Basanta Manjari Devi
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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| constituency = Ranpur
| office = Member of Legislative Assembly and Minister for Industries and Social Welfare, Odisha
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| party = Indian National Congress
| spouse = Biranchi Narayan Singh Deo
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Basanta Manjari Devi (1900 – 7 June 1961) was an Indian politician who served as the first woman minister of Odisha. She was the Deputy Minister of Health in the 1946 Harekrushna Mahatab government.
Early life and family
Devi was born into the royal family of Nilgiri State. Her father was Shyama Chandra Bhanja Mardaraj Harichandan. She was married to Biranchi Narayan Singh Deo of Ranapur State. In the 1946 general election she was elected from Ranpur constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate. She was a Minister of Health, Relief and Rehabilitation in the 1946 Harekrushna Mahtab ministry.{{cite book | title=Civic Affairs | publisher=P. C. Kapoor at the Citizen Press | issue=v. 4, nos. 7-12 | year=1946 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x_wmAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA3-PA124 | access-date=2020-07-16 | page=3-PA124|quote=Srimati Basanta Manjari Devi (Health, Relief and Rehabilitation)}}
In Independent India she was Deputy Health Minister, Odisha in 1953.{{Cite news|last=Humanities|first=National Endowment for the|date=1952-07-18|title=Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, July 18, 1952, Image 4|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88077521/1952-07-18/ed-1/seq-4/|access-date=2021-06-24}}
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Category:20th-century Indian women politicians
Category:Odisha MLAs 1952–1957
Category:Odisha MLAs 1957–1961
Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha
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