Bishwanath Das

Bishwanath Dash
Bishwanath Dash
ବିଶ୍ଵନାଥ ଦାସ
	Prime Minister of Odisha
	In office; 19 July 1937 – 4 November 1939
Preceded by	Captain Krishna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo
Succeeded by	Governor's rule
Personal details
Born	8 March 1889; Calcutta University

Bishwanath Das (8 March 1889 – 2 June 1984) named after birth as Biswanath Dash was a

chief minister of Odisha

1971–72.

Early life

He was born on 8 March 1889 in a Brahmin family at Belgan village in Ganjam District of the erstwhile

Ravenshaw College, Cuttack. Married at an early age his only child Dr. Trinath Dash also followed on the steps of philanthropic legal practice for the poor. ^[1]

Political career

Bishwanath Das supported the

chief minister of the United Front government, in Odisha. He was in office from 3 April 1971 to 14 June 1972. He set up multiple trusts for providing free legal support, food and vedantic learning institutions for the poor in Orissa and Uttar Pradesh from his lifetime earnings and salary. The institutions include Veda Bhavan at Puri.^[4]

References

^ Das, B.; Rath, S.N. (1990). Bishwanath Das, a tribute: published on the occasion of Bishwanath Das Birth Centenary Celebration held under the auspices of the Utkal University. Dept. of Political Science, Utkal University. p. 19. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
^ Orissa State Archives (1997). Reflections on the National Movement in Orissa. Orissa State Archives. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
^ Bureau, OB (26 November 2019). "Know Odisha Greats Who Helped Frame India's Constitution - ODISHA BYTES". ODISHA BYTES. Retrieved 31 July 2020. As members of the Constituent Assembly, several eminent personalities from Odisha too had made seminal contributions to the historic event on November 26, 1949. These included Bishwanath Das, Bichitrananda Das, Sarangadhar Das,...
^ Orissa State Museum (1993). The Orissa Historical Research Journal. Superintendent of Research and Museum. p. 46. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

External links

A short biography by Gurukalyan Mahapatra in the Orissa Review, January 2006.
About Shri Bishwanath Das, Governor of Uttar Pradesh.
Allahabad High Court By Justice Shiva Nath Katju.

[Das_Rath_1990_p.19-1] Das, B.; Rath, S.N. (1990). Bishwanath Das, a tribute: published on the occasion of Bishwanath Das Birth Centenary Celebration held under the auspices of the Utkal University. Dept. of Political Science, Utkal University. p. 19. Retrieved 3 July 2019.

[Orissa_State_Archives_1997_p.-2] Orissa State Archives (1997). Reflections on the National Movement in Orissa. Orissa State Archives. Retrieved 3 July 2019.

[Bureau_2019-3] Bureau, OB (26 November 2019). "Know Odisha Greats Who Helped Frame India's Constitution - ODISHA BYTES". ODISHA BYTES. Retrieved 31 July 2020. As members of the Constituent Assembly, several eminent personalities from Odisha too had made seminal contributions to the historic event on November 26, 1949. These included Bishwanath Das, Bichitrananda Das, Sarangadhar Das,...

[Orissa_State_Museum_1993_p.46-4] Orissa State Museum (1993). The Orissa Historical Research Journal. Superintendent of Research and Museum. p. 46. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

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v t e Chief Ministers of Odisha
Orissa Province	Krushna Chandra Gajapati Bishwanath Das Harekrushna Mahatab
Odisha (formerly Orissa)	Harekrushna Mahatab Nabakrushna Choudhuri Biju Patnaik Biren Mitra Sadashiva Tripathy Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Bishwanath Das Nandini Satpathy Binayak Acharya Nilamani Routray Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Hemananda Biswal Giridhar Gamang Naveen Patnaik Mohan Charan Majhi

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