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{{Short description|Indian politician}} | {{Short description|Indian politician (1900–1988)}} | ||
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| name = Nityanand Kanungo | | name = Nityanand Kanungo | ||
| image = | | image = Nityanand Kanungo.jpg | ||
| alt = | | alt = | ||
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|05|04|df=y}} | | birth_date = {{birth date|1900|05|04|df=y}} | ||
| birth_place = [[Cuttack]], [[British India]] | | birth_place = [[Cuttack]], [[British India]] | ||
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| office3 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]] | | office3 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]] | ||
| constituency3 = [[Kendrapara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kendrapara]] | | constituency3 = [[Kendrapara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kendrapara]] | ||
| term3 = | | term3 = 1952–1957 | ||
| predecessor3 = | | predecessor3 = | ||
| successor3 = [[Surendranath Dwivedy]] | | successor3 = [[Surendranath Dwivedy]] | ||
| constituency4 = [[Cuttack (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cuttack]] | | constituency4 = [[Cuttack (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cuttack]] | ||
| term4 = | | term4 = 1962–1967 | ||
| predecessor4 = | | predecessor4 = | ||
| successor4 = Srinibas Mishra | | successor4 = Srinibas Mishra | ||
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| party = [[Indian National Congress]] | | party = [[Indian National Congress]] | ||
| death_date = {{death date and age|1988|08|02|1900|05|04|df=y}} | | death_date = {{death date and age|1988|08|02|1900|05|04|df=y}} | ||
| relatives = * [[Sarala Devi]] <br/> (sister) | |||
* [[Bhagirathi Mahapatra]] (brother in law) | |||
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| nationality = [[India]]n | | nationality = [[India]]n | ||
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| source = | | source = https://sansad.in/ls/members/biography/779?from=amembers&former=1&profileURL=https://lssapi.nic.in/MemberProfile/biodata_1_12/779.htm | ||
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'''Nityanand Kanungo''' was one of India's prominent politicians from the state of Odisha, who held successive high-profile portfolios in Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'s cabinet. | '''Nityanand Kanungo''' (4 May 1900 – 2 August 1988) was one of India's prominent politicians from the state of Odisha, who held successive high-profile portfolios in Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'s cabinet. | ||
Nityanand Kanungo was born in [[Cuttack]] on 4 May 1900 and was educated at [[Ravenshaw College]] and University College (Calcutta). He was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and served as a member of the [[Orissa Legislative Assembly]] from 1937 to 1939 and again from 1946 to 1952.<ref name="GRB">{{cite web | url=http://www.rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in/honorable-governors/past-governor-details.aspx?PastGovernerId=2 | == Early life == | ||
Nityanand Kanungo was born in [[Cuttack]] on 4 May 1900 in an aristocratic [[Karan (caste)|Zamindar Karan]] family<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pradhan |first=Atul Chandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jmswAQAAIAAJ&q=karan |title=The Nationalist Movement in a Regional Setting, 1920-34: The Rise of Congress to Power in Orissa |date=1992 |publisher=Amar Prakashan |isbn=978-81-85420-32-5 |language=en}}</ref> and was educated at [[Ravenshaw College]] and University College (Calcutta). His father was [[Dewan]] Basudev Kanungo, and his mother was Padmavati Devi. His sister [[Sarala Devi]] was the first Odia woman to join the [[Non-cooperation movement (1919–22)|Non-cooperation movement]] in 1921 and the first woman to be elected to the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]]. | |||
== Public life == | |||
He was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and served as a member of the [[Orissa Legislative Assembly]] from 1937 to 1939 and again from 1946 to 1952.<ref name="GRB">{{cite web | url=http://www.rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in/honorable-governors/past-governor-details.aspx?PastGovernerId=2 | title=Past Governors Nityanand Kanungo | publisher=Raj Bhavan Gujarat | accessdate=31 December 2018 | archive-date=10 May 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510102842/http://www.rajbhavan.gujarat.gov.in/honorable-governors/past-governor-details.aspx?PastGovernerId=2 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Choudhury1971">{{cite book|author=Pranab Chandra Roy Choudhury|title=C. F. Andrews: His Life and Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T5IhAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=31 December 2018|year=1971|publisher=Somaiya Publications|page=154|isbn=978-0-8426-0229-7 }}</ref> | |||
When Orissa was granted provincial autonomy as per the [[Government of India Act 1935]], Kanungo served as the Minister for Revenue and Public Works Departments in the cabinet of [[Bishwanath Das]] from 1937 to 1939. He was again appointed a Minister in 1946 and served till 1952, looking after the Home, Law, Industries and Agriculture portfolios. | When Orissa was granted provincial autonomy as per the [[Government of India Act 1935]], Kanungo served as the Minister for Revenue and Public Works Departments in the cabinet of [[Bishwanath Das]] from 1937 to 1939. He was again appointed a Minister in 1946 and served till 1952, looking after the Home, Law, Industries and Agriculture portfolios. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* [[List of | * [[List of governors of Bihar]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [ | * [https://sansad.in/ls/members/biography/779?from=amembers&former=1&profileURL=https://lssapi.nic.in/MemberProfile/biodata_1_12/779.htm Official Biographical Sketch in Lok Sabha Website] | ||
