Surendranath Dwivedy was an Odia politician, journalist and social worker.
14 Facts About Surendranath Dwivedy
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Surendranath Dwivedy was born in Khandasahi in the undivided district of Cuttack on 11 February 1913.
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Surendranath Dwivedy was elected to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Lok Sabha from 1957 to 1970 representing Kendrapara Parliamentary Constituency of Odisha.
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Surendranath Dwivedy served as a member of Panel of Chairman during Third Lok Sabha and Committee on Public Undertakings from 1964 to 1967.
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Surendranath Dwivedy was one of the Governors of Khoj Parishad, a socio-economic research institute, from 1948 to 1951.
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Surendranath Dwivedy was a member of the Indian delegation to the first session of the Asian Socialist Conference, Rangoon, and to the United States of America.
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Sri Surendranath Dwivedy entered into the Parliament in 1952 as the member of the Rajya Sabha and continued in the capacity till 1956.
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Surendranath Dwivedy was the leader of the Praja Socialist Party in the Parliament from 1962 to 1970.
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Surendranath Dwivedy's drive against corruption forced the State Ministry of Odisha headed by Biren Mitra to resign.
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Surendranath Dwivedy was the leader of the Praja Socialist Party in Lok Sabha.
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Surendranath Dwivedy was the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh from 1991 to 1993.
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Surendranath Dwivedy died on 1 October 2001 at Rourkela, Odisha.
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Surendranath Dwivedy was founder of Krushak, an Odia weekly, and for many years he was its editor.
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Surendranath Dwivedy had many publications both in English and Odia to his credit.