Shriyut Sriniwas Tiwari (17 September 1926[2][3][4] – 19 January 2018)[1] was a politician from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India. He had a long career in Madhya Pradesh state politics. He was a six-time member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. For most of his political career, he was a member of the Indian National Congress, and had stints in Socialist Party and Samyukta Socialist Party in his younger days.He was assembly speaker of MP from 1993 to 2003.

Sriniwas Tiwari
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1990 (1990)–2003 (2003)
Preceded byChampa Devi
Succeeded byGirish Gautam
ConstituencyMangawan
In office
1977 (1977)–1985 (1985)
Preceded byTriveni Prasad
Succeeded byGarud Kumar
ConstituencyTeonthar
In office
1972 (1972)–1977 (1977)
Preceded byRukmini Raman Pratap Singh
Succeeded byRukmini Raman Pratap Singh
ConstituencyMangawan
Member of Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office
1952 (1952)–1956 (1956)
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byConstituency dissolved
ConstituencyMangawan
Personal details
Born(1926-09-17)17 September 1926
Shahpur, Kingdom of Rewa[1]
Died19 January 2018(2018-01-19) (aged 91)
New Delhi, India
Political partySocialist Party (1948-1964, 1972-1973)
Samyukta Socialist Party (1964-1972)
Indian National Congress (1973-2018)
SpouseShravan Kumari
ChildrenArun Tiwari
Sundar Lal Tiwari
Parents
  • Mangaldeen Tiwari (father)
  • Kaushalya Devi (mother)
Alma materDurbar College, Rewa
Nickname(s)White Tiger
Dada

He also served as a member of the Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 1952 and 1956, before it was merged into Madhya Pradesh. He was bitterly opposed to the merger and advocated the separation of Vindhya Pradesh region from Madhya Pradesh during his political career.[5] He was known as the White Tiger of Madhya Pradesh.

He lost the election from Sirmour in the 2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

Personal life edit

Sriniwas Tiwari was born on 17 September 1926 in Shahpur, a village in the Kingdom of Rewa, to Mangaldeen Tiwari and Kaushalya Devi. He was a native of Tiuni, a village in Rewa district. Tiwari was a freedom fighter and a lawyer who graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Hindi and an LL.B. from Durbar College, Rewa.[1]

On 21 May 1937, he was wedded to Shravan Kumari, the daughter of Ramniranjan Mishra of Jhiria village in Satna district. He had two sons, Arun Tiwari and Sundar Lal Tiwari.[1] Sundar Lal Tiwari was also an Indian National Congress politician who served as MP and MLA in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Tiwari died on 19 January 2018, aged 91.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d Tiwari, Dipesh (19 January 2018). "कांग्रेस को बड़ा झटका, जाने माने दिग्गज नेता श्रीनिवास तिवारी का दिल्ली में निधन". Patrika.
  2. ^ "MP Legislative Assembly". mpvidhansabha.nic.in.
  3. ^ "पूर्व विधानसभा अध्यक्ष श्रीनिवास तिवारी का दिल्ली में निधन". www.bhaskarhindi.com.
  4. ^ "कद ऐसा था कि बड़े-बड़े नेता भी करते थे सम्मान, ऐसे थे विन्ध्य के व्हाइट टाइगर".
  5. ^ "rediff.com: The Rediff Interview/ Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh on the newly divided state of Chhattisgarh". www.rediff.com.
  6. ^ "Former MP Assembly Speaker Sriniwas Tiwari no more". Press Trust of India. 19 January 2018 – via Business Standard.

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