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Jagannath Rout
Indian politician (1942–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Jagannath Rout (13 November 1942 – 24 January 2020) was an Indian politician from Odisha belonging to Indian National Congress. He was a legislator of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. He also served as a minister of the Government of Odisha.
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Biography
Rout was born on 13 November 1942.[1][2] He was elected as a legislator of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Dhamnagar in 1980, 1985 and 1995.[3][4][5] He resigned from his legislator post on 16 March 1999.[1]
Rout also served as a minister of the Government of Odisha. He served as the Industry Minister 7 December 1989 to 3 March 1990, Health and Family Welfare Minister from 21 March 1995 to 14 August 1998 and Urban Development Minister from 24 August 1998 to 17 February 1999.[1]
Rout died of cardiac arrest on 24 January 2020 at the age of 77.[6][7][8]
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