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BHANJANAGAR CONSTITUENCY
Reservation Type:- General
Eighth Assembly (09/06/1980-09/03/1985)

DATE OF BIRTH:17/02/2023
PARENT:Shri Kasinath Rath
MARITAL STATUS:Married
SPOUSE'S NAME:Smt.Anasuya Rath.
QUALIFICATION:B.A LLB
PROFESSION:Advocate
HOBBY: Reading literature and organisation of educational and Co-operative institutions
FAVOURITE PASTIME:Reading and writing.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES:A renowned social workerone of the founders of K.S.U.B. CollegeBhanjanagarKabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja High School at KulladaEstablished many high Schools and educational institutions in Ganjam district such as Law College Women`s College B.E.D. College Post-Graduate College at Bhanjanagar and Chairman of the Governing Bodies of the above Colleges; Senate and Syndicate Member for a long time of Berhampur Univerisity; Associated with many social organisations and President of few Labour Unions life Member of Bharat Kishan Samaj President Bhanjanagar Regional Co-operative Marketing Society which stood first in Orissa; Director Appex Co-operative Marketing Society ; Director; Orissa Co-operative Land Development Bank.
LITERAL ACTIVITIES:President of the Bhanja Sahitya Parishad a literary institution at Bhanjanagar and has contributed many articles on poet-laureate Kabi Samrat Upendra Bhanja of Orissa and allied socialeconomicpolitical and spiritual subjects to different journals and periodicals.
COUNTRY VISITED:U.S.A.U.K.Sri LankaFiziAustraliaThailandMalaysia and Japan.
PERNAMENT ADDRESS:
At./P.O.-BhanjanagarDist.-Ganjam.

OTHER INFORMATION:
Joined National Movement while a student in the Khallikote College and organised Student Congress for the first time in the Khallikote CollegeBerhampurGanjam district under the leadership of Dr.Harekrishna Mahatabex-Chief Minister of Orissa and Late V.V.Giri ex-president of India and was the President of student Congress in Khallikote CollegeBerhampurtook part in freedom movementwhile student courted arrest in 1942 Freedom MovementSecretary of the Social Service Guild in Ravenshaw CollegeCuttack while reading LawA veteran legislator through out in Congress PartyPresident of Ganjam District Congress Committee till 1980Chairman of Common Wealth Parliamentary AssociationOrissa Branch(India) As Health Minister of Orissa got the prestigious Karve Award as Orissa State stood first in India in Family planning. Chairman of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Orissa Branch (India).



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Somanath Rath History


1. Indian National Congress(I) Indian National Congress(I) 8(th)BHANJANAGAR
2. Indian National Congress Indian National Congress 6(th)BHANJANAGAR
3. Congress (R) Congress (R) 5(th)BHANJANAGAR

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