1 COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF ODISHA (1937–2020) ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, BHUBANESWAR PRINTED AT ODISHA GOVERNMENT PRESS, MADHUPATNA, CUTTACK-10 COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF ODISHA (1937–2020) ODISHA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY BHUBANESWAR FIRST PRE-INDEPENDENT ASSEMBLY, 1937 Hon'ble Governor His Excellency Sir John Austen Hubback Hon'ble Speaker Shri Mukunda Prasad Das Hon'ble Deputy Speaker Shri Nanda Kishore Das (The New Ministry assumed charge of office on 1st April, 1937) 1. Hon'ble Captain Maharajah Sri Sri Sri Krishna . Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Home Affairs, Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo. Law and Commerce. 2. Hon'ble Shri Mandhata Gorachand Patnaik . Minister of Revenue and Education Mahasaya. 3. Hon'ble Maulavi Muhammad Latifur Rahman . Minister, Local Self Government and Public Works. (The Ministry resigned on the 19th July, 1937) (The New Ministry assumed charge of office on 19th July, 1937) As on 20th July, 1937 1. Hon'ble Shri Biswanath Das . Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Home Affairs and Education. 2. Hon'ble Shri Nityananda Kanungo . Minister of Revenue and Public Works, [ Home w.e.f. 10th September 1937 ] 3. Hon'ble Shri Bodhram Dube . Minister of Law and Commerce, Health & Local Self- Government, [ Education w.e.f. 10th September, 1937] (The Ministry resigned on the 6th November, 1939) (The New Ministry assumed charge of office on 24th November, 1941) 1. Hon'ble Captain Maharajah Sri Sri Sri Krishna . Prime Minister, Minister of Home Affairs (excluding Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo. Publicity), Local Self Government and Public Works 2. Hon'ble Pandit Godavaris Mishra . Minister of Finance, Home Affairs (Publicity), Development and Education 3. Hon'ble Maulavi Abdus Sobhan Khan . Minister of Law and Commerce, Revenue & Health (The Ministry was dissolved on the 30th June, 1944) 2 SECOND PRE-INDEPENDENT ASSEMBLY, 1946 Hon'ble Governor His Excellency Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi Hon'ble Speaker Shri Lal Mohan Patnaik Hon'ble Deputy Speaker Smt. Avarti Laxmi Bai (The New Ministry assumed charge of Office on 23rd April, 1946) 1. Hon'ble Harekrishna Mahatab . Prime Minister, Minister of Home Affairs, Finance and Planning & Reconstruction. 2. Hon'ble Shri Nabakrishna Choudhury . Minister of Revenue, Supply & Transport 3. Hon'ble Shri Nityananda Kanungo . Minister of Law, Development, Local Self- Government. 4. Hon'ble Shri Lingaraj Misra . Minister of Education and Health 5. Hon'ble Shri Radhakrishna Biswasroy . Minister of Commerce and Labour and Public Works As on 1st September, 1946 1. Hon'ble Harekrishna Mahatab . Prime Minister, Minister of Home, Finance, Planning & Reconstruction. [Revenue, Supply and Transport-23rd April 1948 to 19th August 1948] Public Relations w.e.f. 16th November 1949 2. Hon'ble Shri Nabakrishna Choudhury . Minister of Revenue, Supply & Transport (Resigned on 23rd April 1948) 3. Hon'ble Shri Nityananda Kanungo . Minister of Law, Development, Commerce and Labour. [Public Works-23rd June 1947 to 7th August 1947] 4. Hon'ble Shri Lingaraj Misra . Minister of Education and Health and Local Self- Goverrnment. 5. Hon'ble Shri Radhakrishna Biswasroy . Minister of Public Works up to 22nd June 1947 (Resigned on 13th July 1948) Minister without portfolio-23rd June 1947 to 6th August 1947, Public Works-w.e.f. 7th August 1947, Backward Classes Welfare w.e.f. 13th September 1947. 6. Shri Lall Ranjit Singh Bariha . Minister of Public Works up to 16th November, 1949 (w.e.f. 28th February, 1948) Backward Classes Welfare w.e.f. 13th July 1948 to 19th August 1948. Rural Welfare w.e.f. 16th November 1949 7. Hon'ble Shri Rajakrushna Bose . Minister of Backward Classes Welfare up to 16th (w.e.f. 19th August 1948) November 1949, Publicity, Roads and Buildings, Irrigation and Drainage and Electricity w.e.f 16th November 1949. 8. Shri Sadasiva Tripathy . Revenue, Supply and Transport (w.e.f. 19th August 1948) (The Ministry was dissolved on the 12th May, 1950) 3 (The New Ministry assumed charge of Office on 12th May, 1950) (As on 13th May, 1950) 1. Hon'ble Shri Nabakrushna Choudhury . Chief Minister, Minister of Finance, Agriculture and Forestry, [Local Self Government up to 11th November 1950] Co-operation, Excise, Relief & Rehabilitation and River Valley Development 2. Hon'ble Shri Nityananda Kanungo . Minister of Home Affairs, Law, Industries and Planning 3. Hon'ble Pandit Lingaraj Mishra . Minister of Education and Health 4. Hon'ble Shri Lal Ranjit Singh Bariha . Minister of Tribal & Rural Welfare 5. Hon'ble Shri Rajkrushna Bose . Minister of Roads & Buildings, Irrigation and Drainage and Electricity and [Transport w.e.f.1st September 1950] 6. Hon'ble Shri Sadasiva Tripathi . Minister of Revenue, [Supply and Transport up to 31st August 1951], Supply w.e.f. 1st September 1950. 