Sriballav Panigrahi (2 September 1940 – 9 July 2015) was an Indian politician, a leader of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

party in

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 ar ...

and was a member of the

All India Congress Committee The All India Congress Committee (AICC) is the presidium or the central decision-making assembly of the Indian National Congress. It is composed of members elected from States and union territories of India, state-level Pradesh Congress Commit ...

(AICC). He was elected to the

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from the Deogarh

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constituency, three times, 1984, 1991 and 1996.

Biography

Born at Bargaon,

Sambalpur district Sambalpur District is a district in the western part of state of Odisha, India. The historic city of Sambalpur is the district headquarters. The district is located in the Mahanadi River basin. It has a total area of , of which almost 60% is c ...

, Odisha in 1940, he was elected as a Member of Parliament (

) from the Deogarh Parliamentary Constituency in 1984, 1991, and 1996, and was a Member 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 ...

for two terms (1971 & 1974). He was a Cabinet Minister in Odisha from 1973 to 1977.

Personal life

He was married to Sunanda Panigrahi and had two sons. He died in 2015, aged 74.

References

External links

Official page
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