Pratap Keshari Deo
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Pratap Keshari Deo | |
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| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1957–1980 | |
| Preceded by | Giridhari Bhoi |
| Succeeded by | Rasa Behari Behara |
| Constituency | Kalahandi, Odisha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 October 1919 |
| Died | 8 October 2001 (aged 82) New Delhi, India |
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Maharaja Pratap Keshari Deo (5 October 1919 – 8 October 2001) was an Indian politician. He was the last ruler of Kalahandi State from 1939 to 1947. Post-independence, he was elected from the Kalahandi constituency in Odisha to the Lower House of the Indian Parliament the Lok Sabha.[1][2][3] He was deputy Leader of the Opposition, Orissa Legislative Assembly, 1952—1956.[4]
During the time Deo ruled Kalahandi, a major irrigation project was initiated on the Indravati River to build Indravati Dam,[5] and along with engineer Bhubaneswar Behera and administrator Ram Chandra Patra he visualized and prepared the blueprint. This plan was disrupted by governmental changes in the early post-independence period. In 1948 Kalahandi lost its state status and was merged into Odisha[6]
