecessor = Position established
| successor = [[Ajit Pratap Singh]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = Annapurna Upadhyay
| children = Kranti Kumar Upadhyay, Geeta Upadhyay & Meera Upadhyay
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 13 August |
| year = 2012 |
| source =
}}

'''Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay''' (3 August 1898 – 26 June 1983) was an Indian [[politician]], statesman, and leader in the [[Indian independence movement]]. He was a [[Member of Parliament]] from [[Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh]], belonging to the [[Indian National Congress]].

==Early life==
He was born 3 August 1898 in Lakshmanpur Village, [[Lalganj Ajhara|Lalganj]] Tehsil of [[Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh]], to Gazadhar Prasad Upadhyay. He was an exceptionally bright student and learner.{{Citation needed|reason=sounds like puffery|date=July 2017}} He matriculated from Somvanshi Higher Secondary School (PB Inter College), Pratapgarh and did his post-graduation at Kayastha Pathshala, Allahabad, and law education from [[Allahabad University]]. Soon he started working with the mayor's office in Allahabad. He married Annapoorna Upadhyay in 1933.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://m.amarujala.com/news/states/uttar-pradesh/pratapgarh/Pratapgarh-43825-10/
|title=मुनीश्वरदत्त, दिनेश सिंह के ही सिर बंधा लगातार जीत का सेहरा
|date=
|work=[[Amar Ujala]]
|language=Hindi}}</ref>

==Political life==
He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India and was the only person from Pratapgarh who signed the draft of the [[Indian Constitution]].<ref>[http://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/pratapgarh-9246296.html]. ''Dainik Jagran news''</ref> Post-independence, he became the first candidate from Pratapgarh to become a Member of Parliament twice, once in 1951 in the first Lok Sabha elections, then again in 1957 in the second Lok Sabha elections.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf]. ''Election Commission of India''.</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20130103062930/http://ibnlive.in.com/politics/electionstats/candidate/Munishwar%20Dutt%20Upadhyay.html]. ''IBN Live''</ref>

After sweeping wins in the first two elections from the [[Pratapgarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pratapgarh]] constituency, he was defeated in the third Lok Sabha election by [[Jan Sangh]] candidate, [[Ajit Pratap Singh]].<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.udandmartand.com/readmore.php?ms=938#.U-O6EkA5HEQ
|title=कांग्रेस के लिए उपजाऊ बन गई बेल्हा की सियासी धरती
|date=
|work=Udand Martand
|language=Hindi
|access-date=7 August 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810204715/http://www.udandmartand.com/readmore.php?ms=938#.U-O6EkA5HEQ
|archive-date=10 August 2014
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

He was secretary of the Congress Parliamentary Board and chairman of the Railway Reforms Committee. He also held the position of Revenue Minister in [[Uttar Pradesh]] Cabinet during C. B. Gupta's Chief Ministry for a short period between 1969 and 1970.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uplegassembly.nic.in/mini_u.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-08-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307025450/http://uplegassembly.nic.in/mini_u.htm |archivedate=7 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}. ''UP Legislative Assembly''</ref>

==Literary works==
* ''Kisan Sangathan''
* ''Zamindari Pratha''

==Death==
He died on 26 June 1983 in Pratapgarh and was survived by a son and two daughters.

==Books & memoirs ==

*''Ek aur Kaljyeyi''
*''Belha ke laal'' by Dr. Dayaram Ratna Maurya

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140808060657/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1084.htm Munishwar Dutt Upadhyay's profile on Lok Sabha]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140812042436/http://www.uttarpradeshcongress.com/ex-upcc_presidents.php Ex-UPCC Presidents]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140102132934/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok01/party/01ls01.htm List of MP's of 1st Lok Sabha Elections in India]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140102132950/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok02/party/02ls01.htm List of MP's of 2nd Lok Sabha Elections in India]
*[http://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1951-election-results.html]

==Further reading==

* Angela S. Burger. '''''Opposition in a Dominant Party System: A study of the Jan Sangh, the Praja Socialist Party and the Socialist Party in Uttar Pradesh, India'''''. University of California Press, 1969. {{ISBN|052-001-4286}}
* Sadhna Sharma. '''''States Politics in India''''' Mittal Publications, 1995. {{ISBN|8170996198}}, 9788170996194

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