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[[File:Natabar Pandey in 1952.gif|thumb|Natabar Pandey in 1952]]Dr. '''Natabar Pandey''' was an [[India]]n politician. He represented the [[Sambalpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sambalpur constituency]] in the [[1st Lok Sabha]] (lower house of the [[parliament of India]]) [[1952 Indian general election|elected in 1952]].

Pandey was born on April 5, 1908, so of Parashar Pandey.<ref name=ls/> He studied at Sambalpur Zilla School and Secondary Training School, Cuttack.<ref name=ls/> He married Usarani in 1928, the couple had one daughter.<ref name=ls/> From 1929 to 1938 Natabar Pandey worked as high school teacher in [[Sundargarh]].<ref name=ls/> In 1938 he renounced his teaching job and began studying [[homeopathy]] at the Institute of Homoeopathy at Dathe—Kathiawar, obtaining Ph.B. and Sc.B. degrees in [[Homeopathy]].<ref name=ls/><ref name="Chhabra1952">{{cite book|author=Hari Sharan Chhabra|title=Opposition in the Parliament: a unique, authentic and comprehensive biographical dictionary of M. P.'s on opposition benches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R-k1AAAAIAAJ|year=1952|publisher=New Publishers|page=64}}</ref> He served as Organising Secretary of the Orissa Boy Scouts Association between 1939 and 1941.<ref name=ls/><ref name="Chhabra1952"/>

Pandey was the President of the Gangpur State Praja Mandal and a member the Executive Committee of the Orissa Regional Council, and was linked to the All India States' People's Conference during 1946-1947.<ref name=ls/><ref name="Chhabra1952"/> In 1948 he became a Member of the Orissa State Assembly, as served as [[chief whip]] in the assembly.<ref name=ls/><ref name="Chhabra1952"/><ref name="Deo2000"/> However, he resigned from the assembly and founded the Union Movement.<ref name="Chhabra1952"/><ref name="Deo2000">{{cite book|author=Pratap Keshari Deo|title=Memoirs of a Bygone Era|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVFuAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Minerva Press|isbn=978-81-7662-084-0|page=126}}</ref> Between 1948 and 1950 he served as President of the Eastern States People Convention.<ref name=ls/> During agitations of the Eastern States People Convention, he was arrested by the Government of Orissa.<ref name="Chhabra1952"/> Once released from jail he founded the Koshal Utkal Praja Parishad, which eventually evolved into the [[All India Ganatantra Parishad]].<ref name="Chhabra1952"/> He became a member of the Working Committee of the party.<ref name=ls>Lok Sabha. ''[http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/908.htm Members Bioprofile: PANDEY, DR. NATABAR]''</ref>

In 1952 Pandey was elected to the first Lok Sabha from Sambalpur, obtaining 70,622 votes (54.97%).<ref name=e1952>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1951 TO THE FIRST LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]''</ref> Pandey was one of six AIGP members from [[Odisha|Orissa]] in the first Lok Sabha.<ref name=e1952/> As a parliamentarian, Pandey lobbied for abolition of Agricultural Income Tax.<ref name="Chhabra1952"/> He eventually resigned his seat in the Lok Sabha in 1956.<ref name="Tribes1956">{{cite book|author=India. Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|title=Report of the Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1-hFAQAAIAAJ|year=1956|publisher=Manager, Government of India Press|page=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Lok Sabha Debates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c1NPAQAAMAAJ|date=November 1956|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=96}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1st Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Odisha]]
[[Category:All India Ganatantra Parishad politicians]]
[[Category:1908 births]]
[[Category:Year of death missing]]
[[Category:People from Sambalpur district]]

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