Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo

Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo KCIE was an Indian politician and the last ruler of the princely state of Patna in Odisha before Indian independence in 1947. He was the President of the Ganatantra Parishad political party from 1950 to 1962 and the President of the Odisha state unit of the Swatantra Party after the merger of the Ganatantra Parishad with it in 1962. Deo was elected multiple times to the Odisha Legislative Assembly. He served as the Chief Minister of Odisha from 1967 to 1971. Early in his political career, Deo served as a Member of Parliament in the 1st Lok Sabha.