2nd Orissa Provincial Assembly

2nd Orissa Provincial Assembly
2nd Orissa Provincial Assembly
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Overview
Meeting place	Ravenshaw College Hall, Cuttack, Odisha, India
Term	18 April 1946 – 20 February 1952
Election	1946
Government	Indian National Congress
Website	assembly.odisha.gov.in
Orissa Provincial Assembly
	House Composition as on 1946
Members	60 (till 9/9/1949) ; 91 (after 9/9/1949)
Governor	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi; Kailash Nath Katju; Asaf Ali; V. P. Menon (Acting)
Speaker	Lal Mohan Patnaik, INC
Deputy Speaker	Adruti Lakshmi Bai, INC
Leader of the House; (Prime Minister)	Harekrushna Mahatab, INC; Nabakrushna Choudhuri, INC
Party control	Indian National Congress (47/60) (till 9/9/1949) ; (47/91) (after 9/9/1949)
	14 sessions with 224 sitting days

The Second Orissa Provincial Assembly was convened after the 1946 Indian provincial elections.

House Composition

Party	Strength
Indian National Congress	47
All India Muslim League	4
Communist Party of India	1
Nominated	4
Independent	4
No Party Affiliation	31

Office Bearers

Post	Name	Tenure		Party
Governor	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi	Assembly Begins	14 August 1947	N/A
	Kailash Nath Katju	15 August 1947	20 June 1948
	Asaf Ali	21 June 1948	5 May 1951
	V. P. Menon (Acting)	6 May 1951	17 July 1951
	Asaf Ali	18 July 1951	Assembly Dissolves
Speaker	Lal Mohan Patnaik Member from Indian Christian Orissa	29 May 1946	6 March 1952		Indian National Congress
Deputy Speaker	Adruti Lakshmi Bai Member from Berhampur Town	29 May 1946	20 February 1952		Indian National Congress
Prime Minister	Harekrushna Mahatab Member from East Bhadrak	23 April 1946	12 May 1950		Indian National Congress
Prime Minister	Nabakrushna Choudhuri Member from North Kendrapara	12 May 1950	20 February 1952		Indian National Congress

Council of Ministers

First Harekrushna Mahatab Ministry


Portfolio	Name Constituency	Tenure
Prime Minister Home Finance Planning & Reconstruction	Harekrushna Mahatab Member from East Bhadrak	23 April 1946	25 January 1950	Indian National Congress
Chief Minister Home Finance Planning & Reconstruction		26 January 1950	12 May 1950
Revenue Supply and Transport		23 April 1948	19 August 1948
Public Relation		16 November 1949	12 May 1950
Law Development	Nityanand Kanungo Member from South Cuttack Sadar	23 April 1946	12 May 1950	Indian National Congress
Local Self Government		23 April 1946	1 September 1946
Commerce Labour		1 September 1946	12 May 1950
Public Works		23 June 1947	7 August 1947
Education Health	Pandit Lingaraj Misra Member from North Puri Sadar	23 April 1946	12 May 1950	Indian National Congress
Local Self-Government	Pandit Lingaraj Misra Member from North Puri Sadar	1 September 1946	12 May 1950	Indian National Congress
Revenue Supply & Transport	Nabakrushna Choudhuri Member from North Kendrapara	23 April 1946	23 April 1948	Indian National Congress
Revenue Supply & Transport	Sadasiba Tripathy Member from Nawarangpur	19 August 1948	12 May 1950	Indian National Congress
Commerce Labour	Radhakrushna Biswasroy Member from Koraput	23 April 1946	1 September 1946	Indian National Congress
Public Works		23 April 1946	22 June 1947
Minister Without Portfolio		23 June 1947	6 August 1947
Public Works		7 August 1947	28 February 1948
Backward Classes Welfare		13 September 1947	13 July 1948
Public Works	Lal Ranjit Singh Bariha Member from East Bargarh	28 February 1948	16 November 1949	Indian National Congress
Backward Classes Welfare		13 July 1948	19 August 1948
Rural Welfare		16 November 1949	12 May 1950
Backward Classes Welfare	Rajakrushna Bose Member from East Kendrapara	19 August 1948	16 November 1949	Indian National Congress
Publicity Roads and Buildings Irrigation and Drainage Electricity	Rajakrushna Bose Member from East Kendrapara	16 November 1949	12 May 1950

