Veteran Odisha politician Trilochan Kanungo dies aged 83
3 min readBy Express News Service
CUTTACK: Veteran politician and former Jagatsinghpur MP Trilochan Kanungo handed away whereas current course of remedy for age-related diseases at a hospital in Bhubaneswar on Friday. He was 83.
He is survived by his partner, a son, and two daughters.
According to his family sources, Kanungo was admitted to the Bhubaneswar-based private hospital on March 30 following his illness. However, he breathed his closing, this morning.
Born on November 24, 1940, at Badamulei village beneath Kantapada block in Cuttack district, Kanungo started his political occupation from scholar life and was president of the erstwhile Ravenshaw College and Utkal University inside the Nineteen Sixties.
Kanungo was elected to the Odisha Assembly in 1971, 1974 and 1985. In 1999, he was elected from the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha seat on BJD ticket. He gained recognition as Chairman of Cuttack municipality (1979-80 and 1992-95) for taking precautionary measures in course of curbing the mosquito menace by enhancing the sanitation system in Cuttack metropolis. He was moreover chairman of the second Odisha Finance Commission.
The senior politician was residing inside the Sheikh Bazaar house of metropolis for the previous couple of years.
As the data of his demise unfold, condolences have been pouring in from people from utterly totally different walks of life.
Expressing deep grief, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik talked about he is saddened to be taught of the demise of senior politician and former MP Trilochan Kanungo.
“His public services will always be remembered. My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved family and friends of the veteran leader. May his soul rest in peace,” he tweeted.
CUTTACK: Veteran politician and former Jagatsinghpur MP Trilochan Kanungo handed away whereas current course of remedy for age-related diseases at a hospital in Bhubaneswar on Friday. He was 83.
He is survived by his partner, a son, and two daughters.
According to his family sources, Kanungo was admitted to the Bhubaneswar-based private hospital on March 30 following his illness. However, he breathed his closing, this morning.googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Born on November 24, 1940, at Badamulei village beneath Kantapada block in Cuttack district, Kanungo started his political occupation from scholar life and was president of the erstwhile Ravenshaw College and Utkal University inside the Nineteen Sixties.
Kanungo was elected to the Odisha Assembly in 1971, 1974 and 1985. In 1999, he was elected from the Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha seat on BJD ticket. He gained recognition as Chairman of Cuttack municipality (1979-80 and 1992-95) for taking precautionary measures in course of curbing the mosquito menace by enhancing the sanitation system in Cuttack metropolis. He was moreover chairman of the second Odisha Finance Commission.
The senior politician was residing inside the Sheikh Bazaar house of metropolis for the previous couple of years.
As the data of his demise unfold, condolences have been pouring in from people from utterly totally different walks of life.
Expressing deep grief, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik talked about he is saddened to be taught of the demise of senior politician and former MP Trilochan Kanungo.
“His public services will always be remembered. My thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved family and friends of the veteran leader. May his soul rest in peace,” he tweeted.
