Mathura Prasad Mishra
{{Short description|Indian politician (1918–1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mathura Prasad Mishra
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| birth_date = {{birth year|1918}}
| birth_place = Pachamba, Begusarai Bihar, British India
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| death_date = {{death date and given age|1987|07|17|69|df=y}}
| death_place = Pune, Maharashtra, India
| constituency = Begusarai, Bihar
| office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
| term = 1952–1957
| predecessor = Position established
| party = Indian National Congress
| spouse = Tulsi Devi
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| president = Rajendra Prasad
| primeminister = Jawaharlal Nehru,
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| alma_mater = B. N. College and Patna College, Patna
| profession = Journalist
| term2 = 1962–1967
| term1 = 1957–1962
| primeminister1 = Jawaharlal Nehru
| primeminister2 = Jawaharlal Nehru,
| president1 = Rajendra Prasad
| president2 = Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
| successor2 = Yogendra Sharma
| constituency1 = Begusarai, Bihar
| 2namedata2 = Begusarai, Bihar
| 2blankname2 = constituency
|source =https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/854.htm
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Mathura Prasad Mishra (1918 – 17 July 1987) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the first, second and third Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from Begusarai, Bihar as a member of the Indian National Congress for consecutively three terms.{{cite book|author=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha|title=Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZLZVAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=29 March 2019|year=2003|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=317}}{{cite book|author=Sir Stanley Reed|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXEiAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=29 March 2019|year=1958|publisher=Times of India Press|page=1120|archive-date=13 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913181651/https://books.google.com/books?id=lXEiAQAAIAAJ|url-status=live}}{{cite book|title=Congress Bulletin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z75QAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA356|accessdate=29 March 2019|year=1964|publisher=General Secretary, A.I.C.C.|pages=356–|archive-date=13 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913181559/https://books.google.com/books?id=z75QAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA356|url-status=live}}
Mishra died in Pune, Maharashtra on 17 July 1987, at the age of 69.{{cite book |title=Lok Sabha Debates |date=1987 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |pages=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i0ZPAQAAMAAJ&q=Mathura+Prasad+Mishra+obituary+references |access-date=6 February 2023 |archive-date=13 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230913181559/https://books.google.com/books?id=i0ZPAQAAMAAJ&q=Mathura+Prasad+Mishra+obituary+references |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/854.htm|title=Official biographical sketch on the Parliament of India website|access-date=6 February 2023|archive-date=6 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206070846/https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/854.htm|url-status=live}}