Nityanand Kanungo

Nityanand Kanungo
6th Governor of Bihar
In office
7 December 1967 – 20 January 1971
Chief MinisterMahamaya Prasad Sinha
Satish Prasad Singh
B. P. Mandal
Bhola Paswan Shastri
Harihar Singh
Daroga Prasad Rai
Karpoori Thakur
Preceded byM. A. S. Ayyangar
Succeeded byU.N. Sinha (Acting)
2nd Governor of Gujarat
In office
1 August 1965 – 6 December 1967
Chief MinisterBalwantrai Mehta
Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai
Preceded byMehdi Nawaz Jung
Succeeded byP. N. Bhagwati (Acting)
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1952–1957
Succeeded bySurendranath Dwivedy
ConstituencyKendrapara
In office
1962–1967
Succeeded bySrinibas Mishra
ConstituencyCuttack
3rd Minister of Industry
In office
1955–1957
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Minister of Commerce, Govt of India
In office
1957–1962
Personal details
Born(1900-05-04)4 May 1900
Cuttack, British India
Died2 August 1988(1988-08-02) (aged 88)
Political partyIndian National Congress
Relatives
OccupationPolitician
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Nityanand Kanungo (4 May 1900 – 2 August 1988) was one of India's prominent politicians from the state of Odisha, who held successive high-profile portfolios in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet.