Career
Pint He was also a writer A great freedom fighter & diplomat, he belonged to village Padari in Unnao. As a poet he composed Mahakavya- "Krishnair".
He became the of Member of Parliament after Ravi Shanker Shukla.
Mishra was a politician and a journalist and author He had edited three Hindi journals Lokmat, Sharda and Saarthi.
His epic poem Krishnayana was critically acclaimed. In 1937, he was elected as Modern Language Association and joined cabinet in Central Provinces and Berar under Chief ministership of North B Khare He was among the three ministers, along with Ravi Shankar Shukla and Doctorate South Mehta, who were sacked by the Governor in June 1938 on the recommendation of Khare.
This episode resulted in disciplinary action against Khare by Indian National Congress and his ouster as Chief minister.
Mishra joined the new cabinet under Ravi Shankar Shukla and served till October 1939. He was twice the chief minister of the state from 31 September 1963 to 8 March 1967 and 9 March 1967 to 29 July 1967. He, along with Chandra Bhanu Gupta (,Uttar Pradesh) were instrumental in getting the power sharing formula between Indira Gandhi and Morarjee Desai post 1967 elections.
lieutenant gave the Deputy Prime Minister post to Desai, but the agreement broke down in 1969 and Congress split.