Rishang Keishing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rishang Keishing

Indian politician

Date of Birth: 25-Oct-1920

Place of Birth: Bungpa, India

Date of Death: 22-Aug-2017

Profession: politician

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Rishang Keishing (25 October 1920 – 22 August 2017) was a senior politician of the Indian National Congress party and a Member of the Parliament of India representing Manipur in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.
Keishing served as Chief Minister of Manipur from 1980 to 1988 and from 1994 to 1997.
He was from Bungpa village, Phungyar District, Manipur. He first entered Manipur State's Vidhan Sabha in 1972, winning Phungyar seat, and represented the seat for 30 years, winning the election 7 times.
In 2002, he lost in the assembly polls.
His son, Victor Keishing, reclaimed the seat a few years later.
After his defeat in the state polls in 2002, Rishang Keishing moved to Delhi, representing the state in Rajya Sabha for two terms, 2002 to 2008, and 2008 and 2014.
In 2007 he became the country's oldest parliamentarian.
He retired from Rajya Sabha in 2014, at the age of 93.
He died on Tuesday, 22 August 2017, aged 96 at Regional Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital, Imphal, Manipur.