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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
|name = Nilakantha Das<br />
|image = Nilakantha Das.jpg<br />
|caption = Nilakantha Das's portrait in Odisha State Assembly.<br />
|imagesize = <br />
|alt = Nilakantha Das's portrait in Odisha State Assembly<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1884|08|05}}<br />
| birth_place =[[Puri District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1967|11|06|1884|08|05}}<br />
| death_place =<br />
|restingplace = <br />
|residence = <br />
|order =<br />
| office = Speaker: 2nd [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| constituency = [[Satyabadi (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Satyabadi]]<br />
| term_start = 27 May 1957<br />
| term_end = 1 July 1961<br />
| predecessor = Nanda Kishore Das<br />
| successor = [[Lingaraj Panigrahi]]<br />
| office1 = Member: 1st and 2nd Odisha Legislative Assembly<br />
| constituency1 = Satyabadi<br />
| term_start1 = 1952<br />
| term_end1 = 1961<br />
| predecessor1 = <br />
| successor1 = <br />
|party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
|otherparty = Swadhin Jana Sangha<br />
| spouse = <br />
|children = <br />
|alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]<br />
|profession = Writer, politician<br />
|education = MPhil<br />
|website =<br />
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'''Nilakantha Das''' (5 August 1884 – 6 November 1967)<ref>{{cite web|title=Pandit Nilakantha & Formation of Orissa Province|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2010/April/engpdf/31-39.pdf|access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref> was an orator, politician and social reformer born in the village Sri Ramchandrapur of [[Puri district]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]. He was awarded an M. Phil. by the [[University of Calcutta]]. He denied a lucrative job under the [[British Raj]] and worked as a headmaster of Satyabadi High School.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eminent Personalities of Orissa|url=http://www.odisha.gov.in/portal/ViewDetails.asp?vchglinkid=GL012&vchplinkid=PL052|publisher=Government of Orissa|access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref> His speeches inspired the youth generation to fight against [[untouchability]] and other social evils.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}<br />
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In 1951, Das was elected to the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] as a member of a new political party called Swadhin Jana Sangha.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.odishafiles.com/2012/11/pundit-nilakantha-das.html |title=Odisha Files: Pundit Nilakantha Das |work=odishafiles.com |year=2012 |quote=1951: Elected to Orissa Legislative Assembly with his new named party 'Swadhin Jana Sangha '; |access-date=5 March 2013}}</ref> In 1955, he joined the [[Indian National Congress]] at the request of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]. He was re-elected in 1957 as a member of that party.{{citation needed|date=April 2018}}<br />
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Das was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]] in 1960.<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2014)|url=http://mha.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/Year_Wise_main_25042017.pdf|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|date=21 May 2014|access-date=12 April 2018|page=6|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf|archive-date=15 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> He died on 6 November 1967.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Makers of Modern Orissa|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/2011/Apr/engpdf/10-18.pdf|quote=Death laid its icy finger on him on 6th November 1967|access-date=5 March 2013}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Odia literature}}<br />
{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 1960–69}}<br />
{{Padma Award winners of Odisha}}<br />
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[[Category:1884 births]]<br />
[[Category:1967 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Activists from Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Indian social reformers]]<br />
[[Category:Speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in public affairs]]</div>>Pinakpani