Office Established (himself as Prime Minister of Orissa)
Succeeded by
Nabakrushna Choudhuri
3rd Prime Minister of Orissa
In office 23 April 1946 – 26 January 1950
Preceded by
Krushna Chandra Gajapati
Succeeded by
Posiiton Abolished (himself as Chief Minister of Orissa)
Governor of Bombay
In office 2 March 1955 – 14 October 1956
Chief Minister
Morarji Desai
Preceded by
Girija Shankar Bajpai
Succeeded by
Sri Prakasa
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1952–1955
Succeeded by
Nityanand Kanungo
Constituency
Cuttack
In office 1962–1967
Preceded by
Badakumar Pratap Gangadeb
Succeeded by
D. N. Deb
Constituency
Deogarh
Minister of Commerce and Industry of India
In office 13 May 1950 – 26 December 1950
Preceded by
Syama Prasad Mukherjee
Succeeded by
Nityanand Kanungo
Personal details
Born
Harekrushna Das
(1899-11-21)21 November 1899 Agarpada, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Odisha)
Died
2 January 1987(1987-01-02) (aged 87)
Political party
Indian National Congress Orissa Jana Congress Janata Party
Spouse
Subhadra Devi
Children
Bhartruhari Mahtab
Alma mater
Ravenshaw College
Writing career
Language
Odia, English
Period
Colonial/Post Colonial India
Genre
History, Biographies, Academic Theses
Subjects
Indian Politics, History
Notable works
Gaon Majlis
Notable awards
Sahitya Akademi Award
Source: [1]
Harekrushna Mahatab (born Harekrushna Das, 21 November 1899 – 2 January 1987) was the leader of the Indian National Congress, a notable figure in the Indian independence movement and the Chief Minister of Odisha from 1946 to 1950 and again from 1956 to 1961. He was popularly known by the sobriquet "Utkal Keshari".
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