Duryodhan Majhi

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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[[File:Duryodhan_Majhi.jpg|thumb|Duryodhan Majhi]]
'''Duryodhan Majhi''' (14 April 1938 – 11 January 2022) was an Indian politician.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/orissaannualreference/ORA-2005/pdf/Bio_data_of_MLAs_Orissa.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-date=28 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728025642/http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/orissaannualreference/ORA-2005/pdf/Bio_data_of_MLAs_Orissa.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Biography==
Majhi was a member of the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] from [[Khariar (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khariar constituency]] in [[Nuapada district]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://orissadiary.com/printStory.asp?id=48554 |title=BJP replaces five assembly candidates in Odisha |access-date=5 February 2017 |archive-date=6 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206022054/http://orissadiary.com/printStory.asp?id=48554 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://myneta.info/odisha2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=446 |title=My Neta |access-date=5 February 2017 |archive-date=5 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205183428/http://myneta.info/odisha2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=446 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/duryodhan-quits-bjd-may-be-khariar-bjp-candidate.html |title=DURYODHAN QUITS BJD, MAY BE KHARIAR BJP CANDIDATE |access-date=5 February 2017 |archive-date=6 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206103646/http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/duryodhan-quits-bjd-may-be-khariar-bjp-candidate.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He was five times MLA from Khariar constituency. He was first elected to Odisha Legislative Assembly in 1990 as a member of [[Janata Dal]] and again in 1995. Later he was elected as a member of [[Biju Janata Dal]] in 2000 and 2004 and as a member of [[Bharathiya Janata Party]] in 2009. He served as Minister of State for Information and Public Relations, Minister of State for Health, Family Welfare Minister of Planning and Coordination and Minister of State for Science and Technology between 2000 and 2009.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|title=Former Odisha Minister Dies|work=[[United News of India]]|url=http://www.uniindia.com/former-odisha-minister-dies/east/news/2617926.html}}</ref> He resigned from Biju Janata Dal in 2014 and fought 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election from the ticket of BJP. He was elected as a MLA in 2014 election. Just before the Odisha Vidhan Sabha election in 2019, he resigned from Bharatiya Janata Party and rejoined Biju Janata Dal.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|title=Former Odisha Minister Dies|work=[[United News of India]]|url=http://www.uniindia.com/former-odisha-minister-dies/east/news/2617926.html}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Majhi died in Bhubaneswar on 11 January 2022, at the age of 83.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Senior Odisha politician Duryodhan Majhi dies at 83|work=[[Press Trust of India]]|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/13037438_Senior-Odisha-politician-Duryodhan-Majhi-dies-at-83.html}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=वरिष्ठ नेता तथा पूर्व मंत्री दुर्योधन माझी का निधन, अचानक बिगड़ी तबीयत|url=https://m.jagran.com/odisha/bhubaneshwar-senior-leader-and-former-minister-duryodhan-majhi-passes-away-22371915.html|url-status=live|access-date=11 January 2022|work=[[Dainik Jagran]]|language=hi|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111084447/https://m.jagran.com/odisha/bhubaneshwar-senior-leader-and-former-minister-duryodhan-majhi-passes-away-22371915.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=11 January 2022|title=Duryodhan Majhi, former Odisha minister and ex-MLA, passes away|url=https://sambadenglish.com/duryodhan-majhi-former-odisha-minister-and-ex-mla-passes-away/|url-status=live|access-date=11 January 2022|work=[[Sambad]]|language=en-US|archive-date=11 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111084430/https://sambadenglish.com/duryodhan-majhi-former-odisha-minister-and-ex-mla-passes-away/}}</ref>

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[[Category:1938 births]]
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[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]
[[Category:People from Nuapada district]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Odisha]]
[[Category:Members of the Odisha Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Odisha politicians]]
[[Category:Janata Dal politicians]]
[[Category:Biju Janata Dal politicians]]

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