Veteran litterateur, freedom fighter and former Minister Nityananda Mohapatra died on 17 April 2012 at the age of 100. Born in July 1912, he was eldest son of celebrated Odia poet Kantakabi Laxmikanta Mohapatra.
Nityananda was imprisoned three times by the British between 1930 and 1942 for nationalist activities. Post independence was elected thrice as MLA from Bhadrak, twice as an Independent and once as a Jana Congress candidate. Mohapatra was the Minister for Cultural Affairs and Food and Civil Supplies in the Swatantra-Jana Congress coalition Government headed by RN Singh Deo during 1967-71.
He rose to literary prominence as editor of Odia magazine Dagara, and as a short-story writer after Independence. Mohapatra was the recipient of Kendriya Sahitya Academy and Odisha Sahitya Academy awards.
His well-known books include Bhangahada, Gharadiha, Nahonm Tistami Baikunthe, Kalagara Dharagara and Priya O Priyatama. He also wrote the famous flag-song for the State unit of the CPI “Ei lal patakara tale.
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