Second Nabakrushna Choudhuri ministry

Second Nabakrushna Choudhuri ministry
Second Nabakrushna Choudhuri ministry
; 6th Ministry of Orissa
1952 – 1956
	Nabakrushna Choudhuri; Hon'ble Chief Minister of Orissa
Date formed	20 February 1952
Date dissolved	19 October 1956
People and organisations
Governor	Asaf Ali
Chief Minister	Nabakrushna Choudhuri
No. of ministers	14
Member parties	Indian National Congress
Status in legislature	Minority
Opposition party	All India Ganatantra Parishad
Opposition leader	Shraddhakar Supakar
History
Incoming formation	1st Orissa Legislative Assembly
Outgoing formation	2nd Provincial Assembly
Election	1952 Assembly election
Legislature terms	4 years, 242 days
Predecessor	First Nabakrushna Choudhuri ministry
Successor	Second Harekrushna Mahatab ministry

Nabakrushna Choudhuri was sworn in as the chief minister of Orissa for the second time following Congress emerging as single largest party in 1952 Assembly election.^[1]^[2]

Brief history

In the first assembly election of state after independence, Congress led by Shri Nabakrushna Choudhuri emerged as single largest party with 67 seats. Shri Choudhuri along with 6 Cabinet ministers and 7 Deputy Ministers were administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Asaf Ali at the Raj Bhavan, Bhubaneswar on 20 February 1952.^[3]

With view on upcoming Assembly election, Shri Choudhuri resigned on 19 October 1956 paving way for Shri Harekrushna Mahatab to lead Congress into the election.

Council of Ministers

Source
Portfolio	Name Constituency	Tenure
Chief Minister Relief & Rehabilitation River Valley Development Public Relations Works Other departments not allocated to any Minister.	Nabakrushna Choudhuri MLA from Barchana	20 February 1952	19 October 1956	INC
Revenue Excise Supply			26 February 1952
Finance			7 April 1952
Home			1 January 1954
Development		1 January 1954	19 October 1956
Revenue (excluding Commercial Taxes) Excise Supply		22 September 1956	19 October 1956
Cabinet Minister
Law Health	Dinabandhu Sahoo MLA from Kendrapara	20 February 1952	26 April 1954	INC
Education			7 April 1952
Development			1 January 1954
Home		1 January 1954	26 April 1954
Industries Transport	Rajbahdur Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj MLA from Daspalla	20 February 1952	19 October 1956	INC
Tribal & Rural Welfare Commerce Labour	Sonaram Soren MLA from Bahalda	20 February 1952	19 October 1956	INC
Excise Supply	Sadashiva Tripathy MLA from Nowrangpur	26 February 1952	22 September 1956	INC
Revenue		26 February 1952	29 January 1954
Revenue (excluding Commercial Taxes)		29 January 1954	22 September 1956
Finance Education	Radhanath Rath MLA from Athgarh	7 April 1952	19 October 1956	INC
Home Law Health	Satyapriya Mohanty MLA from Bhubaneswar	26 April 1954	19 October 1956	INC
Deputy Minister
Health	Basanta Manjari Devi MLA from Ranpur	20 February 1952	19 October 1956	INC
Works	Bhairab Chandra Mohanty MLA from Cuttack Rural	20 February 1952	19 October 1956	INC
Home	Nilamani Routray MLA from Dhamnagar	20 February 1952	19 October 1956	INC
Relief & Rehabilitation Animal Husbandry Public Relations	Anupa Singh Deo MLA from Nawapara	20 February 1952	19 October 1956	INC
Local Self Government in Health Fisheries Co-operation	Santanu Kumar Das MLA from Jajpur	20 February 1952	19 October 1956	INC
Transport Forest	Tirthabasi Pradhan MLA from Baragarh	6 March 1952	19 October 1956	INC
Supply Agriculture	Krupanidhi Naik MLA from Sundargarh	6 March 1952	19 October 1956	INC

Demographics

Division	District	Ministers	Cabinet Ministers	Deputy Ministers
Central	Cuttack	5	Nabakrushna Choudhuri (Chief Minister) Dinabandhu Sahoo Radhanath Rath	Bhairab Chandra Mohanty Santanu Kumar Das
	Puri	3	Rajbahdur Kishore Chandra Deo Bhanj Satyapriya Mohanty	Basanta Manjari Devi
	Balasore	1	–	Nilamani Routray
	Mayurbhanj	1	Sonaram Soren	–
Northern	Sambalpur	1	–	Tirthabasi Pradhan
	Sundergarh	1	–	Krupanidhi Naik
	Keonjhar	0	–	–
	Dhenkanal	0	–	–
	Balangir	0	–	–
Southern	Ganjam	0	–	–
	Kalahandi	1	–	Anupa Singh Deo
	Koraput	1	Sadashiva Tripathy	–
	Phulbani	0	–	–

References

↑ "IndiaVotes AC: Orissa 1952". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
↑ Das, Dr. Sthitaprajna; Panigrahi, Puspalata (14 July 2024). "A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024)" (PDF). International Journal of Political Science and Governance. 6 (2): 28–33 – via E-ISSN: 2664-603X, P-ISSN: 2664-6021.
↑ "Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly". Odisha Legislative Assembly. 14 September 2025.

[1] "IndiaVotes AC: Orissa 1952". IndiaVotes. Retrieved 15 September 2025.

[2] Das, Dr. Sthitaprajna; Panigrahi, Puspalata (14 July 2024). "A study on the state legislative assembly elections in Odisha (1952-2024)" (PDF). International Journal of Political Science and Governance. 6 (2): 28–33 – via E-ISSN: 2664-603X, P-ISSN: 2664-6021.

[:0-3] "Brief History of Odisha Legislative Assembly". Odisha Legislative Assembly. 14 September 2025.

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Chief ministers of Odisha
Orissa Province	Krushna Chandra Gajapati Bishwanath Das Harekrushna Mahatab
Odisha (formerly Orissa)	Harekrushna Mahatab Nabakrushna Choudhuri Biju Patnaik Biren Mitra Sadashiva Tripathy Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Bishwanath Das Nandini Satpathy Binayak Acharya Nilamani Routray Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Hemananda Biswal Giridhar Gamang Naveen Patnaik Mohan Charan Majhi
Ministry	Gajapati I Das I Gajapati II Mahatab I Choudhuri I Choudhuri II Mahtab II Mahtab III Biju I Mitra Tripathy Singh Deo Das II Satpathy I Satpathy II Acharya Routray Janaki I Janaki II Biswal I Biju II Janaki III Gamang Biswal II Naveen I Naveen II Naveen III Naveen IV Naveen V Majhi