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| Office | Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha |
|---|---|
| Office | Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
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| Term start | 15 March 1995 |
| Term end | 17 February 1999
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| Predecessor | Nityananda Samanaray |
| Successor | Debashish Samantaray
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| Constituency | Tirtol |
| Born | 1936-08-23 |
| Born | Tulang village, Jagatsinghpur district |
| Died | Template:Death date and age
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| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Meera Biswal |
| Children | Ranjib Biswal Chiranjib Biswal
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| Occupation | Farmer
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Basant Kumar Biswal (August 23, 1936 – September 7, 2003) was a politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party from Odisha. He was Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha. He was member of the legislative assembly from Tirtol assembly constituency and was Vice-President of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee.[1][2][3]
He had two sons, Ranjib Biswal a former cricketer, manager of the Indian Cricket Team and Chairman of Indian Premier League, as well as a Rajya Sabha Member of parliament for Odisha, as part of the Indian National Congress party. His second son Chiranjib Biswal is a Congress MLA from Jagatsinghpur assembly constituency and deputy opposition leader of the Odisha assembly.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Biswal be friends with J.B. Patnaik again, attends his daughter's wedding(11 January 2014).
- ↑ Former deputy CM Basanta Biswal remembered in 7 death anniversary(8 September 2010).
- ↑ Odisha Opposition leaders join Biju Patnaik birth centenary celebration at Paradip
- ↑ Former Odisha Deputy CM Basant Biswal’s wife passes away(21 December 2015).
- ↑ Chiranjib Biswal appointed as deputy leader of Odisha Congress Legislature Party(7 July 2014).