First Nabakrushna Choudhuri Ministry

Portfolio	Name Constituency	Tenure
Chief Minister Finance Relief & Rehabilitation River Valley Development	Nabakrushna Choudhuri Member from North Kendrapara	12 May 1950	20 February 1952	Indian National Congress
Agriculture Forestry Excise Local Self Government Co-operation		12 May 1950	11 November 1950
Home Planning		11 November 1950	20 February 1952
Local Self Government		15 November 1951	20 February 1952
Law Industries	Nityanand Kanungo Member from South Cuttack Sadar	12 May 1950	20 February 1952	Indian National Congress
Home Planning	Nityanand Kanungo Member from South Cuttack Sadar	12 May 1950	11 November 1950	Indian National Congress
Education Health	Pandit Lingaraj Misra Member from North Puri Sadar	12 May 1950	20 February 1952	Indian National Congress
Tribal & Rural Welfare	Lal Ranjit Singh Bariha Member from East Bargarh	12 May 1950	20 February 1952	Indian National Congress
Roads and Buildings Irrigation and Drainage Electricity	Raja Krushna Bose Member from East Kendrapara	12 May 1950	15 November 1951	Indian National Congress
Transport		1 September 1950	11 November 1950
Transport Works		15 November 1951	20 February 1952
Revenue Supply	Sadasiba Tripathy Member from Nawarangpur	12 May 1950	20 February 1952	Indian National Congress
Transport		12 May 1950	15 November 1951
Excise		11 November 1950	20 February 1952
Commerce Labour Public Relations	Pabitra Mohan Pradhan Member from Athgarh	12 May 1950	20 February 1952	No Party Affiliation
Local Self Government	Kapileswar Prasad Nanda Member from Patna	12 May 1950	15 November 1951	No Party Affiliation
Development	Kapileswar Prasad Nanda Member from Patna	15 November 1951	20 February 1952	No Party Affiliation

Members of Provincial Assembly

Source
#	Constituency	Member		Remarks
Cuttack District
1	East Cuttack Sadar	Sarangadhar Das	Indian National Congress
1	East Cuttack Sadar	Narayan Birabar Samanta	Indian National Congress	Won in bypoll.
2	North Cuttack Sadar	Bhairab Chandra Mohanty	Indian National Congress
3	North Cuttack Sadar (SC)	Kanhu Charan Das	Indian National Congress
4	Central Cuttack Sadar	Biju Patnaik	Indian National Congress
5	West Cuttack Sadar	Gouranga Charan Das	Indian National Congress
6	South Cuttack Sadar	Nityananda Kanungo	Indian National Congress	Minister
7	Angul	Hrusikesh Tripathy	Indian National Congress
8	Central Kendrapara	Dinabandhu Sahoo	Indian National Congress
9	East Kendrapara	Raj Krushna Bose	Indian National Congress	Minister
10	North Kendrapara	Nabakrushna Choudhuri	Indian National Congress	Chief Minister
11	East Jajpur	Gadadhar Dutta	Indian National Congress
12	East Jajpur (SC)	Santanu Kumar Das	Indian National Congress
13	North Jajpur	Madan Mohan Patnaik	Indian National Congress
14	West Jajpur	Dwarakanath Das	Indian National Congress
Puri District
15	East Puri Sadar	Jayakrushna Mohanty	Indian National Congress
16	North Puri Sadar	Lingaraj Misra	Indian National Congress	Minister
17	North Puri Sadar (SC)	Purnananda Samal	Indian National Congress
18	South Puri Sadar	Lokanath Mishra	Indian National Congress
19	East Khurda	Banamali Patnaik	Indian National Congress
20	West Khurda	Shatyabadi Nanda	Indian National Congress
Balasore District
21	Central Balasore Sadar	Surendra Nath Das	Indian National Congress
2 2	North Balasore Sadar	Karunakar Panigrahi	Indian National Congress
23	South Balasore Sadar	Kailash Chandra Mohanty	Indian National Congress
24	East Bhadrak	Harekrushna Mahatab	Indian National Congress	Chief Minister, Resigned to join First Nehru ministry
24	East Bhadrak	Sahadev Das	Indian National Congress	Elected in bypoll.
25	West Bhadrak	Bhagabat Sahu	Indian National Congress
26	West Bhadrak (SC)	Brundabana Das	Indian National Congress
Sambalpur District
27	Sambalpur Sadar	Bodh Ram Dube	Indian National Congress	Resigned.
27	Sambalpur Sadar	Shraddhakar Supakar	Indian National Congress	Elected in bypoll.
28	Sambalpur Sadar (BT)	Mohan Singh	Indian National Congress
29	East Bargarh	Lakshmi Narayan Mishra	Indian National Congress
30	East Bargarh (SC)	Bisi Ganda	Indian National Congress
31	West Bargarh	Lal Ranjit Singh Bariha	Indian National Congress
32	Khariar	Artatrano Deo	Independent
Ganjam District
33	Berhampur (Group 1)	Uma Charan Patnaik	Indian National Congress
34	Berhampur (Group 2)	Somanath Panda	Indian National Congress
35	Berhampur (Group 3)	Narayan Murty Gade	Indian National Congress
36	Paralakimedi	Ananta Tripathy Sarma	Indian National Congress
37	Ghumsur	Dinabandhu Behera	Indian National Congress
38	Kudala	Jagannath Mishra	Indian National Congress
39	Chatrapur	Narayan Panda	Indian National Congress
40	Aska Suruda	Madhusudan Mohapatra	Indian National Congress
41	Aska Suruda (SC)	Iswar Naik	Indian National Congress
Koraput District
42	Jeypore Malkangiri	Radhamohan Sahu	Indian National Congress
43	Nawarangpur	Sadasiba Tripathy	Indian National Congress
44	Koraput	Radhakrushna Biswasray	Indian National Congress	Minister
45	Baliguda Khondmals	Narayan Patra	Indian National Congress
Muhammadan Constituencies
46	Cuttack Sadar	Mahammed Yusuf	All-India Muslim League
47	North Cuttack cum Anugul	Saiyid Fazle Haque	All-India Muslim League
48	Balasore cum Sambalpur	Mahammed Khan	All-India Muslim League
49	South Orissa	Latifur Rahman	All-India Muslim League
Woman Constituencies
50	Cuttack Town	Priyambada Devi	Indian National Congress
51	Berhampur Town	Adruti Lakshmi Bai	Indian National Congress	Deputy Speaker
Land Holder Constituencies
52	East Orissa	Raja Sailendra Narayan Bhanja Deo	Independent
53	West Orissa	Raibahadur Lokanath Mishra	Independent
Other Reserved Constituencies
54	Indian Christian Orissa	Lal Mohan Patnaik	Indian National Congress	Speaker
55	Commerce and Industry Orissa	Ghanshyam Das Thirani	Independent
56	Labour Orissa	Baidyanath Rath	Communist Party of India
Nominated Members
57	Nominated	Lakshmi Narayan Sahoo	No Party Affiliation
58		Anne Catherine Munro	No Party Affiliation
59		Godavarthi Ramdas	No Party Affiliation
60		Antarjyami Mallick	No Party Affiliation
Members from Gadjat States
61	Baudh	Mohan Misra	No Party Affiliation
62	Athmallik	Dasaratha Pradhan	No Party Affiliation
63	Hindol, Narsinghpur, Khandpara	Radhanath Rath	No Party Affiliation
64	Dhenkanal	Surendra Mohan Patnaik	No Party Affiliation
65	Dhenkanal	Mahesh Chandra Subahusingh	No Party Affiliation
66	Kalahandi	Kaliprasad Babu	No Party Affiliation
67		Gajanan Nayak	No Party Affiliation
68		Thatraja Rudra Pratap Singh Deo	No Party Affiliation
69		Utsabananda Pradhan	No Party Affiliation
70	Rairakhol, Sonepur	Sashibhusan Pradhan	No Party Affiliation
71	Bamra	Jallandhar Deb	No Party Affiliation
72	Patna	Ram Charan Patel	No Party Affiliation
73		Nimai Charan Panigrahi	No Party Affiliation
74		Kapur Chand Naik	No Party Affiliation
75		Kapileswar Prasad Nanda	No Party Affiliation	Minister
76	Sundergarh (Gangpur State)	Ram Charan Patel	No Party Affiliation
77	Sundergarh (Gangpur State)	Shib Narayan Singh Mohapatra	No Party Affiliation
78	Bonai	Narahari Dandapat	No Party Affiliation
79	Keonjhar	Manikram Mahanto	No Party Affiliation
80	Keonjhar	Laxmi Narayan Bhanja Deo	No Party Affiliation
81	Mayurbhanj	Harish Chandra Das	No Party Affiliation
82		Gopinath Naik	No Party Affiliation
83		Lal Mohan Pati	No Party Affiliation
84		Siris Chandra Das	No Party Affiliation
85		Mangovind Pati	No Party Affiliation
86		Sarat Chandra Das	No Party Affiliation
87	Nilgiri	Kirtan Behari Mohanty	No Party Affiliation
88	Nilgiri	Sarat Chandra Mohanty	No Party Affiliation
89	Athgarh	Pabitra Mohan Pradhan	No Party Affiliation	Minister
90	Ranpur	Antarjyami Sahu	No Party Affiliation
91	Nayagarh	Sridhar Das	No Party Affiliation

