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Surendranath Dwivedy
Odia politician

Surendranath Dwivedy

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Odia politician
A.K.A.
Surendra Nath Dwivedy
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Cuttack District, Central division, Odisha, India
Place of death
Rourkela, Sundargarh district, Northern division, India
Age
88 years
Education
Ravenshaw Collegiate School
Awards
Odisha Sangita Natak Akademi Award
(1989)
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Biography

Surendranath Dwivedy was an Oriya politician, journalist and social worker. Born in Khandasahi in the undivided district of Cuttack on 11 February 1913. He was elected to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Lok Sabha from 1957 to 1970 representing Kendrapara Parliamentary Constituency of Odisha. Earlier, he was a member of Rajya Sabha from 1952 to 1956. He served as a member of Panel of Chairmen during Third Lok Sabha and Committee on Public Undertakings from 1964 to 1967. He was also one of the Governors of Khoj Parishad, a socio-economic research institute, from 1948 to 1951. Dwivedy was a member of the Indian delegation to the first session of the Asian Socialist Conference, Rangoon, and to the United States of America.

As a freedom fighter, Dwivedy suffered imprisonment for seven years for participating in the Quit India movement and struggle against British imperialism

He was the leader, Praja Socialist Party in Lok Sabha। He was the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh from 1991 to 1993.

He died on 1 October 2001 at Rourkela, Odisha.

Publications

Dwivedy was founder of Krushak, an Oriya weekly, and for many years he was its editor. He had many publications both in English and Oriya to his credit.

  • Away from Dust and Din
  • Untold Story of August Revolution
  • Quest for Socialism
  • Political Corruption in India
Government offices
Preceded by
Lokanath Mishra
Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
26 March 1991– 4 July 1993
Succeeded by
Madhukar Dighe
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