Sriniwas Tiwari

Shriyut Sriniwas Tiwari (17 September 1926^[2][3][4] – 19 January 2018)^[1] was a politician from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India. He had a long career in Madhya Pradesh state politics. He was a six-time member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. For most of his political career, he was a member of the Indian National Congress, and had stints in Socialist Party and Samyukta Socialist Party in his younger days.He was assembly speaker of MP from 1993 to 2003.

Sriniwas Tiwari
Member of Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1990 (1990) – 2003 (2003)
Preceded by	Champa Devi
Succeeded by	Girish Gautam
Constituency	Mangawan
In office 1977 (1977) – 1985 (1985)
Preceded by	Triveni Prasad
Succeeded by	Garud Kumar
Constituency	Teonthar
In office 1972 (1972) – 1977 (1977)
Preceded by	Rukmini Raman Pratap Singh
Succeeded by	Rukmini Raman Pratap Singh
Constituency	Mangawan
Member of Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly
In office 1952 (1952) – 1956 (1956)
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Constituency dissolved
Constituency	Mangawan
Personal details
Born	(1926-09-17)17 September 1926 Shahpur, Rewa State, British India[1]
Died	19 January 2018(2018-01-19) (aged 91) New Delhi, India
Political party	Socialist Party (1948-1964, 1972-1973) Samyukta Socialist Party (1964-1972) Indian National Congress (1973-2018)
Spouse	Shravan Kumari
Children	Arun Tiwari Sundar Lal Tiwari
Parents	Mangaldeen Tiwari (father) Kaushalya Devi (mother)
Alma mater	Durbar College, Rewa
Nickname(s)	White Tiger

He also served as a member of the Vindhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly between 1952 and 1956, before it was merged into Madhya Pradesh. He was bitterly opposed to the merger and advocated the separation of Vindhya Pradesh region from Madhya Pradesh during his political career.^[5] He was known as the White Tiger of Madhya Pradesh.

He lost the election from Sirmour in the 2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.

Personal life

Sriniwas Tiwari was born on 17 September 1926 in Shahpur, a village in the Kingdom of Rewa, to Mangaldeen Tiwari and Kaushalya Devi. He was a native of Tiuni, a village in Rewa district. Tiwari was a freedom fighter and a lawyer who graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Hindi and an LL.B. from Durbar College, Rewa.^[1]

On 21 May 1937, he was wedded to Shravan Kumari, the daughter of Ramniranjan Mishra of Jhiria village in Satna district. He had two sons, Arun Tiwari and Sundar Lal Tiwari.^[1] Sundar Lal Tiwari was also an Indian National Congress politician who served as MP and MLA in the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

Tiwari died on 19 January 2018, aged 91.^[6]