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<p>Restored revision 1019177795 by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/GreenC_bot" title="Special:Contributions/GreenC bot">GreenC bot</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:GreenC_bot&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:GreenC bot (page does not exist)">talk</a>): Unreferenced</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{more footnotes|date=September 2018}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox officeholder<br /> |image =<br /> | name = Uma Shankar Mishra <br /> | birth_date = c. 1923<br /> | birth_place = [[Raebareli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> | death_date = 4 July 2016 (aged 93)<br /> | residence = Mishra Sadan, Kaiparganj, [[Raebareli]]<br /> | constituency = [[Raebareli]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br /> | office = President, District Congress Committee<br /> | alma_mater =<br /> | predecessor = <br /> | successor =<br /> | term_start = 2002 (was in his 4th term)<br /> | party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br /> | spouse = Late Smt. Rameshwari Mishra<br /> | children = <br /> | website =<br /> | footnotes =<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Uma Shankar Mishra&#039;&#039;&#039; (c. 1923 – 4 July 2016) was an [[Indian Independence Movement]] activist, politician, and President-District Congress Committee [[Raebareli]]. His political party was [[Indian National Congress]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/veteran-congress-leader-uma-shankar-misra-passes-away-116070400885_1.html|title=Veteran Congress leader Uma Shankar Misra passes away|author=Press Trust of India|work=business-standard.com|accessdate=5 July 2016}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Biography==<br /> <br /> ===Early life===<br /> <br /> Mishra has actively participated in National Movement since 1946.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}} He dedicated his life to serve the nation. He started his career as an activist and participated wholeheartedly in the agitations and revolutionary movements along with other freedom fighters.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}}<br /> <br /> ==Political career==<br /> <br /> ===With Feroze Gandhi===<br /> <br /> Uma Shankar Mishra actively worked with [[Feroze Gandhi]] from 1951 to 1960. During the 1st [[1951 Indian general election]]; [[Feroze Gandhi]] contested and won the [[Raebareli]] constituency. Uma Shankar Mishra closely worked with him during and post election. They were good companions.<br /> <br /> ===With Indira Gandhi===<br /> <br /> In 1966, Uma Shankar Mishra along with 5 other representatives met [[Indira Gandhi]] at New Delhi to choose to contest [[Raebareli]]. Indira Gandhi won the 4th [[1967 Indian general election]] and became [[Prime Minister of India]]. She contested Raebareli again in 1971, 1977 and in 1980.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}}<br /> <br /> Mishra was a senior leader and prominent figure in the high-profile Congress campaign in Raebareli, wherein he successfully managed her elections and constituency throughout.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}}<br /> <br /> In 1980, she contested and won Raebareli and Medak, but then she left the Raebareli seat. Post which, Arun Nehru, [[Sheila Kaul]] and Captain Satish Sharma contested and won Raebareli. Uma Shankar Mishra was instrumental in successful victory of Congress party in Raebareli.<br /> <br /> He was the Leader of Cooperative movement and revolutionized the Panchayati movement for the district.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}}<br /> <br /> He served as Vice President of Zila Parishad, Raebareli for over fifteen years.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}}<br /> <br /> ===With Sonia Gandhi===<br /> During the regime of Captain Satish Sharma, in 2002 Uma Shankar Mishra was elected as the President of District Congress Committee.<br /> <br /> In 2004, he invited [[Sonia Gandhi]] to contest her mother in law’s constituency Raebareli. [[Sonia Gandhi]] contested the [[2004 Indian general election]] and won by a margin of 2.5 Lakh votes. The entire constituency and election was impeccably managed by him.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}}<br /> <br /> In the 2006 by-elections, this almost doubled to a victory margin of 4.17 Lakh votes and the vote share also went up to 80 percent. In the [[2009 Indian general election]], Sonia Gandhi topped the list with a winning margin of 3.72 Lakh votes. He was proven as a mastermind for [[Indian National Congress]] in Raebareli.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}}<br /> <br /> He was serving his fourth term as President of District Congress Committee.{{Citation needed|date= April 2018}}<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Indian National Congress]]<br /> * [[Raebareli]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/With-son-Rahul-in-driving-seat-Sonia-seeks-fourth-term/articleshow/33148980.cms<br /> * http://www.indianexpress.com/news/in-gandhi-fiefdom-even-cong-leaders-can-t-enter/1317/<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090428145545/http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/26/stories/2009042659640800.htm]<br /> * http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mum-on-rahul-sonia-asks-youth-to-work-for-party-first/12911/<br /> * http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060418/main3.htm<br /> * [https://web.archive.org/web/20131224122419/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-03-23/lucknow/28337830_1_rae-bareli-sonia-gandhi-celebration-time ]<br /> * http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sonia-files-nomination-for-rae-bareli/443726/<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Mishra, Uma Shankar}}<br /> [[Category:1920s births]]<br /> [[Category:2016 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]<br /> [[Category:People from Raebareli]]<br /> [[Category:Gandhians]]</div>

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