1. Nandini Satpathy was an Indian politician and author.
17 Facts About Nandini Satpathy
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Nandini Satpathy was the Chief Minister of Odisha from June 1972 to December 1976.
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Nandini Satpathy was born on 9 June 1931 as Nandini Panigrahi to Kalindi Charan Panigrahi and Ratnamani Panigrahi in a Brahmin Family of Coastal Puri but grew up in Pithapur, Cuttack, India.
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Nandini Satpathy was a close associate of Netaji SC Bose.
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The police force attacked the protestors and Nandini Satpathy was severely injured in the same.
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Nandini Satpathy returned to Odisha in 1972, due to vacancies caused by Biju Patnaik and others departing from the Congress party, and became the Chief Minister of Odisha.
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Nandini Satpathy was elected to Orissa Vidhan Sabha from Dhenkanal in June 1977.
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In 1990, her son Tathagata Nandini Satpathy won Dhenkanal assembly seat as Janata Dal candidate.
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Nandini Satpathy returned to the Congress party in 1989, on the request of Rajiv Gandhi.
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Nandini Satpathy was elected as a member of the State Legislative Assembly from Gondia, Dhenkanal and remained in the Assembly until 2000, when she decided to retire from politics; she did not contest the 2000 elections.
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Nandini Satpathy was not influential in and was critical of the Odisha branch of the Congress party.
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In 1977, Nandini Satpathy was accused of corruption and a police investigation started into possible violations of the Prevention of Corruption Act in force at that time.
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Nandini Satpathy refused to answer any questions; her attorney argued that Article 20 of the Indian Constitution protected her against forced self-incrimination.
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Nandini Satpathy was a writer in the Odia language; her work has been translated and published into a number of other languages.
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Nandini Satpathy received the 1998 Sahitya Bharati Samman Award for her contributions to Odia literature.
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Nandini Satpathy died on 4 August 2006 at her home in Bhubaneswar.
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Nandini Satpathy's eldest grandson Suparno Satpathy is a noted socio-political leader, Chairman SNSMT and Cidevant Convenor PMSA-Odisha, Govt.