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|honorific-prefix = [[Maharaja|Former Maharaja]]&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo&lt;br /&gt;
| native_name = ରାଜେନ୍ଦ୍ର ନାରାୟଣ ସିଂହଦେଓ&lt;br /&gt;
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|honorific-suffix =  [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]]&lt;br /&gt;
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| order = 6th&lt;br /&gt;
| office = Chief Minister of Odisha&lt;br /&gt;
| term_start = 8 March 1967&lt;br /&gt;
| term_end = 9 January 1971&lt;br /&gt;
| predecessor = [[Sadashiva Tripathy]]&lt;br /&gt;
| successor = [[Bishwanath Das]]&lt;br /&gt;
|alma_mater  = [[Mayo College]],&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; [[St. Columba&amp;#039;s College, Hazaribagh]]&lt;br /&gt;
|party              = [[Swatantra Party]]&lt;br /&gt;
|otherparty         = [[Ganatantra Parishad]]&lt;br /&gt;
| profession       = [[Politician]]&lt;br /&gt;
| spouse = Kailash Kumari Debi&lt;br /&gt;
| children = 2 sons ([[Raj Raj Singh Deo]], &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt; [[Ananga Udaya Singh Deo]]) &amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;and 4 daughters&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Maharaja]] &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Sir Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; [[Order of the Indian Empire|KCIE]] (31 March 1912 – 23 February 1975) was an [[India]]n politician and the last ruler of the [[princely state]] of [[Patna (princely state)|Patna]] in [[Odisha]] before Indian independence in 1947. He was the President of the [[Ganatantra Parishad]] political party from 1950 to 1962 and the President of the Odisha state unit of the [[Swatantra Party]] after its merger with the Ganatantra Parishad in 1962. He was the [[List of Chief Ministers of Odisha|Chief Minister of Orissa]] from 1967&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;biodata&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://orissa.gov.in/e-magazine/orissaannualreference/ORA-2004/pdf/biodata_CM_orissa.pdf|title=Bio - Data of Chief Ministers of Orissa|publisher=Orissa Reference Manual - 2004|pages=192–3|accessdate=21 May 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; to 1971.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Early life==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo.jpg|thumb|Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo in his youth.]]&lt;br /&gt;
Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo was born to Raja Aditya Pratap Singh, the ruler of the [[princely state]] of [[Saraikela State|Seraikela]] and Rani Padmini Kumari Devi. He was adopted by Maharaja Prithwiraj Singh Deo of Patna state. He studied in the Mayo College in Ajmer and the St. Columbia&amp;#039;s College in Hazaribagh.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;biodata&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He became the Maharaja of Patna state in 1924 and assumed full powers in 1933. He was appointed a Knight Commander of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] (KCIE) in the 1946 New Year Honours list.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{London Gazette|issue=37407|page=10|date=28 December 1945}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In 1948, the princely state of Patna was merged with the [[Dominion of India|Union of India]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Political career==&lt;br /&gt;
In 1951, Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo was elected to the [[1st Lok Sabha]] from Kalahandi Bolangir constituency in Odisha as a [[Ganatantra Parishad]] candidate.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF|title=Statistical Report on General elections, 1951 to the 1st Lok Sabha, Volume I|publisher=Election Commission of India website|page=17|accessdate=21 May 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1957, he was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Titlagarh constituency&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Orrisa_1957.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha|publisher=Election Commission of India website|page=5|accessdate=21 May 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; and became the leader of the opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly. After the fall of the minority [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] government, the Ganatantra Parishad formed a coalition government with the Congress on 22 May 1959. Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo became the finance minister in this government. The coalition government collapsed on 21 February 1961 and the [[President&amp;#039;s rule]] was imposed. In 1961, he was re-elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Kantabanji constituency.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1961/StatRep_Odisha_1961.pdf|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1961 to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha|publisher=Election Commission of India website|page=5|accessdate=21 May 2010}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1967, he was re-elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Bolangir constituency&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;biodata&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; and became the Chief Minister of Odisha on 8 March 1967. He led a coalition government formed by the Swatantra Party and the [[Orissa Jana Congress]] of [[Harekrushna Mahatab]]. He resigned from the office on 9 January 1971 and on 11 January 1971 the [[President&amp;#039;s rule]] was imposed.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/brief.htm|title=Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly Since 1937|publisher=Odisha Legislative Assembly website|accessdate=21 May 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070109172223/http://ws.ori.nic.in/ola/brief.htm|archivedate=9 January 2007|df=dmy-all}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In 1971 and 1974, he was re-elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from the same constituency.&lt;br /&gt;
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* [http://rnsinghdeo.com/Biography/EarlyLife.aspx Maharaja R N Singh deo&amp;#039;s official website]&lt;br /&gt;
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