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Natabar Pandey | |
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 Natabar Pandey in 1952 | |
| Member of the Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 1952 | |
| Constituency | Sambalpur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 April 1908 India |
| Spouse | Usarani (married in 1928) |
| Children | 1 daughter |
| Education | Sambalpur Zilla School, Secondary Training School, Cuttack |
| Profession |
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Natabar Pandey (5 April 1908 – ?) was an Indian politician. He represented the Sambalpur constituency in the 1st Lok Sabha (lower house of the parliament of India) elected in 1952.
Early life and education
[edit]Pandey was born on 5 April 1908, son of Parashar Pandey.[1] He studied at Sambalpur Zilla School and Secondary Training School, Cuttack.[1] He married Usarani in 1928, and the couple had one daughter.[1] From 1929 to 1938 Pandey worked as high school teacher in Sundargarh.[1] In 1938 he renounced his teaching job and began studying homeopathy at the Institute of Homoeopathy at Dathe—Kathiawar, obtaining Ph.B. and Sc.B. degrees in Homeopathy.[1][2] He served as organising secretary of the Orissa Boy Scouts Association from 1939 to 1941.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Pandey was the president of the Gangpur State Praja Mandal and a member the executive xommittee of the Orissa Regional Council, and was linked to the All India States' People's Conference during 1946-1947.[1][2] In 1948 he became a member of the Orissa State Assembly, as served as chief whip in the assembly.[1][2][3] However, he resigned from the assembly and founded the Union Movement.[2][3] From 1948 to 1950 Pandey served as president of the Eastern States People Convention.[1] During agitations of the Eastern States People Convention, he was arrested by agents of the government of Orissa.[2] Once released from jail he founded the Koshal Utkal Praja Parishad, which eventually evolved into the All India Ganatantra Parishad.[2] He became a member of the Working Committee of the party.[1]
In 1952 Pandey was elected to the first Lok Sabha from Sambalpur, obtaining 70,622 votes (54.97%).[4] Pandey was one of six AIGP members from Orissa in the first Lok Sabha.[4] As a parliamentarian, Pandey lobbied for abolition of Agricultural Income Tax.[2] He resigned his seat in the Lok Sabha in 1956.[5][6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Lok Sabha. Members Bioprofile: PANDEY, DR. NATABAR
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hari Sharan Chhabra (1952). Opposition in the Parliament: a unique, authentic and comprehensive biographical dictionary of M. P.'s on opposition benches. New Publishers. p. 64.
- 1 2 Pratap Keshari Deo (2000). Memoirs of a Bygone Era. Minerva Press. p. 126. ISBN 978-81-7662-084-0.
- 1 2 Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1951 TO THE FIRST LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)
- ↑ India. Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (1956). Report of the Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Manager, Government of India Press. p. 9.
- ↑ Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. November 1956. p. 96.