1. Rabi Ray was an Indian socialist politician, a Gandhian, a speaker of the Lok Sabha and a former Union minister.
11 Facts About Rabi Ray
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Rabi Ray joined the Socialist Party in 1948, and later became member of the Samyukta Socialist Party, the Janata Party and the Janata Dal.
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Rabi Ray was married to Dr Saraswati Swain, a medical doctor, who later became a professor at SCB Medical College, Cuttack.
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Rabi Ray stood beside him as a source of inspiration in political career.
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An ardent believer in socialism from his college days, Rabi Ray joined the Socialist Party as its member in 1948.
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Rabi Ray was a member of the National Executive of the Socialist Party during that period.
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Rabi Ray was the Union minister of Health and Family Welfare in the Morarji Desai Ministry from January 1979 to January 1980.
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Rabi Ray, who was empowered with an inherent simplicity and integrity, added to the prestige and dignity of the office of the Speaker of the Lok Sabha through his unbiased approach.
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In 1990, when some Janata Dal MPs left Janata Dal to join Chandra Shekhar, Rabi Ray sent notices to them under Anti-defection law.
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Rabi Ray toured different parts of the country in furtherance of ensuring probity and transparency in all spheres of public life.
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Rabi Ray regularly contributed articles on contemporary political and social issues to various leading journals in Oriya, Hindi and English.