He was 94 years' old.
Born in 1920 in Mandi, Pandit Gauri Shankar Prasad joined the Praja Mandal movement after completing his education from Lahore in 1940-41.
He was elected to the Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha from Rewalsar constituency in Mandi in 1952 and was inducted as Public Works Minister in the first ministry headed by Yashwant Singh Parmar.
Governor Urmila Singh and Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh have condoled the death, and said that he was not only a freedom fighter but also played a key role in ensuring separate identity of Himachal.
"For Pandit ji, joining politics was a social service and he would always be remembered for maintaining high standards in politics," the CM added.
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