Notes

↑ On the 9th September 1949, the Governor-General of India nominated 31 persons to fill the additional seats in the Orissa Provincial Legislative Assembly to represent the people of 26 Gadajat States who joined India by singing Instrument of Accession. It increased house strength to 91.

References

↑ H.N. Mitra (1946). Indian Annual Register, 1946. January - June. Vol. I. Annual Register Office.
↑ Dash, S. C. (1965). "Government and Politics in Orissa". The Indian Journal of Political Science. 26 (4): 83–100. ISSN 0019-5510.
1 2 Sharma, Sadhna (1995). States Politics in India. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-7099-619-4.
1 2 Mohapatra, Hemanta Kumar (1991). "Second congress ministry in Orissa 1946 1950 problems prospects and achievements". University.
↑

[1] On the 9th September 1949, the Governor-General of India nominated 31 persons to fill the additional seats in the Orissa Provincial Legislative Assembly to represent the people of 26 Gadajat States who joined India by singing Instrument of Accession. It increased house strength to 91.

[2] H.N. Mitra (1946). Indian Annual Register, 1946. January - June. Vol. I. Annual Register Office.

[3] Dash, S. C. (1965). "Government and Politics in Orissa". The Indian Journal of Political Science. 26 (4): 83–100. ISSN 0019-5510.

[:0-4] 1 2 Sharma, Sadhna (1995). States Politics in India. Mittal Publications. ISBN 978-81-7099-619-4.

[:1-5] 1 2 Mohapatra, Hemanta Kumar (1991). "Second congress ministry in Orissa 1946 1950 problems prospects and achievements". University.

[6] ↑

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