Shivanand
Shivanand (3 January 1922 – 31 October 2006 ) was an Indian politician and a freedom fighter from Satna district of Madhya Pradesh. He was President of Rewa Rajya Praja Mandal from December 1946 to January 1948 and was jailed five times during freedom struggle and expelled from Rewa state many times.He was elected from Satna Cons*uency to the Vindhya Pradesh Legislative *embly in 1952 and sworn in as Speaker of that *embly. He was also member of Madhya pradesh Legislative *embly from 1957-62 along with Vishweshwar Prasad.
He served as State Convener (Pradesh Sanyojak) of Bharat Sewak Samaj from 1952–56 and 1959-62 under the leadership of Pt. Nehru and Gulzarilal Nanda and was very closely *ociated with them.
He aut*d many books namely Satna Nagar, Madhya Pradesh ke pratham patrakar - Lal Baldeo Singh, Mahatma Gandhi - Ek Vibhuti, Bundelkhand -Baghelkhand and Hindu.