D. P. Mishra: The Man and his Ideology

In the long drawn political struggle for the attainment of Swaraj, D.P. Mishra played a dominant role along with Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla, a dedicated Congress stalwart in Madhya Pradesh. As his cabinet colleague and, later on, as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Mishra’s achievements were unique. He was a fine administrator and did much for the upliftment of his province. He was an author, an orator, a parliamentarian and an educationist. He was also the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Saugar, the oldest University in Madhya Pradesh. The theme deals with D.P. Mishra’s career as a political leader having deep bearing on several issues pertaining to development of the province, viz. land and the people, agriculture, rural development, revenue settlement, forests and their development, upliftment and welfare of labour, welfare schemes for children and improvement of legislation in several problems.