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Gopinath Gajapati (6 March 1943 – 10 January 2020) was a member of the
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and 10th Lok Sabha of
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. He represented the
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constituency of
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and was a member of the
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political party. He later joined
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, and moved to
Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the party i ...
in 2009. On 10 January 2020, Gajapati died in a private hospital in Bhubaneswar at age 76.


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1943 births 2020 deaths Lok Sabha members from Odisha India MPs 1989–1991 India MPs 1991–1996 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Odisha Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha Biju Janata Dal politicians People from Paralakhemundi People from Ganjam district {{Odisha-INC-politician-stub