26-12-2016: Kailashpati Mishra Personality Series: Bihar A commemorative postage stam

Kailashpati Mishra was an Indian politican. He was a leader of the Bharatiya Janta Party(BJP), a former Governor of Gujarat, and for a short duration, Governor of Rajasthan. He was born in Dudharchak, Buxar in Bihar into a Bhumihar family. While studying in class X, he was arrested for picketing at the main gate of his school at Buxar in support of 1942 Quit India Movement. he was affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh from 1944 onwards, and was jailed after the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. He took part in the Quit India Movement in 1942 and was arrested for the same. He won the assembly election for Bikram Patna and served as Finance Minister in the government of Bihar.