Bhagirathi Mahapatra

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| office = Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

| constituency = Odisha

| term = 1956-1962

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| party = Indian National Congress

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| spouse = Sarala Devi

| children = Amitav Mohapatra

| relatives = Nityanand Kanungo (brother in law)

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Bhagirathi Mohapatra was an Indian politician. He was a member of central legislative assembly from (1945-1947).He was a member of parliament, representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Indian National Congress.Sri Bhagirathi Mohapatra was also the founder secretary of Utkal Pradesh congress Committee (1921-1937) along with UtkalaMani Pandit Gopabandhu Das, who was also the founder president. He was also one of the main trustee of Swaraj Ashram, Odisha (1940).{{cite web | url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/d.pdf| title=Rajya Sabha Members Biographical SKetches 1952–2003 | publisher=Rajya Sabha | accessdate=3 April 2018}}{{cite web | url=http://odishaassembly.nic.in/ra_detail.aspx?x=1 | title=List Of Rajyasabha Members | publisher=Odisha Legislative Assembly | accessdate=3 April 2018}}{{cite book|author=India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha|title=Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JjwEAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=3 April 2018|year=1961|publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat.|page=148}}{{cite book|author=Madras (India : State)|title=Fort Saint George Gazette|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LmvyAVqdNP8C|accessdate=3 April 2018|year=1961|page=174}}{{cite book|author=Sir Stanley Reed|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgwfAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=3 April 2018|year=1961|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company|page=1310}}

Early life

Mohapatra was born in a Karan family.{{Cite book |last=Pradhan |first=Atul Chandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jmswAQAAIAAJ&q=bhagirathi+mohapatra+karan |title=The Nationalist Movement in a Regional Setting, 1920-34: The Rise of Congress to Power in Orissa |date=1992 |publisher=Amar Prakashan |isbn=978-81-85420-32-5 |language=en}}

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