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(PSP) candidate in 1967 after defeating former chief minister

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. Mr.Satapathy, who began his career as a schoolteacher, resigned from his job in 1964 to join the PSP. In 1965, he was elected as the chairman of the Garadapur block. He was a resident of Kalabuda village. He joined the Congress in 1971. Satapathy was also involved in social work in his constituency Patakura. In May 2006 he was staying in his village named as Kalabuda in the coastal district of

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, when he was 76, was admitted in the Kalinga Hospital and died.Veteran Orissa leader dies at 76
/ref> Satapathy is survived by three daughters and a son.

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