Rabi Ray
| Rabi Ray | |
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| ରବି ରାୟ | |
| 9th Speaker of the Lok Sabha | |
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In office 19 December 1989 – 9 July 1991 |
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| Deputy | Shivraj Patil |
| Preceded by | Balram Jakhar |
| Succeeded by | Shivraj Patil |
| Member: 9th and 10th Lok Sabha | |
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In office 1989–1996 |
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| Preceded by | Sarat Kumar Deb |
| Succeeded by | Srikant Kumar Jena |
| Constituency | Kendrapara |
| Minister of Health and Family Welfare | |
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In office 25 January 1979 – 14 January 1980 |
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| Preceded by | Raj Narain |
| Succeeded by | Mohsina Kidwai |
| Member: Rajya Sabha | |
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In office 03 April 1974 – 02 April 1980 |
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| Constituency | Odisha |
| Member: 4th Lok Sabha | |
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In office 1967–1971 |
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| Preceded by | B. Mishra |
| Succeeded by | Banamali Patnaik |
| Constituency | Puri |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
26 November 1926 Bhanagarh, Puri district |
| Died | 6 March 2017 (aged 90) Cuttack |
| Political party | Janata Dal |
| Other political affiliations |
Janata Party (Secular), Janata Party, Samyukta Socialist Party, Socialist Party |
| As of 11 July, 2009 Source: [1] |
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Rabi Ray (26 November 1926 – 6 March 2017) was an Indian socialist politician, a Gandhian, a speaker of the Lok Sabha and a former Union minister. He hailed from Odisha. He joined the Socialist Party in 1948, and later became member of the Samyukta Socialist Party, the Janata Party and the Janata Dal.
Ray was born on 26 November 1926 at Bhanaragarh village in the Puri district of Orissa, He passed his B.A. examination in History from the Ravenshaw College in Cuttack and later studied Law in the Madhusudan Law College in Cuttack. He was married to Dr. Saraswati Swain, a medical doctor, who was later become a professor on SCB Medical College, Cuttack. Being a socialist he never shown interest to change her surname after marriage. She stood beside him as a source of inspiration in politics.
Before joining active politics Shri Rabi Ray was a freedom fighter. In early 1947, when he was studying history in Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, he was arrested by British Army in connection with unrolling the National flag in Ravenshaw College. At the end of the day British Government had to listen to students demand for unfurling the tricolor Indian flag in Educational Institutions, though the country was still under foreign rule.
An ardent believer in socialism from his college days, Rabi Ray joined the Socialist Party as its member in 1948. Due to his innate qualities of leadership and his deep commitment to the socialist cause, he always remained in the forefront of the socialist movement. During 1953-54, he held the post of the Joint Secretary, All India Samajwadi Yuvak Sabha. In 1956, under the leadership of Dr. Rammanohar Lohia, he founded the Socialist Party in Orissa. He was also a member of the National Executive of the Socialist Party during that period. Later, in 1960, he became the General Secretary of the Party for about a year.
In 1967,he was elected to the 4th Lok Sabha from Puri constituency in Orissa. In the 4th Lok Sabha, he was the leader of the Parliamentary Group of the Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP). In 1974, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Orissa and he completed his term in Rajya Sabha in 1980. He was the Union minister of health and family welfare in Morarji Desai Ministry from January 1979 to January 1980.
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