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{{Short description|Indian Politician}}
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'''Biswanath Dash''' (8 March 1889 – 2 June 1984) was a [[politician]], [[lawyer]] and [[philanthropist]] from India. He was the Prime Minister of [[Odisha]] Province of [[British India]] 1937–39, the [[Governor of Uttar Pradesh]] 1962–67 and later the [[List of Chief Ministers of Odisha|Chief Minister of Odisha]] 1971–72.
 
== Early life ==
'''Biswanath Das''' (born 3 October 1965) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] politician who has been a [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] for [[Jaynagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jaynagar]] since [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]. He is belonging to the [[All India Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=1682|title= Biswanath Das (Criminal & Asset Declaration)|publisher= myneta.info|accessdate= 12 June 2016}}</ref><ref>[http://www.elections.in/west-bengal/assembly-constituencies/mlas-list.html List of sitting members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly (MLAs)]</ref>
He was born on 8 March 1889 at Belgan village in Ganjam District of the erstwhile [[Madras Presidency]], which is in the state of Odisha. He graduated from [[Ravenshaw College]], [[Cuttack]] <ref name="Das Rath 1990 p.19 ">{{cite book | last1=Das | first1=B. | last2=Rath | first2=S.N. | title=Biswanath Das, a tribute: published on the occasion of Biswanath Das Birth Centenary Celebration held under the auspices of the Utkal University | publisher=Dept. of Political Science, Utkal University | year=1990 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mREcAAAAIAAJ | access-date=2019-07-03 | page=19}}</ref>
 
==Personal life==
Biswanath Das was born in 3 October 1965, to a [[Bengali Hindu]] family in [[Jaynagar]]. He is a postgraduate of the [[University of Calcutta]]. He was a school teacher before entering politics.


==Political career==
==Political career==
Biswanath Dash supported the [[Indian independence movement]] from both Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. He was a member of the legislative council of [[Madras Province]] from 1921 to 1930. He was instrumental in the creation of a separate state for the Odia-speaking people. After the separation of Odisha on 1 April 1936 he became its [[Prime Minister]] ([[Premier]]) on 19 July 1937.<ref name="Orissa State Archives 1997 p. ">{{cite book | author=Orissa State Archives | title=Reflections on the National Movement in Orissa | publisher=Orissa State Archives | year=1997 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDduAAAAMAAJ | access-date=2019-07-03 }}</ref> He became a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] in 1946 representing Orissa. He served as the [[Governor of Uttar Pradesh]] from 16 April 1962 to 30 April 1967.<ref name="Bureau 2019">{{cite web | last=Bureau | first=OB | title=Know Odisha Greats Who Helped Frame India's Constitution - ODISHA BYTES | website=ODISHA BYTES | date=2019-11-26 | url=https://odishabytes.com/know-odisha-greats-who-helped-frame-indias-constitution/ | access-date=2020-07-31|quote=As members of the Constituent Assembly, several eminent personalities from Odisha too had made seminal contributions to the historic event on November 26, 1949.These included Biswanath Dash, Bichitrananda Das, Sarangadhar Das,...}}</ref> In 1966, he was made the President of [[Servants of the People Society]] (Lok Sevak Mandal founded by [[Lala Lajpat Rai]]). After the Odisha [[Vidhan Sabha]] election in 1971, the [[Utkal Congress]], the [[Swatantra Party]] and the [[Jharkhand Party]] formed a [[United Front (India)|United Front]] and he became the [[Chief Minister]] of the United Front government, in [[Odisha]]. He was in office from 3 April 1971 to 14 June 1972.<ref name="Orissa State Museum 1993 p.46 ">{{cite book | author=Orissa State Museum | title=The Orissa Historical Research Journal | publisher=Superintendent of Research and Museum | issue=v. 38-40 | year=1993 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nZ4pcnoxpY0C | access-date=2020-07-31 | page=46}}</ref>
In the [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016 Vidhan Sabha election]], the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] nominated Biswanath Das from the [[Jaynagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jaynagar]] Vidhan Sabha constituency. In this election, he defeated his nearest rival Sujit Patwari of the [[Indian National Congress]] by 15,051 votes.
 
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090410051005/http://orissagov.nic.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/jan2006/engpdf/or-jan-2006.pdf A short biography] by Gurukalyan Mahapatra in the Orissa Review, January 2006.
*[http://upgovernor.gov.in/upgovernor.gov.in/dasbio.htm About Shri Biswanath Dash], Governor of Uttar Pradesh.
*[http://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/event/Resume_Centenary_Celebrations_Alld_SN_Katju.pdf Allahabad High Court] By Justice Shiva Nath Katju.
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