Basant Kumar Biswal

Basant Kumar Biswal (August 23, 1936 – September 7, 2003) was a politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party from Odisha. He was Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha. He was member of the legislative assembly from Tirtol assembly constituency and was Vice-President of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee.^[1][2][3]

Basant Kumar Biswal
3rd Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha
In office 15 March 1995 – 17 February 1999 Serving with Hemananda Biswal
Preceded by	Nilamani Routray
Succeeded by	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Pravati Parida
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
In office 1990–2000
Preceded by	Nityananda Samntaray
Succeeded by	Debashish Samantaray
Constituency	Tirtol
Personal details
Born	Basant Kumar Biswal (1936-08-23)23 August 1936 Tulang village, Jagatsinghpur district
Died	7 September 2003(2003-09-07) (aged 67)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Meera Biswal
Children	Ranjib Biswal Chiranjib Biswal
Residence(s)	Tulang village, Jagatsinghpur district
Occupation	Farmer

He had two sons, Ranjib Biswal a former cricketer, manager of the Indian Cricket Team and Chairman of Indian Premier League, as well as a Rajya Sabha Member of parliament for Odisha, as part of the Indian National Congress party. His second son Chiranjib Biswal is a Congress MLA from Jagatsinghpur assembly constituency and deputy opposition leader of the Odisha assembly.^[4][5]