Bisahu Das Mahant (1 April 1924 – 23 July 1978) was an Indian politician for

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. He was among most successful MLA ever produced by congress in the state and he represented Baraduwar now known as Naya Baradwar, Nawagarh and

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for one, two and three terms respectively for the constituencies. He contested and won Baraduwar in 1952 Nawagarh in 1957 and 1962 and Champa in the year 1967, 1972 and 1977 in

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elections. He never lost election since he started winning in 1952, he was elected to six consecutive terms until he died, he was bed-ridden for very long duration and finally died due to

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Childhood

He was born in Village Saragaon in the Jangir Champa District of Chhattisgarh. He was born in small farmer's family; nobody expected that he could join politics. Later not only he joined politics but won elections and played a vital role for congress in state elections for

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and later

Freedom fighting and education

In between 1942 and 1947 in his college life he fought against the British and because of that the government taken action against him and also rejected his scholarship.

Family

BD Mahant married Janki Devi and had two sons and four daughters from his marriage:

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and Rajesh Mahant.

entered politics and got elected for

and

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and became

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state and also held many important positions in

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References

1924 births 1978 deaths People from Raipur district Indian National Congress politicians from Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1952–1957 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1957–1962 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1962–1967 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1967–1972 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1972–1977 Madhya Pradesh MLAs 1977–1980 {{MadhyaPradesh-INC-politician-stub