Ram Kishore Shukla

Pandit Ram Kishore Shukla (Pronounced [ˈraːm kɪˈʃoːr ˈʃʊkla]; Rām Kiśōr Śukla) (4 September 1923 – 11 December 2003) was an Indian politician and an activist for Indian independence.

He represented the Socialist Party and the Indian National Congress as an M.L.A. in the legislative assembly of the state of Madhya Pradesh from Beohari constituency, where he served as speaker, deputy speaker, whereas in cabinet he served as minister of finance, minister of law & legislature, minister of separate revenue, and minister of parliamentary affairs in government of Madhya Pradesh to government of India. He presided over various house committees of the legislative assembly of Madhya Pradesh, in several five-year plans. First to express his views to start live telecast of the meetings of the parliament of India & the legislative assemblies of republic of India on doordarshan at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association convention in England. During his tenure as cabinet minister for law, he started lok adalat sittings in Madhya Pradesh & thereafter received personal appreciations from Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati for the same. He was widely travelled, having visited the Soviet Union, England, Japan, United States of America, Kenya, several other republics of Africa, Italy, Germany, Isle of Man etc. to participate in Commonwealth and other similar events. He remained a name for his region because of his political ideologies and principles not only during the Indian independence movement but even after that for more than half of a century until 2003.