# Bishwanath Das

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Indian politician, lawyer, and philanthropist

Bishwanath Das 7th Chief Minister of Orissa In office 3 April 1971 – 14 June 1972 Preceded by Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Succeeded by Nandini Satpathy In office 19 July 1937 – 4 November 1939[a] Preceded by Krushna Chandra Gajapati Succeeded by Governor's rule Governor of Uttar Pradesh In office 16 April 1962 – 30 April 1967 Preceded by Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Succeeded by Bezawada Gopala Reddy Personal details Born Bishwanath Dash (1889-03-08)8 March 1889 Belagan, Madras Presidency, British India Died 2 June 1984(1984-06-02) (aged 95) Cuttack, Orissa, India Alma mater Ravenshaw College Calcutta University

**Bishwanath Das** ([né](/source/Birth_name) **Dash**; 8 March 1889 – 2 June 1984) was an Indian politician, lawyer and philanthropist. He was the prime minister of [Orissa Province](/source/Orissa_Province) of [British India](/source/British_India) 1937–1939, the [governor of Uttar Pradesh](/source/Governor_of_Uttar_Pradesh) 1962–1967 and later [Chief Minister of Odisha](/source/Chief_Minister_of_Odisha) 1971–1972.

## Early life

He was born on 8 March 1889 in a [Kanyakubja Brahmin](/source/Kanyakubja_Brahmin)[1] family at Belgan village in [Ganjam district](/source/Ganjam_district) of the erstwhile [Madras Presidency](/source/Madras_Presidency), which is in the state of Odisha. He graduated from [Ravenshaw College](/source/Ravenshaw_College), [Cuttack](/source/Cuttack). Married at an early age his only child Dr. Trinath Dash also followed on the steps of philanthropic legal practice for the poor.[2]

## Political career

Bishwanath Das supported the [Indian independence movement](/source/Indian_independence_movement) from both Odisha and Uttar Pradesh. He was a member of the legislative council of [Madras Province](/source/Madras_Province) from 1921 to 1930. He was instrumental in the creation of a separate state for the Odia-speaking people. After the separation of Orissa/Odisha from [Bihar and Orissa Province](/source/Bihar_and_Orissa_Province) on 1 April 1936, he became its prime minister (premier) on 19 July 1937.[3] He became a member of the [Constituent Assembly of India](/source/Constituent_Assembly_of_India) in 1946 representing Orissa. He served as the [governor of Uttar Pradesh](/source/Governor_of_Uttar_Pradesh) from 16 April 1962 to 30 April 1967.[4] In 1966, he was made the president of [Servants of the People Society](/source/Servants_of_the_People_Society) (Lok Sevak Mandal founded by [Lala Lajpat Rai](/source/Lala_Lajpat_Rai)).

After the [1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election](/source/1971_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly_election), the [Utkal Congress](/source/Utkal_Congress), [Swatantra Party](/source/Swatantra_Party) and [Jharkhand Party](/source/Jharkhand_Party) formed a coalition. Das became [Chief Minister of Odisha](/source/Chief_Minister_of_Odisha) under the coalition government. He was in office from 3 April 1971 to 14 June 1972. He set up multiple trusts for providing free legal support, food and vedantic learning institutions for the poor in Orissa and Uttar Pradesh from his lifetime earnings and salary. The institutions include Veda Bhavan at Puri.[5]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** As Prime Minister of [Orissa Province](/source/Orissa_Province).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Prabir Mahanty. [*Origin of Das and Dash surnames*](https://dasanddashsurname.blogspot.com/2018/08/das-or-dash-is-surname.html?m=1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Das_Rath_1990_p.19_3-0)** Das, B.; Rath, S.N. (1990). [*Bishwanath Das, a tribute: published on the occasion of Bishwanath Das Birth Centenary Celebration held under the auspices of the Utkal University*](https://books.google.com/books?id=mREcAAAAIAAJ). Dept. of Political Science, Utkal University. p. 19. Retrieved 3 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Orissa_State_Archives_1997_p._4-0)** Orissa State Archives (1997). [*Reflections on the National Movement in Orissa*](https://books.google.com/books?id=gDduAAAAMAAJ). Orissa State Archives. Retrieved 3 July 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Bureau_2019_5-0)** Bureau, OB (26 November 2019). ["Know Odisha Greats Who Helped Frame India's Constitution - ODISHA BYTES"](https://odishabytes.com/know-odisha-greats-who-helped-frame-indias-constitution/). *ODISHA BYTES*. Retrieved 31 July 2020. As members of the Constituent Assembly, several eminent personalities from Odisha too had made seminal contributions to the historic event on November 26, 1949. These included Bishwanath Das, Bichitrananda Das, Sarangadhar Das,... {{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: |last= has generic name ([help](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#generic_name))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Orissa_State_Museum_1993_p.46_6-0)** [*The Orissa Historical Research Journal*](https://books.google.com/books?id=nZ4pcnoxpY0C). Superintendent of Research and Museum. 1993. p. 46. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

## External links

- [A short biography](https://web.archive.org/web/20090410051005/http://orissagov.nic.in/e-magazine/Orissareview/jan2006/engpdf/or-jan-2006.pdf) by Gurukalyan Mahapatra in the Orissa Review, January 2006.

- [About Shri Bishwanath Das](http://upgovernor.gov.in/upgovernor.gov.in/dasbio.htm), Governor of Uttar Pradesh.

- [Allahabad High Court](https://www.allahabadhighcourt.in/event/Resume_Centenary_Celebrations_Alld_SN_Katju.pdf) By Justice Shiva Nath Katju.

v t e Chief ministers of Odisha Orissa Province Krushna Chandra Gajapati Bishwanath Das Harekrushna Mahatab Odisha (formerly Orissa) Harekrushna Mahatab Nabakrushna Choudhuri Biju Patnaik Biren Mitra Sadashiva Tripathy Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Bishwanath Das Nandini Satpathy Binayak Acharya Nilamani Routray Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Hemananda Biswal Giridhar Gamang Naveen Patnaik Mohan Charan Majhi Ministry Gajapati I Das I Gajapati II Mahatab I Choudhuri I Choudhuri II Mahtab II Mahtab III Biju I Mitra Tripathy Singh Deo Das II Satpathy I Satpathy II Acharya Routray Janaki I Janaki II Biswal I Biju II Janaki III Gamang Biswal II Naveen I Naveen II Naveen III Naveen IV Naveen V Majhi

v t e Governors of Uttar Pradesh Homi Mody Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi V. V. Giri Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Bishwanath Das Bezawada Gopala Reddy Shashi Kant Varma (acting) Akbar Ali Khan Marri Chenna Reddy Ganpatrao Devji Tapase Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh Mohammed Usman Arif B. Satya Narayan Reddy Motilal Vora Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Romesh Bhandari Suraj Bhan Vishnu Kant Shastri Sudarshan Agarwal (acting) T. V. Rajeswar Banwari Lal Joshi Aziz Qureshi (acting) Ram Naik § Served as governor of United Provinces of Independent India

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