Ram Kishore Shukla

Ram Kishore Shukla
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh
In office
19 July 1983  13 March 1985
Preceded byYagya Datt Sharma
Succeeded byRajendra Prasad Shukla
Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh
In office
16 September 1980  4 March 1984
Preceded byRam Chandra Maheshwari
Succeeded byPyarelal Kanwar
In office
26 February 1968  16 March 1972
Preceded byNarmada Prasad Shrivastava
Succeeded byNarayan Prasad Shukla
Leader of the Opposition of the Legislative Assembly of Vindhya Pradesh
In office
21 March 1952  31 October 1956
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of Finance of Madhya Pradesh
In office
14 March 1985  13 February 1988
Preceded byArjun Singh
Succeeded byShiv Bhanu Solanki
Minister of Law and Legislative Affairs of Madhya Pradesh
In office
14 March 1985  13 February 1988
Preceded byKrishna Pal Singh
Succeeded byArjun Singh
Minister of Separate Revenue of Madhya Pradesh
In office
14 March 1985  13 February 1988
Preceded byBisahu Ram Yadav
Succeeded byKamla Devi
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs of Madhya Pradesh
In office
14 March 1985  13 February 1988
Preceded byKrishna Pal Singh
Succeeded byArjun Singh
Personal details
Born(1923-09-04)4 September 1923
Beohari, Central Provinces and Berar, British India
Died11 December 2003(2003-12-11) (aged 80)
Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India
Resting place24°01′41″N 81°21′34″E / 24.0281507°N 81.3595721°E / 24.0281507; 81.3595721
CitizenshipIndia
Political partyIndian National Congress
Other political
affiliations
Socialist party
SpouseKalavati Shukla
ChildrenBanmali Prasad Shukla, Vindhyeshwari Prasad Shukla, Santosh Kumar Shukla, Vinod Kumar Shukla, Surendra Shukla, Kavita Shukla and Anita Shukla
ResidenceKishore Kala Mandir
Alma materDarbar College, Rewa
OccupationPolitics
ProfessionLecturer
Lawyer
Social worker
PortfolioFinance, Law & Legislative, Separate Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs
WebsiteRam Kishore Shukla Foundation

Pandit Ram Kishore Shukla (Pronounced [ˈraːm kɪˈʃoːr ˈʃʊkla]; Rām Kiśōr Śukla) (4 September 1923 – 11 December 2003) was an Indian politician and an activist for Indian independence.

He represented Socialist Party and the Indian National Congress as an M.L.A. in the legislative assembly of the state of Madhya Pradesh from Beohari constituency, where he served as speaker, deputy speaker, whereas in cabinet he served as minister of finance, minister of law & legislature, minister of separate revenue, and minister of parliamentary affairs in government of Madhya Pradesh to government of India. He presided over various house committees of legislative assembly of Madhya Pradesh, in several five-year plans. First to express his views to start live telecast of meetings of parliament of India & legislative assemblies of republic of India on doordarshan in Commonwealth Parliamentary Association convention in England. During his tenure as cabinet minister for law he started lok adalat sittings in Madhya Pradesh & thereafter received personal appreciations from Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati for the same. He was widely travelled, having visited Soviet Union, England, Japan, United States of America, Kenya, several other republics of Africa, Italy, Germany, Isle of Man etc. to participate in Commonwealth and other similar events. He remained a name for his region because of his political ideologies and principles not only during the Indian independence movement but even after that for more than half of a century until 2003.