Nityananda Samntaray (25 April1933 – 23 February 2018) was an Indian politician who belonged to

Odisha 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 ...

. He was active in politics with Indian National Congress, and was elected to

Odisha Legislative Assembly The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises 147 Members of Legislative Ass ...

from Tirtol Assembly constituency in 1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly election.

Early life, education and family

Samntaray was born on 25 April 1933 to Bhagaban Samantray and Radhamani Samantray at

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village in Cuttack district.

Political career

Samntaray was active in Odisha politics with the Indian National Congress party and was elected to the 9th Odisha Legislative Assembly from Tirtol Assembly constituency in 1985. Later he contested in

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and

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from Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituency, but defeated both the times.

Death

Samantray died at 84 on 23 February 2018 due to

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References

{{Reflist 1933 births 2018 deaths People from Cuttack district Odisha MLAs 1985–1990 Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha