Siddheshwar Prasad

{{Short description|Indian politician (1929–2023)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Siddheshwar Prasad

| birth_name =

| caption = Siddheshwar Prasad

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|1|19|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bind, Nalanda, Bihar and Orissa Province, British India

| residence = Patna, Bihar, India

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|1|22|1929|1|29|df=yes}}

| death_place = Patna, Bihar, India

| office = Governor of Tripura

| constituency =

| term_start = 16 June 1995

| term_end = 22 June 2000

| predecessor = Romesh Bhandari

| successor = Krishna Mohan Seth

| office1 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

| constituency1 = Nalanda, Bihar

| term1 = 1962–1977

| predecessor1 = Kailashpati Sinha

| successor1 = Birendra Prasad

| party = Indian National Congress

| spouse = Rajkumari Devi

| source = https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1644.htm

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Siddheshwar Prasad (19 January 1929 – 22 January 2023) was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India from the Nalanda Constituency of Bihar in the 1962, 1967, and 1971 general elections. He was earlier a Professor at Nalanda College in Bihar. He was the Governor of Tripura from June 1995 to June 2000.{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/BJP-yet-to-open-innings-in-Nalanda/articleshow/32318811.cms | title=BJP yet to open innings in Nalanda | work=The Times of India | date=20 March 2014 | accessdate=10 April 2018}}{{cite book|author1=Vasant Sitaram Kulkarni|author2=Suniti Vasant Kulkarni|author3=Prakash Kokil|title=India's Parliament, 1971: Who's who of Indian M.P.s: Encyclopaedia of India's Parliament, 1971|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r9rYQ3_wLlwC|accessdate=10 April 2018|year=1971|publisher=Law Book House|page=126}}{{cite book|author=Times of India (Firm)|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LkQjAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=10 April 2018|year=1970|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company|page=355}}{{cite book|author1=Aruna Goel|author2=S. L. Goel|title=Encyclopaedia of higher education in the 21st century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Cllr5Zi5tcC&pg=PA501|accessdate=10 April 2018|year=2010|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|isbn=978-81-7629-584-0|pages=501–}}{{cite web | url=http://rajbhavan.tripura.gov.in/incumbents | title=LIST OF PAST GOVERNORS | publisher=Raj Bhavan Tripura | accessdate=10 April 2018}}

Prasad has spotlighted the Kurmi community to which the Bihar Chief Minister belongs.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-27 |title=The Kurmis: a political history |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-politics/nitish-kumar-obc-kurmi-community-bihar-a-political-history-8174700/ |access-date=2025-04-13 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

Prasad died in Patna, Bihar on 22 January 2023, three days after his 94th birthday.{{cite news |title=Former Tripura Governor Passed Away: त्रिपुरा के पूर्व राज्यपाल सिद्धेश्वर प्रसाद का निधन, लंबे समय से थे बीमार |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/hindi/bihar/state/patna/former-governor-of-tripura-siddheshwar-prasad-died/bh20230122205220783783092 |access-date=7 February 2023 |publisher=ETV Bharat |date=22 January 2023}}