PATNAIK, SHRI UMA CHARAN, M.A., B.L., Ind., (Orissa— Ganjam—1957): S. of Shri Abhimanyu Patnaik; B. at Bodagad (Ganjam Dt.), 1902; ed. at A.E.L. Mission High School, Peddapuram, and other High Schools in Ganjam, Visakhapatnam  and Godavari districts; Khillikote college Berhampur, Presidency College, Madras, and Ravenshaw college, Cuttack; m. shrimati Durgavati Devi, 1928; 2 S.and 1 D.; Adovocate, Orissa HightCourt; was member, Congress,till june 1949; President,Postal and R.M.S. Union, Ganjam(1932-34); District scout Commissioner,Seva Samiti Boy Scouts Association, since 1935; Provincial Scouts Commissioner, Hindustan Scouts Association, Orissa, till 1939; President, Ganjam District Board (1937-38); Public Prosecutor and Government Pleader, Ganjam and Khondmals Dts. (1938—40): Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly (1942—45, and 1946—51); Member, Orissa Board of Industries (1946—49); President, Aboriginese Education Section of the All India Education Confernce Mysore, (1948); President, All-Orissa Motor Workers’ Union till 1949; President, Orissa Sea-farers’ and Fishermen’s Congress, till 1949; Vice-President, Indian Adult Education Association, 1948-49; Member, NCC Advisory Committee, Orissa, since 1949; Member, First Lok Sabha (1952—57); Member, Public Accounts Committee, in the First Lok Sabha, for four years; Member, Central Territorial Army Advisory Committee (1952—56); President, Military Section of the All-India Educational Conference (Calcutta Session—1953-54); Was Member, Orissa State Territorial Army Committee and NCC Committee, till 1956; Was Member, Regional Salt Advisory Board, West Bengal and Orissa (1956-57); Was an adviser to the Government of India during the Asiatic Labour Conference, New Delhi; Was a defence lawyer in the second INA trial in Delhi.

Social activities: Welfare of Khond Tribes in Orissa; Was Member, Orissa Tribal Welfare Board, for some time.

Hobbies: Gardening; physical culture.

Favourite pastime and recreation: Shikar; Planning for defence cum development.

Special interests: Military science; psychical research; reorganisation of manpower on a defence cum development basis.

Sports and Clubs: Member, Governing Body of the National Rifle Association of India.

Travels abroad: Was Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to China, 1956.

Publications: Volunteer Organisations in India: The Chilka Scheme; Aborigines of India; Planning for India’s man-power; and articles on defence reorganisation, psychical research and tribal welfare, in various Journals and magazines.

Permanent address: Bhanjnagar, Ganjam Dt., Orissa.

[Voting results at the Election:

Electorate: 7,47,902

(Double-Member constituency)

Shri Uma Charan Patnaik ..   ..   1,20,057

Shri Ganesh Mahapatro ..    ..    1,10,405

Shri Sathananda Padhi ..     ..    62,251]