Nationality Indian Role Indian Politician Occupation Politician Died 1988 | Religion Hindu Party Indian National Congress Name Nityanand Kanungo | |
Born 4 May 1900 ( 1900-05-04 ) Cuttack, India | ||
Nityanand Kanungo was an Indian politician from Odisha.
Nityanand Kanungo was born in Cuttack on 4 May 1900 and was educated at Ravenshaw College and University College (Calcutta). He was a member of the Indian National Congress and served as a member of the Orissa Legislative Assembly from 1937 to 1939 and again from 1946 to 1952.
When Orissa was granted provincial autonomy as per the Government of India Act 1935 Kanungo served as the Minister for Revenue and Public Works Departments in the cabinet of Biswanath Das from 1937 to 1939. He was again appointed a Minister in 1946 and served till 1952 looking after the portfolios of Home, Law, Industries and Agriculture.
In 1952, Kanungo was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Kendrapara constituency. In September, 1954 he was appointed Union Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry. From August, 1955, he was Minister of Industries and in June, 1956 was designated Minister of Consumer Industries. In 1957, he was again returned to the Lok Sabha and was appointed Minister of Commerce. Kanungo was a member of the Indian Delegation to the International Labour Conference in San Francisco (1948) and was the Leader of the Delegation to the Conference of the International Rice Commission held in Jakarta in 1952.
In the Indian general election, 1962, Kanugngo was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Cuttack constituency. He was a Minister for Commerce and Industries, and after the bifurcation of that portfolio, Minister in turn for Commerce and later for Industry. He finished up as Minister for Civil Aviation.
Kanungo served as the Governor of Gujarat from 1 August 1965 to 6 December 1967. He was the Governor of Bihar from 7 December 1967 to 20 January 1971.