Party Name : Congress
Constituency : Dhenkanal West Cuttack-SC
State : Orissa
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 1
More Information :
DAS, SHRI B., B.E. (Sibpur), B.Sc. (Eng.) (Glas.), Cong. (Orissa—Jajpur-Keonjhar—1952): S. of Shri Ram Chandra Das; B. Village Kurinjipur, District Puri, May 14, 1885; ed. at Ravenshaw Collegiate School, Cuttack, Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, Calcutta University and Glasgow University; m. Shrimati Rukmini Dei; Consulting Engineer and Industrial Adviser, Bombay, 1918, and Cuttack, 1926; Member, Legislative Assembly (Central), 1923—45; Chief Whip, Independent Party and Nationalist Party, 1924—26 and 1926—34 respectively; Member, Congress Assembly Party, 1934; Member, Constituent Assembly, 1946—50; Member, Parliament, 1950—52; Member, House of the People, 1952; Takes keen interest in Public Finances and Industrial development; For long Member, Public Accounts Committee and its Chairman since 1950; Worked as Chairman of the Coal Working Party, 1950-51; Gave evidence in Round Table Conferences of 1932 and 1933 leading to separation of Orissa Province; President, Utkal Union Conference, 1933; Founder and Editor, "Young Utkal" (Weekly), 1928—33; Member, Executive Committee, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce for some years. Clubs: Constitution Club. Hobbies: Reading of books on Travels, Lives, Archaeology and Ethnology. Permanent address: Chandnichauk, Cuttack—2.
