1. Nagbhushan Patnaik was a communist revolutionary from Odisha.
22 Facts About Nagbhushan Patnaik
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Nagbhushan Patnaik was one of the few founders of CPI who remained active until the end of their lives.
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Nagbhushan Patnaik spent his early years in Padmapur, Rayagada, where he completed his primary education.
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Nagbhushan Patnaik's father attempted to discipline him, prompting Nagbhushan to flee and seek refuge in a temple.
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Nagbhushan Patnaik's father pursued him, locking the temple door to prevent his escape.
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Cornered, Nagbhushan Patnaik picked up a brick fragment, threatening to retaliate if his father caught him.
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Nagbhushan Patnaik was greatly influenced by the socialistic atmosphere at BHU.
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Nagbhushan Patnaik spoke many languages like Oriya, Telugu, Bengali, but most of his writings are in English.
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Nagbhushan Patnaik met DBM Patnaik at Gunupur where both of them defended poor peasant cases.
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Nagbhushan Patnaik discussed with him his action plan of which Sundarayya became a great supporter.
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When Ramamurthy, who was in charge of the trade union movement, directed Nagbhushan Patnaik to hinder the movement and to keep it within the democratic process, he could not accept the policy.
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Nagbhushan Patnaik then initiated his armed peasants movement and workers movement in his own way.
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The revolutionary communist party CPIML was founded on 22 April 1969 and Nagbhushan Patnaik was one of the founding leaders.
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In January 1969, he along with DBM Nagbhushan Patnaik tried to mobilize the peasants in the villages in Gunupur area to fight for their right, but Odisha police found the information and swooped down upon Naxal hideouts.
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However, Nagbhushan Patnaik managed to escape arrest until 15 July 1969, when he was arrested along with 10 comrades.
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Nagbhushan Patnaik was again arrested and put behind bars and was subjected to inhumane torture.
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Nagbhushan Patnaik was sentenced to death by the Sessions Court of Vishakhapatnam in the Parvatipuram conspiracy case in December 1970.
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Nagbhushan Patnaik languished in jail even after Janata Dal came to power.
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Nagbhushan Patnaik never moved a mercy petition, rather wrote a letter to the jail superintendent asking him to comply with the orders and to donate his body parts to the needy.
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Nagbhushan Patnaik was instrumental in the founding of Indian People's Front.
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Nagbhushan Patnaik was instrumental in the historic judgment passed by the Supreme Court, declaring section 309 of the Indian Penal Code unconstitutional.
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On 9 October 1998, Nagbhushan Patnaik died in a private hospital at Chennai due to renal failure.