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	'''Shashidhar Mishra''' (1975–2010) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ [[Right to Information Act]] (RTI) activist who was shot dead by unknown assailants near his house in Phulwaria Village, located near the [[Begusarai]] town of [[Bihar]], on the night on 14 February 2010.<ref name=a>Jason Burke, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/27/india-rti-activists-deaths "Dying for data: the Indian activist killed for asking too many questions"], ''The Guardian'', 27 December 2010</ref><ref name=c>Rajiv Kumar, [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/RTI-activist-shot-dead-by-criminals-in-Begusarai-dist/articleshow/5578330.cms "RTI activist shot dead by criminals in Begusarai dist"], ''Times of India'', 16 February 2010</ref><ref>Shoumojit Banerjee, [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article110491.ece "In Bihar, death for RTI activist who knew too much"], ''The Hindu'', 21 February 2010</ref>		'''Shashidhar Mishra''' (1975–2010) was an Indian [[Right to Information Act]] (RTI) activist who was shot dead by unknown assailants near his house in Phulwaria Village, located near the [[Begusarai]] town of [[Bihar]], on the night on 14 February 2010.<ref name=a>Jason Burke, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/27/india-rti-activists-deaths "Dying for data: the Indian activist killed for asking too many questions"], ''The Guardian'', 27 December 2010</ref><ref name=c>Rajiv Kumar, [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/RTI-activist-shot-dead-by-criminals-in-Begusarai-dist/articleshow/5578330.cms "RTI activist shot dead by criminals in Begusarai dist"], ''Times of India'', 16 February 2010</ref><ref>Shoumojit Banerjee, [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article110491.ece "In Bihar, death for RTI activist who knew too much"], ''The Hindu'', 21 February 2010</ref>

	By profession, he was street vendor who sold pens, sweets and snacks in [[Barauni]] market. He lived in a mud house in his village and used a bicycle for transport. He is survived by a wife and four children.<ref name=a/>		By profession, he was street vendor who sold pens, sweets and snacks in [[Barauni]] market. He lived in a mud house in his village and used a bicycle for transport. He is survived by a wife and four children.<ref name=a/>

	He earned the nickname of "Khabri Lal" (the news man) and worked tirelessly to expose corruption at panchayat and block levels. He filed his first RTI application in 2008 and by the time he died he had filed more than 1,000 RTI applications, mostly concerning issues troubling his village.<ref name=c/><ref>Mehboob Jeelani, [http://caravanmagazine.in/Story/668/Dangerous-Knowledge.html "Dangerous Knowledge"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914094806/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/Story/668/Dangerous-Knowledge.html \|date=14 September 2011 }}, ''The Caravan'', 1 January 2011</ref>		He earned the nickname of "Khabri Lal" (the news man) and worked tirelessly to expose corruption at panchayat and block levels. He filed his first RTI application in 2008 and by the time he died he had filed more than 1,000 RTI applications, mostly concerning issues troubling his village.<ref name=c/><ref>Mehboob Jeelani, [http://caravanmagazine.in/Story/668/Dangerous-Knowledge.html "Dangerous Knowledge"] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914094806/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/Story/668/Dangerous-Knowledge.html \|date=14 September 2011 }}, ''The Caravan'', 1 January 2011</ref>

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'''Shashidhar Mishra''' (1975–2010) was an [[India]]n [[Right to Information Act]] (RTI) activist who was shot dead by unknown assailants near his house in Phulwaria Village, located near the [[Begusarai]] town of [[Bihar]], on the night on 14 February 2010.<ref name=a>Jason Burke, [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/27/india-rti-activists-deaths "Dying for data: the Indian activist killed for asking too many questions"], ''The Guardian'', 27 December 2010</ref><ref name=c>Rajiv Kumar, [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/RTI-activist-shot-dead-by-criminals-in-Begusarai-dist/articleshow/5578330.cms "RTI activist shot dead by criminals in Begusarai dist"], ''Times of India'', 16 February 2010</ref><ref>Shoumojit Banerjee, [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article110491.ece "In Bihar, death for RTI activist who knew too much"], ''The Hindu'', 21 February 2010</ref>

By profession, he was street vendor who sold pens, sweets and snacks in [[Barauni]] market. He lived in a mud house in his village and used a bicycle for transport. He is survived by a wife and four children.<ref name=a/>

He earned the nickname of "Khabri Lal" (the news man) and worked tirelessly to expose corruption at panchayat and block levels. He filed his first RTI application in 2008 and by the time he died he had filed more than 1,000 RTI applications, mostly concerning issues troubling his village.<ref name=c/><ref>Mehboob Jeelani, [http://caravanmagazine.in/Story/668/Dangerous-Knowledge.html "Dangerous Knowledge"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914094806/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/Story/668/Dangerous-Knowledge.html |date=14 September 2011 }}, ''The Caravan'', 1 January 2011</ref>

The [[National RTI Forum]] has honoured him by naming an award after him, the ''Shashidhar Mishra RTI Gallantry award''<ref>[http://drnutanthakur.sulekha.com/blog/post/2010/09/shashidhar-mishra-rti-gallantry-award.htm "Shashidhar Mishra RTI Gallantry award"]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Right to Information activists]]
[[Category:Assassinated Indian people]]
[[Category:People murdered in Bihar]]
[[Category:2010 deaths]]
[[Category:Deaths by firearm in India]]
[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:Indian whistleblowers]]
[[Category:People from Begusarai]]
[[Category:Activists from Bihar]]

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