Gajendra Prasad Himanshu

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Gajendra Prasad Himanshu

| image = File:Gajendra Prasad Himanshu.jpg

| caption =

| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1942|1|10|df=y}}

| education = M.A., L.L.B.

| birth_place = Paridah, Samastipur, Bihar

| residence = Patna, Bihar

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = Indian

| office = Former Deputy Speaker, Bihar Legislative Assembly

| constituency = Hasanpur

| term_start = 1967

| term_end = 2005

| predecessor = Mahavir Raut

| successor = Rajendra Prasad Yadav

| party = Janata Dal (United)
Janata Party
Samyukta Socialist Party

| spouse = Veenapani, Retired Principal - Miller Inter School, Patna, Bihar, India

| children = 2 Sons and 2 Daughters
- Chakrapani Himanshu
- Sushma Himanshu
- Deepali Himanshu
- Shastrapani Himanshu

| website =

| footnotes =

|date=9 July |

| year = 2008 |

| source = http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp102.htm Election Commission of India

}}

Gajendra Prasad Himanshu is a veteran socialist leader from Bihar, India. Former Deputy Speaker of the Bihar Legislative Assembly and two times Minister in the Bihar Government. Seven times he has been elected as MLA from Hasanpur, Bihar.Election Commission of India - Party wise comparison of Hasanpur Assembly Constituency of Bihar [http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/AE/S04/partycomp102.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050828104933/http://eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/ae/s04/partycomp102.htm |date=28 August 2005 }}

He is considered to be one of the very honest and principled politicians in Bihar. Twice he had rejected the offer to become Chief Minister at the cost of breaking his party and taking support from congress. Due to his non controversial and clean image he is respected by all the leaders from his own and other parties as well. He is highly influenced by the ideologies of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia. He was closely associated with former prime minister Chaudhary Charan Singh.

In year 1977, he became Minister of State irrigation, Government of Bihar. He was Deputy Speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1985. In 1990, he became Cabinet Minister of Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED), Bihar.

He was nominated as Speaker of Bihar Assembly in year 2000, by Janata Dal (United) Government. However, the nomination was withdrawn last minute to retain the sanctity of the House particularly that of the chair's post and would not like to contest the election just to create a precedence.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/00mar10/national.htm |title=Speaker Nomination for Gajendra Parasad Himanshu Withdrawn |access-date=15 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203154702/http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/00mar10/national.htm |archive-date=3 February 2007 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000310/edit.htm | title=Never say die in Bihar! | date=10 March 2000 | newspaper=The Tribune | location=India | accessdate=20 September 2019 }}

National executive meeting.jpg|Sharing stage with Ex PMs Atal Bihari Bajpayee & Chaudhary Charan Singh

PMO, New Delhi.jpg|With Prime Minister Chaudhari Charan Singh

Party merger meeting.jpg|With Babu Jagjivan Ram & Ex. CM Karpoori Thakur

Oath taking ceremony in Raj Bhavan.jpg|Taking oath as State Minister Bihar