Laxminarayan Nayak

Laxminarayan Nayak (1918 – 30 November 2019) was an Indian politician from Madhya Pradesh. He was a member of the Lok Sabha and Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Laxminarayan Nayak
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1977–1980
Preceded by	Ram Sahai Tiwary
Succeeded by	Vidyawati Chaturvedi
Constituency	Khajuraho
Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1957–1962
Preceded by	Lala Ram Bajpai
Succeeded by	Nathu Ram Niwari
Constituency	Niwari
In office 1972–1977
Preceded by	L. Ran
Succeeded by	Gauri Shankar Shukla
Constituency	Niwari
Personal details
Born	1918
Died	30 November 2019 (aged 101)

Biography

Nayak was born in 1918 at Nimchauni in Tikmagarh.^[1] He was a freedom fighter. During the Indian freedom struggle, he was imprisoned several times.^[2][3][4]

Nayak was elected as a member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Niwari in 1957 as a Praja Socialist Party candidate.^[5] He was elected again from this constituency in 1972 as a Samyukta Socialist Party candidate.^[6] He was elected as a member of Lok Sabha from Khajuraho in 1977 as a Janata Party candidate.^[7]

Nayak died on 30 November 2019 in Niwari at the age of 101.^[2][3][4]