MOHANTY BHAIRAB

Date of Birth : 1913-07-13
Gender : Male
Father : Late Kulamani Mohanty
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Address : Near Industries Directorate, Cuttack-1, Odisha, India.
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* Functioned as the Honorary General Secretary Orissa Olympic Association, Orissa Cricket Association; President Orissa Council of Sports; Vice-President Board of Control for Cricket in India; Vice-president of Amature Athletic Federation of India.
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* Functioned as the secretary of Orissa Olympic Association from 16 February 1947 to 5 August 1958 and from 14 February 1960 to 23 July 1980.
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* Functioned as Organising Secretary of National Games twice.
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* Introduced Barabati Raffle (Lottery) to raise funds for the construction of Barabati Stadium.
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* Roped in hockey wizard Dhyan Chand to impart coaching at Barabati Stadium for two years and help promote the stick sport in Odisha.
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Associated with various cultural organizations, including Utkal Rabindra Parishad Utkal Sahitya Samaj, Kumar Utsav Samiti.
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* He was a member of Advisory Board of Shri Aurobindo Centenary Celebrations Committee for Orissa and president Orissa State Branch of Indo-Soviet Cultural Society.
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Writer of short languages into Oriya
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He was the first Editor of Oriya Daily `Prajatantra’ and English Daily `Eastern Times’
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He was a Fellow of Utkal University for a number of years and a member of the Utkal University Syndicate for sometime.
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Joined `Quit India` Movement in 1942 after resigning from Government service and was sentenced to imprisonment for four years on several grounds including sedition and conspiracy against the British Government.
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* After the split in the Indian National Congress, he became the Convener of the Cuttack District Congress Committee.
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* Functioned as the Member of Orissa Legislative Assembly from Cuttack City from 23rd March, 1971 to 3rd March, 1973.
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Died of a massive heart attack at the Games Village during Moscow Summer Olympics on 22 July, 1980.
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* His son Debashish played first-class cricket matches for Delhi and Odisha.

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