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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Kalpataru Das
| image = Kalpataru Das.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Kalpataru Das is a male politician from Odisha, India
| office = Member: [[Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency =
| term_start = 3 April 2014
| term_end = 25 July 2015
| office1 = Member: [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Dharmasala (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dharmasala]]
| term_start1 = 1995
| term_end1 = 2014
| predecessor1 = Gurcharan Tikayat
| successor1 = Pranab Kumar Balabantaray
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1948|02|7}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Kalpataru Das Biography|url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/kalpataru-das.html|publisher=elections.in|accessdate=28 July 2015}}</ref>
| birth_place = Bhotaka, [[Jajpur district]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]
| residence =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2015|07|25|1948|02|7}}
| death_place = [[Delhi]], [[India]]
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
|party = [[Biju Janata Dal]](1997-2015)
|otherparty = [[Janata Dal]] (1977-1980,1985-1997), [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (1980-1985)
| salary =
| networth =
| yearsactive=
| othername =
| spouse = Pratimaa Das
| children = 03 son
| website =
}}

'''Kalpataru Das''' (7 February 1948 – 25 July 2015)<ref>Odisha: Kalpataru Das cremated with full state honour{{cite web |url=http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=60520 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-05-31 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805073048/http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=60520 |archivedate=5 August 2016 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>[http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/rajya-sabha-member-kalpataru-das-dead-115072500756_1.html Rajya Sabha member Kalpataru Das dead]</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Rajya Sabha member Kalpataru Das dies|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rajya-sabha-member-kalpataru-das-dies-bjd-leader/1/454083.html|accessdate=25 July 2015|work=IndiaToday.in}}</ref> was an Indian politician from the [[Odisha]] state. He belonged to the [[Biju Janata Dal]] (BJD) party. He won the [[Odisha]] Legislative Assembly election, 1995 from [[Dharmasala (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dharmasala constituency]] of [[Jajpur district]], which he held consecutively from 1995-2014.
On 2 August 2012, he was given the portfolio of Panchayati Raj Minister. From 3 April 2014, he was an MP of Rajya Sabha.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=283&cid=51 | title=Orissa Assembly Election 2009 - Constituency: Dharmasala | accessdate=18 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/article58068.ece?service=print | title=Ghadei, Kalpataru Das: It's all in their families | newspaper=[[Indian Express]] | date=15 April 2009 | accessdate=18 February 2014}}</ref> In 2013, he was State Panchayati Raj Minister<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-21-lakh-houses-completely-damaged-in-cyclone-floods-state-panchayati-raj-minister-kalpataru-das-1932876 | title=2.1 lakh houses completely damaged in cyclone, floods: State Panchayati Raj Minister Kalpataru Das | newspaper=[[Daily News and Analysis]] | date=10 December 2013 | accessdate=18 February 2014}}</ref> and Parliamentary Affairs Minister.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1131230/jsp/odisha/story_17732246.jsp#.UwOdJK19S0w | title=BJD leaders hit streets | newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)]]}}</ref> He died on 25 July 2015, aged 67.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rajya Sabha member Kalpataru Das dies|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rajya-sabha-member-kalpataru-das-dies-bjd-leader/1/454083.html|accessdate=25 July 2015|work=IndiaToday.in}}</ref> He was cremated on Sunday evening at Bhotaka in Tehsil Kuakhia, [[Jajpur district]], from where he belonged, by his eldest son BJD MLA Pranab Balabantaray.<ref>[http://myneta.info/odisha2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=1087 BJD MLA Pranab Balabantaray]</ref><ref>[https://villageinfo.in/odisha/jajapur/kuakhia/bhotaka.html Bhotaka village]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Odisha]]

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