Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
ଜାନକୀ ବଲ୍ଲଭ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ
Governor of Assam
In office 11 December 2009 – 10 December 2014
Chief Minister	Tarun Gogoi
Preceded by	Syed Sibtey Razi
Succeeded by	Padmanabha Acharya
11th Chief Minister of Odisha
In office 15 March 1995 – 17 February 1999
Governor	B. Satya Narayan Reddy Gopala Ramanujam K. V. Raghunatha Reddy C. Rangarajan
Preceded by	Biju Patnaik
Succeeded by	Giridhar Gamang
In office 9 June 1980 – 7 December 1989
Governor	C. M. Poonacha S. K. Ray (Acting) Ranganath Misra (Acting) Bishambhar Nath Pande Saiyid Nurul Hasan
Preceded by	Nilamani Routray
Succeeded by	Hemananda Biswal
Personal details
Born	(1927-01-03)3 January 1927 Rameshwar, Puri district
Died	21 April 2015(2015-04-21) (aged 88) Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Jayanti Patnaik
Alma mater	Utkal University, Banaras Hindu University
Website	Official Website

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik; (3 January 1927 – 21 April 2015) was an Indian politician who had been Governor of Assam from 2009 to 2014. A leader of the Indian National Congress, he was Chief Minister of Odisha from 1980 to 1989 and again from 1995 to 1999, holding that post for the longest time on record before Naveen Patnaik.

After the completion of his early education at Khurda High School, he passed his B.A. degree in Sanskrit from the Utkal University in 1947 and passed his M.A. degree in Political Science from the Banaras Hindu University in 1949. In 1950, he became the President of the Odisha state unit of the youth wing of the Congress. In 1980, he became the Union Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation and Labour. The construction of New Jagannath Sadak (Chandanpur of Puri district to Sarankul of Nayagarh district) is one of his major contribution to the transportation and tourism of Odisha.

Controversy

He was involved in the Anjana Mishra rape case.

Death

Janaki Patnaik's statue in JB Patnaik memorial park, Khordha.

He died on 21 April 2015 aged 88 at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. On Monday, 20 April 2015, he had gone to attend the convocation of Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, of which he was chancellor, and also visited the Lord Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala. Later in the night, he complained of severe chest pain at and was subsequently shifted to Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences (SVIMS) where he died at around 3:00 AM. on Tuesday. He leaves behind a legacy of having translated the Mahabharata, the Ramayana and the Bhagavad Gita into his mother tongue, as he was a Sanskrit-Odia scholar.

External links

• The Indian Express on Patnaik's marginalisation
• Q & A : J.B. Patnaik The Hindu
• Assam Governor JB Patnaik passes away in Tirupati Indian Express
• Farewell to JB Patnaik

Government offices
Preceded by Syed Sibtey Razi	Governor of Assam 2009-2014	Succeeded by Padmanabha Acharya
Preceded by Nilamani Routray(1st term) Biju Pattanaik(3rd term)	Chief Minister of Odisha 9 June 1980 to 7 December 1989 (1st & 2nd term) 15 March 1995 to 17 February 1999 (3rd term)	Succeeded by Hemananda Biswal(2nd term) Giridhar Gamang(3rd term)