He was a professor of English at Allahabad University, and an advocate for the Maithili language, where he petitioned the Government of Bihar to make its language instruction available for primary schools in the area.,[3] He worked tirelessly for the statehood of Mithila in India carving out from Bihar and Jharkhand from 1994 till his death.
With Dr. Amarnath Jha as his thesis advisor, Mishra wrote his PhD dissertation on the history of Maithili literature.
[1] Mishra continued in the faculty at Allahabad until 1983, when he retired as professor and head of their English department.
From 1992 to 1994, he served as the Dean of the Faculty of Languages and Social Sciences in Chitrakoot Gramodaya Visvavidyalaya.
The Maithili words were written in Devanagri and Tirhuta scripts, along with equivalent phonetics in English.
[6] According to article 350A of the Indian constitution, each State should provide facilities where primary education students can receive instruction in their local language.
[citation needed], In 2009, Gajendra Thakur and the editors of the e-journal Videha – First Maithili Fortnightly published a series of English-Maithili dictionaries that were dedicated to Mishra along with other advocates.
[citation needed] In 1939, Mishra married Shreemati Devi, a Maithili poet and writer.
[1] Some of Mishra's notable publications include:[6] 1967: Samman Patra by Akhil Bhartiya Maithili Sammelan, Bombay.
1996: President, Mithila Rajya Sangharsh Samiti(a unit of Antarrashtriya Maithili parishad), till his death .