Prem Ram Dubey Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

Prem Ram Dubey died on 17 September 2012 after a prolonged illness. Courts in Sambalpur were suspended for a day in his honour.

Inititally, Dubey was forced by his father to follow the family occupation of cultivating paddy, but was soon drawn away to follow his career in law and politics. In 1967, he joined Sambalpur Law College as a part-time lecturer. He resigned due to internal politics, but returned shortly after having been elected as the Senior Senate Member and Syndicate of Sambalpur University. After a short tenure in this position, he became the Dean of Law at Sambalpur University. He also accepted the position of Principal of Sambalpur Law College. Dubey then joined the Congress Party, following in the path of his uncle Bodhram Dubey, then regional President of Congress. With his uncle, he attended the Simla National Summit of Congress, where he met future Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar. However, he gradually became disillusioned with the Congress Party and concluded that they were unwilling to help the people of Kosal. In 1988, he established his own political party, the Western Orissa Peoples’ Front, which became known as the Kosal Party in 1992.

In 1955, he was married to Shashikala, the daughter of Indian independence activist Jwala Prasad Mishra and Smt Vedvati Mishra.

Prem Ram Dubey (22 October 1933 – 17 September 2012) was an Indian lawyer and politician. He was the founding father of the Kosal State Movement, which campaigns for statehood for Western Odisha.