Pandit Ramnandan Mishra (1905–1989) was an Indian nationalist who fought for India's freedom from British rule.

Life

Ramnandan Mishra was born in Darbhanga in 1905. He was a member of Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee from 1927–1934. He participated in the

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and was imprisoned between 1930–31. He was a founding member of the

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from 1934–47 and then the

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from 1947–52. He was arrested for anti-war propaganda in 1940. He participated in the Quit India Movement and organized secret revolutionary centres and while visiting Madras, was arrested in

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on 23 August 1942. He was lodged in Cuttack jail, then in Behrampur jail. When he tried to escape, he was transferred to

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Central Jail in the last week of October, 1942. He escaped from Hazaribagh Central Jail along with Yogendra Shukla,

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and others during November, 1942. He was in charge of the revolutionary movement in

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where he was rearrested on 22 February 1943 and released only in 1946. He was General Secretary of the Hind Kisan Panchayat, Bihar from 1949–52 and became a member of the National Executive of the Socialist Party in 1949. He left politics for spiritual pursuits in 1952 and became a devotee of Lord Jagannath. He died on 27 August 1989.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mishra, Ramnandan 1905 births 1989 deaths People from Bihar Revolutionary movement for Indian independence Indian revolutionaries Indian socialists People from Darbhanga Indian prisoners and detainees Prisoners and detainees of British India