Nandini Satpathy
| Nandini Satpathy | |
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| ନନ୍ଦିନୀ ଶତପଥୀ | |
| Chief Minister of Odisha | |
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In office 6 March 1973 – 16 December 1976 |
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| Preceded by | President's rule |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
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In office 14 June 1972 – 3 March 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Biswanath Das |
| Succeeded by | President's rule |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 June 1931 Cuttack, Odisha |
| Died | 4 August 2006 (aged 75) Bhubaneswar |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Debendra Satpathy |
| Children |
Nachiketa Satpathy Tathagata Satpathy Suparno Satpathy |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Website | http://www.snsmt.org |
Nandini Satpathy (9 June 1931 – 4 August 2006) was an Indian politician and author. She was the Chief Minister of Odisha from June 1972 to December 1976.
Satpathy was born on 9 June 1931 and grew up in Pithapur, Cuttack, India. She was the eldest daughter of Kalindi Charan Panigrahi; Satpathy's uncle Bhagavati Charan Panigrahi founded the Odisha branch of the Communist Party of India.
While at Ravenshaw College pursuing her Master of Arts in Odia, she became involved with the Communist Party's student wing, the Student Federation. In 1951, a student protest movement began in Odisha; it demonstrated against rising college education costs, which later became a national youth movement. Satpathy was a leader in this movement, and a police lathi charge was used against one protest she was in. She was jailed, like many others; while there, she met Devendra Satpathy, another Student Federation member and the man whom she later married. (He was later elected for two terms as the lower house member of parliament from Dhenkanal.
In 1962, the Congress party was dominant in Odisha; the Odisha State Legislative Assembly of 140 members had over 80 from the Congress party. At a national level, there was a movement to have more women representatives in the Indian Parliament. The Assembly elected Satpathy (then president of the Women's Forum) to the upper house of India's Parliament, where she served two terms. After Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister of India in 1966, Satpathy became a Minister attached to the Prime Minister, with her specific portfolio being the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
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