7. Hon'ble Shri Pabitra Mohan Pradhan . Minister of Commerce, Labour and Public Relations 8. Hon'ble Shri Kapileswar Prasad Nanda . Minister of Local Self-Government (w.e.f. 11th November 1950) (As on 11th November, 1950) 1. Shri Nabakrushna Choudhury . Chief Minister, Minister of Finance, Relief & Rehabilitation, River Valley Development and Planning, Local Self Government, Home 2. Shri Nityananda Kanungo . Minister of Law, Industry 3. Shri Lingaraj Mishra . Minister of Education & Health 4. Shri Lall Ranjit Singh Bariha . Minister of Tribal & Rural Welfare 5. Shri Rajkrushna Bose . Minister of Roads & Buildings, Irrigation & Drainage and Electricity 6. Shri Sadasiva Tripathi . Minister of Revenue, Supply & Transport, Excise 7. Shri Pabitra Mohan Pradhan . Minister of Commerce, Labour and Public Relations 8. Shri Kapileswar Prasad Nanda . Minister of Local Self Government (As on 15th November, 1951) 1. Shri Nabakrushna Choudhury . Chief Minister, Minister of Home, Finance, Relief & Rehabilitation, River Valley Development and Local Self Government 2. Shri Nityananda Kanungo . Minister of Law, Industry 3. Shri Lingaraj Mishra . Minister of Education and Health 4 4. Shri Lall Ranjit Singh Bariha . Minister of Tribal & Rural Welfare 5. Shri Rajkrushna Bose . Minister of Works & Transport 6. Shri Sadashiba Tripathy . Minister of Revenue, Excise & Supply 7. Shri Pabitra Mohan Pradhan . Minister of Commerce, Labour & Public Relations 8. Shri Kapileswar Prasad Nanda . Minister of Development & Cabinet (The Ministry was dissolved on 20th February, 1952) FIRST ASSEMBLY, 1952 Hon'ble Governor His Excellency Saiyid Fazl Ali Hon'ble Speaker Shri Nanda Kishore Das Hon'ble Deputy Speaker Maulabi Mahmmed Hanif (The New Ministry assumed charge of Office on 20th February, 1952) (As on 21st February 1952) 1. Hon'ble Shri Nabakrushna Choudhury . Chief Minister, Minister of Cabinet, [Home up to 1st January 1954], ( Finance up to 7th April 1952), Works, (Revenue, Excise, Supply up to 26th February 1952), [Revenue (excluding Commercial Taxes Branch), Excise and Supply w.e.f. 22nd September 1956] River Valley Development, Relief & Rehabilitation and Public Relations, [Development w.e.f. 1st January 1954]. 2. Hon'ble Shri Dinabandhu Sahu . Minister of Law, [Development up to 1st January (Resigned on 26th April 1954) 1954], [Education up to 7th April 1952], and Health, [Home w.e.f. 1st January 1954] 3. Hon'ble Shri Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj . Minister of Industries and Transport 4. Hon'ble Shri Sonaram Soren . Minister of Tribal & Rural Welfare, Labour and Commerce 5. Shri Sadasiva Tripathi . Minister of Revenue, Excise and Supply, Revenue (w.e.f. 26th February 1952) (excluding Commercial Taxes Branch), Excise and (Resigned on 22nd September 1956) Supply w.e.f. 29th January 1954. 6. Shri Radhanath Rath . Minister of Finance and Education (w.e.f. 7th April 1952) 7. Shri Satyapriya Mohanty . Minister of Home, Law and Health (w.e.f. 29th April 1954) DEPUTY MINISTERS (Took Oath on 20th February 1952 & Portfolio distributed on 1st September 1952) 1. Smt. Basanta Manjari Devi . Minister of Health 2. Shri Bhairab Chandra Mahanty . Minister of Works 3. Shri Nilamani Routray . Minister of Home 4. Shri Anup Singh Deo . Minister of Public Relations, Relief & Rehabilitation and Animal Husbandry 5 5. Shri Santanu Kumar Das . Minister of Local Self Government, Co-operation & Fisheries. 6. Shri Tirthabasi Pradhan . Minister of Transport and Forest (Appointed on 6th March 1952) 7. Shri Krupanidhi Naik . Minister of Supply and Agriculture (Appointed on 6th March 1952) (The Ministry was dissolved on 19th October, 1956) (The New Ministry assumed charge of office on 19th October, 1956) (As on 21st October 1956) 1. Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab . Chief Minister, Minister of Political & Services, Finance, Education, Health, Tribal & Rural Welfare and Labour. 2. Shri Radhanath Rath . Minister of Works, Transport, Agriculture, Co- operation & Forestry, Supply, Commerce and Relief & Rehabilitation 3. Shri Satyapriya Mohanty . Minister of Revenue and Excise, Home and Law 4. Shri Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj . Minister of Industries, Mining & Geology DEPUTY MINISTERS 1. Smt. Basanta Manjari Devi . Minister of Health 2. Shri Nilamani Routray . Minister of Home, Industries 3. Shri Krupanidhi Naik . Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Marketing Organisation and Supply 4. Shri Anup Singh Deo . Minister of Tribal & Rural Welfare and Labour 5. Shri Santanu Kumar Das . Minister of Co-operation, Fisheries, Relief and Rehabilitation (The Ministry was dissolved on 6th April, 1957) 6 SECOND ASSEMBLY, 1957 Hon'ble Governor Shri Bhimsen Sachara Hon'ble Speaker Pandit Nilakantha Das Hon'ble Deputy Speaker Shri Jadumani Mangaraj (The New Ministry assumed charge of Office on 6th April, 1957) (As