Dr. Natabar Pandey was an Indian politician. He represented the Sambalpur constituency in the

1st Lok Sabha The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India's first general election. The 1st Lok Sabha lasted its full tenure of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957. The First Session of this Lok Sabha commenced on 13 May 1952. ...

(lower house of the

parliament of India The Parliament of India (International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration, IAST: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India. It is a bicameralism, bicameral legislature composed of the president of India and two houses: the R ...

) elected in 1952. Pandey was born on April 5, 1908, som of Parashar Pandey. He studied at Sambalpur Zilla School and Secondary Training School, Cuttack. He married Usarani in 1928, and the couple had one daughter. From 1929 to 1938 Pandey worked as high school teacher in

Sundargarh Sundergarh is a town in Sundergarh district of the Indian state of Odisha. As of 2011 2011 Census of India, census, the municipality had a population of 45,036. Sundargarh is recognized as an industrial district in Odisha. Steel, fertilizer, ce ...

. In 1938 he renounced his teaching job and began studying

homeopathy Homeopathy or homoeopathy is a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine. It was conceived in 1796 by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Its practitioners, called homeopaths, believe that a substance that causes symptoms of a dis ...

at the Institute of Homoeopathy at Dathe—Kathiawar, obtaining Ph.B. and Sc.B. degrees in

Homeopathy Homeopathy or homoeopathy is a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine. It was conceived in 1796 by the German physician Samuel Hahnemann. Its practitioners, called homeopaths, believe that a substance that causes symptoms of a dis ...

. He served as organising secretary of the Orissa Boy Scouts Association from 1939 to 1941. Pandey was the president of the Gangpur State Praja Mandal and a member the executive xommittee of the Orissa Regional Council, and was linked to the All India States' People's Conference during 1946-1947. In 1948 he became a member of the Orissa State Assembly, as served as

chief whip The Chief Whip is a political leader whose task is to enforce the whipping system, which aims to ensure that legislators who are members of a political party attend and vote on legislation as the party leadership prescribes. United Kingdom ...

in the assembly. However, he resigned from the assembly and founded the Union Movement. From 1948 to 1950 Pandey served as president of the Eastern States People Convention. During agitations of the Eastern States People Convention, he was arrested by agents of the government of Orissa. Once released from jail he founded the Koshal Utkal Praja Parishad, which eventually evolved into the

All India Ganatantra Parishad The Ganatanra Parishad (GP) or the All India Ganatantra Parishad (AIGP) was a regional political party based in Orissa state in eastern India from 1950 to 1962. This political party was formed by the former rulers of the erstwhile princely states ...

. He became a member of the Working Committee of the party.Lok Sabha.
Members Bioprofile: PANDEY, DR. NATABAR
' In 1952 Pandey was elected to the first Lok Sabha from Sambalpur, obtaining 70,622 votes (54.97%).Election Commission of India.
STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1951 TO THE FIRST LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)
' Pandey was one of six AIGP members from

Orissa Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sch ...

in the first Lok Sabha. As a parliamentarian, Pandey lobbied for abolition of Agricultural Income Tax. He resigned his seat in the Lok Sabha in 1956.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pandey, Natabar India MPs 1952–1957 Lok Sabha members from Odisha All India Ganatantra Parishad politicians 1908 births Year of death missing People from Sambalpur district