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Khandapada scion, former minister Bibhuti Bhushan Singh Mardaraj passes away
The New Indian Express Jeypore
|August 08, 2025
FORMER minister and ex-deputy Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly Bibhuti Bhushan Singh Mardaraj, who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the city following prolonged illness, passed away early on Thursday morning. He was 70.
A scion of the Khandapada dynasty, he was the son of Harihar Singh Mardaraj Bhramarbar Rai, the last ruler of the princely state before its merger with the Odisha state on January 1, 1948.
Born on January 4, 1955, Singh Mardaraj studied at the BJB College, Bhubaneswar. During his college days, he emerged as a prominent student leader and got elected to the Odisha Assembly for the first time in 1980 as an independent candidate from the Khandapada constituency. He subsequently joined the ruling Congress and also served as the president of the Puri District Youth Congress between 1981 and 1984.
This story is from the August 08, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Jeypore.
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