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{{Infobox officeholder | name = Nageshwar Dwivedi | birth_name = | caption = | image = | birth_date = 16 October 1916 | birth_place = Prem ka pura,Jaunpur district,United Provinces,British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh,India) | residence = Vill/Post Prem Ka Pura,Sujanganj,Jaunpur | death_date = 1 January 2010 (aged 93) | death_place = Machhlishahr,Uttar Pradesh | office = Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha | constituency = Machhlishahr,Uttar Pradesh | term = 1967-1977 | predecessor = Ganapati Ram | successor = Raj Keshar Singh | office1 = Member of Legislative Assembly,Vidhan Sabha,Uttar Pradesh | constituency1 = Gadwara,now Mungra Badshahpur,Uttar Pradesh | term1 = 1952-1961 | predecessor1 = | successor1 = | office2 = | constituency2 = | term_start2 = | predecessor2 = | successor2 = | party = Indian National Congress | religion = | otherparty = | spouse = Samarthyavati Devi | children = [[son(Sabhapati Dwivedi,Vachaspati Dwivedi,Umapati Dwivedi,Lakshamipati Dwivedi,Sripati Dwivedi,Vidyapati Dwivedi,Girijapati Dwivedi)] [Daughter(Shobha Devi,Durgavati,Shashi Mishra)]] | website = | footnotes = | date = | | year = | | source = https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1769.htm}}
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