Sadashiva Tripathy

Sadashiva Tripathy
Sadashiva Tripathy
ସଦାଶିବ ତ୍ରିପାଠୀ
5th Chief Minister of Odisha
	In office; 21 February 1965 – 8 March 1967
Preceded by	Biren Mitra
Succeeded by	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
Constituency	Umerkote
Personal details
Born	21 April 1910; Nabarangpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died	9 September 1980 (aged 70); Cuttack, Odisha, India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Tilottama Tripathy
Children	3 sons
Residence	Nabarangpur (Odisha)
Profession	Politician

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Sadashiva Tripathy (21 April 1910 – 9 September 1980) was an Indian politician, a leader of the Indian National Congress political party and the Chief Minister of Odisha^[1] from 21 February 1965 to 8 March 1967.^[2]

Early life[edit]

Sadashiva was born in Nabrangpur city of Odisha on 21 April 1910 into an aristocratic family which owned large tracts of land. He participated in the Indian Independence Movement and went to jail.

Political career[edit]

He was the member of Indian National Congress. He was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly for four consecutive terms first in 1951 then in 1957, 1961, and 1967. He served as the revenue minister of Odisha for a long time. He served as the Chief Minister of Odisha between 1965 February 21 to 1967 March 8.During his tenure as the Chief Minister of Odisha the Land Reforms Act was introduced in Odisha. He distributed 22 acres of land to each of his three sons and handed over the rest of the land to the government. The Indian National Congress led by him lost the assembly elections in 1967. He served as the Leader of the opposition in Odisha Legislative Assembly from 18 March 1967 to 14 September 1970.

Later life[edit]

During the last stage of his life he spent a lower middle class life. At that time he was seriously ill and the state government gave him treatment for five months, he died on 9 September 1980.

References[edit]

↑ "Bio-Data of Chief Ministers of Orissa" (PDF). Orissa Reference Manual - 2004. p. 192. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
↑ Rabindra Kumar Sethy (2003). Political Crisis and President's Rule in an Indian State. APH Publishing. pp. 138–. ISBN 978-81-7648-463-3. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

External links[edit]

Orissa Legislative Assembly

Preceded by Biren Mitra	Chief Minister of Odisha 21 February 1965 – 8 March 1967	Succeeded by Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo

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[biodata-1] "Bio-Data of Chief Ministers of Orissa" (PDF). Orissa Reference Manual - 2004. p. 192. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

[Sethy2003-2] Rabindra Kumar Sethy (2003). Political Crisis and President's Rule in an Indian State. APH Publishing. pp. 138–. ISBN 978-81-7648-463-3. Retrieved 25 May 2018.

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