Keshari Nath Tripathi (born 10 November 1934) is an Indian politician, who served as

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from July 2014 to July 2019. He also had additional charge for short stints as governor of Bihar, Meghalaya and

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. He was a member of

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. He was the Speaker of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly three times, and the president of

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Personal life

He was born in

Allahabad Allahabad (), officially known as Prayagraj, also known as Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The other five cities were: Agra, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Meerut, and Varanasi (Benares). It is the administra ...

to Harish Chandra Tripathi and Shiva Devi.

Political career

He was a member of the

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legislative assembly six times viz. 1977-1980 (Jhusi constituency), and with five consecutive wins from Allahabad South seat in 1989–1991, 1991–1992, 1993–1995, 1996-2002 and 2002–2007. He was Cabinet Minister, Institutional finance and Sales Tax in U.P. during the

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regime from 1977 to 1979. He joined BJP when it was founded in April 1980. He served as the Speaker of the UP Legislative Assembly from 1991 to 1993, 1997 to 2002 and from May 2002 to March 2004. On 14 July 2014, he was appointed

and took oath on 24 July. He had additional charge of Bihar as governor twice, from 27 November 2014 to 15 August 2015, and from 20 June 2017 to 29 September 2017; additional charge as governor of Meghalaya from 6 January 2015 to 19 May 2015; and additional charge as governor of Mizoram from 4 April 2015 to 25 May 2015 after Aziz Qureshi was sacked.

Other works

Tripathi practiced as a Senior Advocate at

Allahabad High Court Allahabad High Court, also known as High Court of Judicature at Allahabad is the high court based in Prayagraj that has jurisdiction over the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was established on 17 March 1866, making it one of the oldest high ...

. He is also an author and a poet and has authored several books. His chief literary works are two anthologies called 'Manonukriti' and 'Aayu Pankh".His book 'Sanchayita: Keshari Nath Tripathi' received much accolades. On the professional side, his commentary on The Representation of People Act, 1951 is still widely esteemed. Aside from that, he has written many other books not only in Hindi but also in English. He is also a part of the Hindi poets gathering that takes place both in India and abroad.

Literature

Tripathi has authored several books, some of them are "The Age of Wings" (Prabhat Prakashan), "Sanchayita:Kesharinath Tripathi"(Anamika Prakashan),"Destination Jesus"(Anamika Prakashan),"The Images"(Anamika Prakashan). His books has been translated into several other languages as well.

References

External links

UP Legislative Assembly Website
, - , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Tripathi, Keshari Members of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh Tripathi, Keshari Nath Politicians from Allahabad University of Allahabad alumni Speakers of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly State cabinet ministers of Uttar Pradesh 1934 births Governors of West Bengal