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Encyclopedia > Biju Patnaik

Biju Patnaik one of the leader in modern orissa. "Biju Babu" is common name among people of orissa. He was a pilot in his earlier career, and left hand of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. He contributed a lot to orissa. Navin Patnaik is the only son of Biju babu. Naveen Patnaik is the Chief Minister of Orissa, India. ...


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The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion (1230 words)
On the morning of May 13, Naveen Patnaik was closeted with a few young leaders of his party inside the chill interiors of Naveen Niwas when television channels started flashing news of a decisive lead for the ruling Biju Janata Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition.
Patnaik was lucky to have survived the prevailing anti-incumbency that had thrown out the Vajpayee government at the Centre, as also N. Chandrababu Naidu in Andhra Pradesh and S.M. Krishna in Karnataka.
Biju Patnaik had had to wait for nearly three decades to become chief minister again in 1990.
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