Dwarka Prasad Mishra

Dwarka Prasad Mishra was an Indian politician, writer and journalist. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and served as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for two terms during the 1960s.
An Indian freedom fighter and diplomat, he was from a Kanyakubja Brahmin family of Padari a village in Unnao. As a poet he composed the mahakavya, Krishnayana. He became the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh after Ravi Shankar Shukla.

Chief Minister

Mishra served two terms as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh from 30 September 1963 to 8 March 1967 and 9 March 1967 to 29 July 1967.
He, along with Chandra Bhanu Gupta were instrumental in getting the power sharing formula between Indira Gandhi and Morarji Desai after the 1967 election. It gave the Deputy Prime Minister post to Desai, but the agreement broke down in 1969 leading to a split in the Congress.

Writings

His writings include:

Living an Era: India's March to Freedom
The Nehru Epoch: From Democracy to Monocracy
The Post Nehru Era: Political Memoirs
The search for Lanka
Krishnayan

His memoirs became controversial as they included a letter from Vallabhbhai Patel to Mishra dated to July 1946 criticising Nehru for "Juvenile Mistakes". Congress members questioned the authenticity of the letter as well as Mishra's motives and timing of revelation.
He was also active in the struggle for Indian independence and went to jail for the cause, for the first time aged 19 in 1920.