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Pranab Prakash Das is an Indian politician from Odisha. He was a three time elected Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from
2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
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2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
, and
2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...
, representing Jajpur Assembly constituency 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 ...
. He is son of Ashok Kumar Das former MLA from Korei Assembly constituency.


Personal life

Das was born on 4 May 1972 in a wealthy Zamindar Karan family to Ashok Kumar Das and SandhyaRani Das. His father Ashok Das was close aide of
Biju Patnaik Bijayananda Patnaik (5 March 1916 – 17 April 1997) was an Indian politician and aviator. He served as the 3rd Chief Minister of the State of Odisha from 1961 to 1963 and from 1990 to 1995. He was also the 14th Steel and mines and 1st Coal Uni ...
& also former leader of opposition during Janaki Ballabh Patnaik's government. Das's younger sister married to Arindam Ray, an actor turned politician and one of the highest paid actor in
Ollywood Odia cinema, also known as Ollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema, dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Odia language widely spoken in the state of Odisha. Odia Cinema is based in Cuttack in Odisha, India. The name Olly ...
industry.


See also

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2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election The 2019 Odisha assembly election, held between April 11 and April 29, was the 16th quinquennial legislative assembly election to elect 147 MLAs to the 16th legislative assembly of Odisha. Covering 147 constituencies across four phases, the p ...
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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 ...


References

Living people Odisha MLAs 2009–2014 Odisha MLAs 2014–2019 Odisha MLAs 2019–2024 Biju Janata Dal politicians Year of birth missing (living people) {{Odisha-BJD-politician-stub