Somnath Rath

{{Short description|Indian politician (1924–2013)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Somnath Rath

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| birth_date ={{Birth date |df=y|1924|2|17}}

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| birth_place = Badagada, Ganjam district, Odisha, British India

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|10|7|1924|2|17|df=y}}{{cite web | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/former-odisha-speaker-somnath-rath-passes-away/812830 | title=Former Odisha Speaker Somnath Rath Passes Away | publisher=Outlook | date=7 October 2013 | accessdate=27 February 2019}}{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Ex-assembly-speaker-Somanath-Rath-dies/articleshow/23669769.cms | title=Ex-assembly speaker Somanath Rath dies | work=The Times of India | date=8 October 2013 | accessdate=27 February 2019}}

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|office = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

|term_start = 1984

|term_end = 1989

| constituency = Aska, Odisha

| predecessor = Ramchandra Rath

| successor = Ananta Narayan Singh Deo

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| party = Indian National Congress

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|nationality=Indian

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| spouse = Anasuya Rath

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| source = http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3142.htm

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Somnath Rath (17 February 1924 – 7 October 2013) was an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of the Indian National Congress.{{cite book|title=Lok Sabha Debates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mkxPAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA351|accessdate=26 February 2019|year=1986|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|pages=351–}}