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An ardent believer in socialism from his college days, Rabi Ray joined the
Socialist Party as its member in 1948. Due to his innate qualities of leadership and his deep commitment to the socialist cause, he always remained at the forefront of the Socialist movement. During 1953–54, he held the post
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Since 1997, he was associated with a non-political organisation, Lok Shakti
Abhiyaan, and spearheaded a people's movement against corruption in high places, excessive centralisation and a decadent consumerist culture. He toured different parts of the country in furtherance of ensuring probity and
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Cuttack. He was married to Dr. Saraswati Swain, a medical doctor, who later became a professor at SCB Medical College, Cuttack. Being a socialist and forward looking, Ray never expected his wife to change her surname after marriage. She stood beside him as a source of inspiration in political
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Ravenshaw College. At the end of the day, the British Government had to give in to students' demands for the unfurling the tricolor Indian flag in educational institutions, though the country was still under foreign rule.
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Before joining active politics Rabi Ray was a freedom fighter. In early 1947, when he was studying history in
Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, he was arrested by the British Army in connection with the unfurling of the
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from the same constituency. Rabi Ray, who was empowered with an inherent simplicity and integrity, added to the prestige and dignity of the office of the
Speaker of the Lok Sabha through his unbiased approach.
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Mr. Ray, along with other prominent members of civil society, had urged the government to begin a dialogue with the CPI (Maoist) and stop the offensive against naxalites in some States
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transparency in all spheres of public life. He was a member of the
Citizens Initiative for Peace, a civil society group, and sought to find a peaceful resolution to the problem of
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Light Of Truth, 2002 (Rabi Ray, received the award on behalf of the people of India during the closing ceremony of the
Tibetan Festival of Compassion on 18 December 2002.)
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in Orissa as a Janata Dal candidate. On 19 December 1989, he was unanimously elected as the
Speaker of the 9th Lok Sabha. In 1991, he was re-elected to the
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in India. He regularly contributed articles on contemporary political and social issues to various leading journals in Oriya, Hindi and
English.
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threatened Rabi Ray in his chambers to send him to jail, Swamy was reacting to Ray's unwillingness to give 37
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385:Janata Party (Secular)
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37:Portrait of Rabi Ray
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