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Kendrapara (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Kendrapara Lok Sabha Constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) Constituencies in Odisha state in Eastern India. Assembly Segments List of constituencies of Odisha Legislative Assembly, Assembly Constituencies which constitute this Parliamentary Constituency, after delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are: Assembly Constituencies which constituted this Parliamentary Constituency, before delimitation of Parliamentary Constituencies and Legislative Assembly Constituencies of 2008 are: Aul, Pattamundai, Rajanagar Assembly constituency, Rajnagar, Kendrapara, Patkura, Kisannagar and Mahanga. Elected Members Since its formation in 1952, 19 elections have been held till date including one bypoll in 1985. It was a two member constituency in 1957. Elected members from the Kendrapara constituency are: Election Results 2024 Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counti ...
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Odisha
Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, eighth-largest state by area, and the List of states and union territories of India by population, eleventh-largest by population, with over 41 million inhabitants. The state also has the third-largest population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Tribes in India. It neighbours the states of Jharkhand and West Bengal to the north, Chhattisgarh to the west, and Andhra Pradesh to the south. Odisha has a coastline of along the Bay of Bengal in the ''Indian Ocean''. The region is also known as Utkaḷa and is mentioned by this name in India's national anthem, Jana Gana Mana. The language of Odisha is Odia language, Odia, which is one of the Classical languages of India. The ancient kingdom of Kalinga (historical region), ...
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Surendranath Dwivedy
Surendranath Dwivedy (1913-2001) was an Odia politician, journalist and social worker. Biography Early life He was born in Khandasahi in the undivided district of Cuttack on 11 February 1913. Imprisonment Dwivedy suffered imprisonment for seven years for participating in the Quit India movement and struggle against British imperialism. Political career He was elected to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Lok Sabha from 1957 to 1970 representing Kendrapara Parliamentary Constituency of Odisha. Earlier, he was a member of Rajya Sabha from 1952 to 1956. He served as a member of Panel of Chairman during Third Lok Sabha and Committee on Public Undertakings from 1964 to 1967. He was also one of the Governors of Khoj Parishad, a socio-economic research institute, from 1948 to 1951. Dwivedy was a member of the Indian delegation to the first session of the Asian Socialist Conference, Rangoon, and to the United States of America. Sri Dwivedy entered into the Parliament in 1952 as the member of the R ...
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1957 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India between 24 February and 14 March 1957, the second elections to the Lok Sabha after independence. Elections to several state legislatures were held simultaneously. Under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Indian National Congress easily won a second term in power, taking 371 of the 494 seats. They gained an extra seven seats (the size of the Lok Sabha had been increased by five) and their vote share increased from 45% to 48%. The INC received nearly five times more votes than the Communist Party, the second largest party. In addition, 19% of the vote and 42 seats went to independent candidates, the highest of any Indian general election. Electoral system There were 494 seats elected using first past the post voting. Out of the 403 constituencies, 91 elected two members, while the remaining 312 elected a single member. The multi-seat constituencies were abolished before the next election. The elections were overseen by Sukumar Sen, ...
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Nityanand Kanungo
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 Nityanand Kanungo was born in Cuttack on 4 May 1900 in an aristocratic Zamindar Karan family 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 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. 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 ...
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1952 Indian General Election
Year 195 (Roman numerals, CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known in Rome as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V of Parthia, Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia (Roman province), Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annex the Syrian cities of Edessa, Mes ...
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Mahanga
Mahanga is a village and Community Development Block located in the Cuttack district of Odisha, India. Mahanga police station serves the village. It is part of the Cuttack Zila Parishad and includes several Gram Panchayats. It is situated approximately 39 kilometers east of Cuttack city and serves as a key administrative unit in the region. Mahanga is a part of the Mahanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency) of the Odisha Legislative Assembly The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises List of constituencies of Odisha ..., which is part of the Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency. Villages The following is the list of villages in the Mahanga block. References Villages in Cuttack district {{Cuttack-geo-stub ...
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Patkura
Patkura is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district, Odisha. This constituency includes Derabish block, Garadapur and 7 Gram panchayats (Jalapoka, Karilopatna, Aitipur, Jamapada, Mehendinagar, Bachharai and Bandhakata) of Marshaghai block. Elected Members Since its formation in 1951, 18 elections were held till date including one bypoll in 1980. List of members elected from Patkura constituency are: Election Results 2024 Voting were held on 1 June 2024 in 4th phase of Odisha Assembly Election & 7th phase of Indian General Election. Counting of votes was on 4 June 2024. In 2024 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Arvind Mohapatra defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Tejeswar Parida by a margin of 13,822 votes. 2019 In 2019 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Sabitri Agarwalla defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Bijoy Mohapatra by a margin of 17,920 votes. 2014 In 2014 election, Biju Janata Dal candidate Bed Prakash A ...
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Kendrapara
Kendrapara is a Town and a municipality in the Kendrapara district of the Indian state of Odisha. It is the headquarters of Kendrapara district. Geography Kendrapara is located at . It has an average elevation of . It is surrounded by Bhadrak, Jajpur, Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur districts, with the Bay of Bengal to the east. The river Chitroptala (a branch of the Mahanadi) flows through Kendrapara district. Other rivers in Kendrapara include the Luna, the Karandia, the Gobari, the Brahamani, the Birupa, the Kani, the Hansua, the Baitarani, the Kharasrota, and the Paika. This district has 9 blocks, which are Aul, Derabish, Garadpur, Mahakalapada, Marshaghai, Kendrapara, Rajanagar, Rajkanika, Pattamundai. Transport To reach Kendrapara one can take the Jagatpur- Salipur state highway SH9A or National Highways No.16 and 53. Kendrapara is a two and a half hour drive from Bhubaneswar Airport on National Highway 16 and State Highway 9A. The nearest railway station is at Cu ...
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Pattamundai
Pattamundai is a town and a municipality in Kendrapara district in the Indian state of Odisha, located on the centre of SH-9A from Cuttack to Chandbali along the south end of Brahmani River. It is also the headquarter of Pattamundai Block. Etymology Pattamundai derives its name from being the last town(head=munda) on the gate(patak) on the Pattamundai Canal and Gobari Canal junction at Alva. and the Gobari canal ends at Gandakia, the present end point of the Gobari river. The Gobari river is still active in some portion. nd there are many theories prevailing on the sources of derivations and we may place those derivations as follows: 01. The earlier name was ''"PATUMUNDA" (ପଟୁମୁଣ୍ଡା)'' (Patu+Munda) and it has been converted to current name through colloquial processes. And the word PATU is an Odia word which means the "Alluvial soil or silt" which is normally flows with the floods in the rivers (as per Page 4526, Purna chandra Bhasakosha by Late Gopal Prahara ...
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Durga Prasan Nayak
Durga Prasan Nayak is an Indian politician who was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Mahakalapada as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's .... References Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Odisha Odisha MLAs 2024–2029 Year of birth missing (living people) {{Odisha-BJP-politician-stub ...
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Dhruba Charan Sahoo
Dhruba Charan Sahoo is an Indian politician who was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Rajanagar as a member of the Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) is an Indian regional political party with significant influence in the state of Odisha. The party was established to uphold the legacy of former Chief Minister Biju Patnaik and to address the unique socio-economic .... References Living people Biju Janata Dal politicians Odisha MLAs 2024–2029 Year of birth missing (living people) {{Odisha-BJD-politician-stub ...
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