Shri Surendranath Dwivedy

DWIVEDY, SHRI SURENDRANATH, P.S.P., (Orissa-Kendrapara—1967):  s. of Shri Maguni Dwivedy; b. at Vill. Khan-dasahi, Cuttack Distt., February 11, 1913; m. Shrimati Gayatri Dwivedy, January 29, 1948, but now a widower; 1 d.; wholetime political worker; for sometime was a working journalist; Member, Indian National Congress, 1930—48; Secretary,  Cuttack D.C.C., 1940—44; Member,— (i) All India Congress Committee, 1940—48; (ii) Congress Socialist Party, 1934—47; and (iii) National Executive, P.S.P., since 1947; Deputy Chairman, P.S.P., 1956—62; Imprisoned for more than seven years in connection with the freedom struggle, the Quit India movement etc.; Member-Delegate, Asian Socialist Conferences, Rangoon, 1952 and Bombay, 1956; Founder, and for many years, Editor of the ‘Krushak’ an Oriya Weekly; Member, Rajya Sabha, 1952—56, Second Lok Sabha, 1957—62 and Third Lok Sabha, 1962—67; Leader, P.S.P. group in Lok Sabha; Member, Panel of Chairmen, Third Lok Sabha, and Committee on Public Undertakings, 1964—67.

Social activities:  Connected with various kissan, youth and other movements in Orissa. 

Publications:  In English: (i) Political Corruption in India; In Oriya; (ii) Glimpses of World History; (iii) Autobiography of Jawaharlal Nehru; (iv) Short History of the National Movement; and (v) Asia on the Path of Socialism.

Travels abroad:  U.K., France, Belgium, West Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, Greece, Israel, Burma, U.S.A. and Japan.

Permanent address:  Telengabazai, Cuttack—1, Orissa.