Kishen Pattanayak
| Kishen Pattnaik | |
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| Member: 3rd Lok Sabha | |
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In office 1962–1967 |
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| Preceded by | Banamali Babu |
| Succeeded by | Shraddhakar Supakar |
| Constituency | Sambalpur |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Kishen Pattnaik 30 June 1930 Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi, British India |
| Died | 27 September 2004 (aged 74) Bhubaneswar |
| Political party | Praja Socialist Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Samajwadi Jan Parishad |
| Spouse(s) | Vani Manjari Das |
| Alma mater | Brajamohan High School |
| Profession | Social Activist, politician |
Kishen Pattnaik (30 June 1930 – 27 September 2004) was a social leader, socialist thinker, author and activist. As a member of Parliament for the 3rd Lok Sabha, he represented the Praja Socialist Party for the Sambalpur Constituency of India. Pattnaik founded and edited a Hindi monthly periodical called Samayik Varta.
Kishen Pattnaik was born in Kalahandi Estate, located in the forest-covered region of Kashipur. As a child, he attended a school named Tati Ghera, where his father worked as a teacher. After moving to his maternal uncle's house in Bhawanipatna, he enrolled in classes in 1946 in Rajendra College, Bolangir. He then received his Bachelors and Master of Arts at the University in Nagpur. In 1951, he returned to Bhawanipatna and began teaching at the Braja Mohan High School.
After numerous deaths due to starvation were reported in the Kalahandi district, Pattnaik filed a public interest litigation against the State of Odisha in 1989.
In 1962, 27-year-old Kishen Pattnaik became one of the youngest candidates elected from the Sambalpur parliamentary constituency.
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