{{Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)}} | {{Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)}} | ||
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[[Category:1988 deaths]] | [[Category:1988 deaths]] | ||
[[Category:People from Cuttack]] | [[Category:People from Cuttack]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:India MPs 1952–1957]] | ||
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[[Category: | [[Category:India MPs 1962–1967]] | ||
[[Category:Governors of Bihar]] | [[Category:Governors of Bihar]] | ||
[[Category:Governors of Gujarat]] | [[Category:Governors of Gujarat]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Orissa MLAs 1937–1945]] | ||
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[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Odisha]] | [[Category:Lok Sabha members from Odisha]] | ||
[[Category:People from Kendrapara district]] | [[Category:People from Kendrapara district]] | ||
[[Category:Commerce and | [[Category:Commerce and industry ministers of India]] | ||
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha]] | |||
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Nityanand Kanungo | |
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| 6th Governor of Bihar | |
| In office 7 December 1967 – 20 January 1971 | |
| Chief Minister | Mahamaya Prasad Sinha Satish Prasad Singh B. P. Mandal Bhola Paswan Shastri Harihar Singh Daroga Prasad Rai Karpoori Thakur |
| Preceded by | M. A. S. Ayyangar |
| Succeeded by | U.N. Sinha (Acting) |
| 2nd Governor of Gujarat | |
| In office 1 August 1965 – 6 December 1967 | |
| Chief Minister | Balwantrai Mehta Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai |
| Preceded by | Mehdi Nawaz Jung |
| Succeeded by | P. N. Bhagwati (Acting) |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1952–1957 | |
| Succeeded by | Surendranath Dwivedy |
| Constituency | Kendrapara |
| In office 1962–1967 | |
| Succeeded by | Srinibas Mishra |
| Constituency | Cuttack |
| 3rd Minister of Industry | |
| In office 1955–1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Minister of Commerce, Govt of India | |
| In office 1957–1962 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 May 1900 Cuttack, British India |
| Died | 2 August 1988 (aged 88) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
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| Occupation | Politician |
Nityanand Kanungo (4 May 1900 – 2 August 1988) was one of India's prominent politicians from the state of Odisha, who held successive high-profile portfolios in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet.
Early life[edit | edit source]
Nityanand Kanungo was born in Cuttack on 4 May 1900 in an aristocratic Zamindar Karan family[1] and was educated at Ravenshaw College and University College (Calcutta). His father was Dewan Basudev Kanungo, and his mother was Padmavati Devi. His sister Sarala Devi was the first Odia woman to join the Non-cooperation movement in 1921 and the first woman to be elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly.
Public life[edit | edit source]
He was a member of the Indian National Congress and served as a member of the Orissa Legislative Assembly from 1937 to 1939 and again from 1946 to 1952.[2][3]
When Orissa was granted provincial autonomy as per the Government of India Act 1935, Kanungo served as the Minister for Revenue and Public Works Departments in the cabinet of Bishwanath Das from 1937 to 1939. He was again appointed a Minister in 1946 and served till 1952, looking after the Home, Law, Industries and Agriculture portfolios.
In 1952, Kanungo was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Kendrapara constituency. In September, 1954 he was appointed Union Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry. From August 1955 in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet; he was Union Minister of Industries, and in June 1956 was designated Union Minister of Consumer Industries.[4] In 1957, he was again returned to the Lok Sabha and was appointed Union Minister of Commerce. Kanungo was a member of the Indian Delegation to the International Labour Conference in San Francisco (1948) and was the Leader of the Delegation to the Conference of the International Rice Commission held in Jakarta in 1952.[2]
In the 1962 Indian general election, Kanungo was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Cuttack constituency. He was Union Minister for Commerce and Industries, in the Nehru cabinet, and after the bifurcation of that portfolio, Union Minister, in turn, for Commerce and later for Industry. He finished up as Union Minister for Civil Aviation.[2]
Kanungo served as the Governor of Gujarat from 1 August 1965 to 6 December 1967. He was the Governor of Bihar[5][6] from 7 December 1967 to 20 January 1971.
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Pradhan, Atul Chandra (1992). The Nationalist Movement in a Regional Setting, 1920-34: The Rise of Congress to Power in Orissa. Amar Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-85420-32-5.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Past Governors Nityanand Kanungo". Raj Bhavan Gujarat. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ Pranab Chandra Roy Choudhury (1971). C. F. Andrews: His Life and Times. Somaiya Publications. p. 154. ISBN 978-0-8426-0229-7. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ A. B. Kohli (1992). Ministries and ministers, a directory. Reliance Pub. House. p. 40. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ Meera Srivastava (1980). Constitutional Crisis in the States in India. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 92–. GGKEY:0BS5QYU7XF2. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
- ↑ J. Paxton (28 December 2016). The Statesman's Year-Book 1971-72: The Businessman's Encyclopaedia of all nations. Springer. pp. 357–. ISBN 978-0-230-27100-5.
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