Shivanand

Shivanand (3 January 1922 - 31 October 2006 ) was an Indian politician and a freedom fighter from Satna district of Madhya Pradesh.He was President of Rewa Rajya Praja Mandal from Dec.46 to Jan. 48 and was jailed five times during freedom struggle and expelled from Rewa state many times. He was elected from Satna Constituency to the Vindhya Pradesh Legislative assembly in 1952 and sworn in as Speaker of that assembly. He was also member of Madhya pradesh Legislative assembly from 1957-62 along with Vishweshwar Prasad.He served as State Convener (Pradesh Sanyojak) of Bharat Sewak Samaj from 1952–56 and 1959-62 under the leadership of Pt. Nehru and Gulzarilal Nanda and was very closely associated with them.He authored many books namely Satna Nagar,Madhya Pradesh ke pratham patrakar - Lal Baldeo Singh, Mahatma Gandhi - Ek Vibhuti, Bundelkhand -Baghelkhand and Hindu.

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