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| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency = [[Kalahandi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kalahandi]], [[Odisha]]
| term = 1957-1980
| predecessor = [[Giridhari Bhoi]]
| successor = [[Rasa Behari Behara,]]
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'''Maharaja Pratap Keshari Deo''' was the last ruler of [[Kalahandi State]] 1939-1947 and an Indian politician in post-independence India. He was elected from the [[Kalahandi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kalahandi]] in [[Odisha]] to the Lower House of the Indian Parliament the [[Lok Sabha]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1156.htm | title=Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament | publisher=Lok Sabha | accessdate=20 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="Patnaik1996">{{cite book|author=Prasanta Patnaik|title=Lok Sabha Polls in Orissa, 1952-1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=usyNAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=20 October 2017|year=1996|publisher=Kalinga Communications (Publication Division)|page=183}}</ref><ref name="Privileges1967">{{cite book|author=India. Parliament. Lok Sabha. Committee of Privileges|title=Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C28KAAAAIAAJ|accessdate=20 October 2017|year=1967|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat.|page=15}}</ref> He was deputy Leader of the Opposition, Orissa Legislative Assembly, 1952—1956.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members Bioprofile|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1156.htm|website=loksabhaph.nic.in|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref>

==Maharaja of Kalahandi State==
During the time Deo ruled Kalahandi, a major irrigation project was initiated on the Indravati River to build [[Indravati Dam]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Latest Releases|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/releases98/lyr2001/roct2001/08102001/r081020018.html|website=pibarchive.nic.in|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref> and along with engineer [[Bhubaneswar Behera]] and administrator [[Ram Chandra Patra]] he visualized and prepared the blue print. This plan was disrupted by governmental changeds in the early post-indepdence period. In 1948 Kalahandi lost its state status and was merged into [[Odisha]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Latest Releases|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/releases98/lyr2001/roct2001/08102001/r081020018.html|website=pibarchive.nic.in|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref>

==Political career==
Deo was a Member of Orissa Legislative Assembly and subsequently of the Lok Sabha. As a member of [[Swatantra Party]] Deo aligned with [[Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo]] who became the chief minister in 1967.

Deo initiated '''Kalahandi Science College''' in 1960, the predecessor of [[Kalahandi University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Government College (Autonomous), Bhawanipatna|url=http://gacbhawanipatna.org/|website=gacbhawanipatna.org|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref>

As a member of parliament he continue to push for the [[Indravati Dam]] and rail connectivity from Kesinga to Ambaguda via Bhawanipatna and Junagarh. In 1962-1963 he had pointed out in the Parliament that Parkers had done a railway line survey from Kesinga to Nabarangpur to join Kothavalasa-Kirandul (KK) line, because Koraput-Kothavalasa and Koraput-Rayagada are e-special category railway routes having many tunnels and high-level bridges; the speed is limited (often less than 50 kmph) and number of wagon can’t exceed 30 during mineral transportations in these two routes.<ref>{{Cite web|title=‘Speed up Junagarh Rd-N'rangpur rly line works'|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/---speed-up-junagarh-rd-n-rangpur-rly-line-works-.html|last=Pioneer|first=The|website=The Pioneer|language=en|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref> Subsequently, [[Lanjigarh–Junagarh section]] under [[East Coast Railway Zone]] was completed in March 2014, which was sanctioned when local MP [[Bhakta Charan Das]] was minister of state for railway in 1990-91.

He had a special interest in archeology<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members Bioprofile|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1156.htm|website=loksabhaph.nic.in|access-date=2020-05-12}}</ref> and established the archeology society of Kalahandi.

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[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Odisha]]
[[Category:2nd Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:3rd Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:4th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:5th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:6th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:1919 births]]
[[Category:Possibly living people]]
[[Category:People from Kalahandi district]]

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