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Kishen Pattnaik

(1930 – 2004) – (Odisha)

Kishen Pattnaik (Aged 74) was an Indian social leader, socialist thinker, author, and activist born on 30 June 1930 in Kalahandi State, located in the forest-covered region of Kashipur, which is currently Kasipur Block of Rayagada Dist, Odisha, India. As a child, he attended a school named Tati Ghera, where his father worked as a teacher. Later, he moved to his maternal uncle’s house in Bhawanipatna and enrolled in classes in 1946 at Rajendra College, Bolangir.

Pattnaik represented the Praja Socialist Party for the Sambalpur Constituency of India in the 3rd Lok Sabha as a Member of Parliament. He also founded and edited a Hindi monthly periodical called Samayik Varta. Pattnaik passed away on 27 September 2004.