Nityanand Kanungo | |
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| 6th Governor of Bihar | |
| In office 7 December 1967 – 20 January 1971 | |
| Chief Minister | Mahamaya Prasad Sinha Satish Prasad Singh B. P. Mandal Bhola Paswan Shastri Harihar Singh Daroga Prasad Rai Karpoori Thakur |
| Preceded by | M. A. S. Ayyangar |
| Succeeded by | U.N. Sinha(Acting) |
| 2nd Governor of Gujarat | |
| In office 1 August 1965 – 6 December 1967 | |
| Chief Minister | Balwantrai Mehta Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai |
| Preceded by | Mehdi Nawaz Jung |
| Succeeded by | P. N. Bhagwati(Acting) |
| Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1952–1957 | |
| Succeeded by | Surendranath Dwivedy |
| Constituency | Kendrapara |
| In office 1962–1967 | |
| Succeeded by | Srinibas Mishra |
| Constituency | Cuttack |
| 3rdMinister of Industry | |
| In office 1955–1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Minister of Commerce, Govt of India | |
| In office 1957–1962 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1900-05-04)4 May 1900 |
| Died | 2 August 1988(1988-08-02) (aged 88) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
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| Occupation | Politician |
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Nityanand Kanungo (4 May 1900 – 2 August 1988) was one of India's prominent politicians from the state of Odisha, who held successive high-profile portfolios in Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru's cabinet.
Nityanand Kanungo was born inCuttack on 4 May 1900 in an aristocraticZamindar Karan family[1] and was educated atRavenshaw College and University College (Calcutta). His father wasDewan Basudev Kanungo, and his mother was Padmavati Devi. His sisterSarala Devi was the first Odia woman to join theNon-cooperation movement in 1921 and the first woman to be elected to theOdisha Legislative Assembly.
He was a member of theIndian National Congress and served as a member of theOrissa Legislative Assembly from 1937 to 1939 and again from 1946 to 1952.[2][3]
When Orissa was granted provincial autonomy as per theGovernment of India Act 1935, Kanungo served as the Minister for Revenue and Public Works Departments in the cabinet ofBishwanath Das from 1937 to 1939. He was again appointed a Minister in 1946 and served till 1952, looking after the Home, Law, Industries and Agriculture portfolios.
In 1952, Kanungo was elected to theLok Sabha from theKendrapara constituency. In September, 1954 he was appointed Union Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry. From August 1955 in Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru's cabinet; he was Union Minister of Industries, and in June 1956 was designated Union Minister of Consumer Industries.[4] In 1957, he was again returned to the Lok Sabha and was appointed Union Minister of Commerce. Kanungo was a member of the Indian Delegation to the International Labour Conference in San Francisco (1948) and was the Leader of the Delegation to the Conference of the International Rice Commission held inJakarta in 1952.[2]
In the1962 Indian general election, Kanungo was elected to the Lok Sabha from theCuttack constituency. He was Union Minister for Commerce and Industries, in the Nehru cabinet, and after the bifurcation of that portfolio, Union Minister, in turn, for Commerce and later for Industry. He finished up as Union Minister for Civil Aviation.[2]
Kanungo served as theGovernor of Gujarat from 1 August 1965 to 6 December 1967. He was theGovernor of Bihar[5][6] from 7 December 1967 to 20 January 1971.
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