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Abhimanyu Rath

politician from Odisha, India (1921-1989)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ99480460 ↗
Source-derived summary

Abhimanyu Rath (1921-1989) was an Indian politician. He was a Member of Parliament, representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Ganatantra Parishad.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Abhimanyu Rath” as politician from Odisha, India (1921-1989). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Abhimanyu, Rath and politician.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1921, 1989—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1921-03-13. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Abhimanyu, Rath and politician providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Abhimanyu Rath”, the useful work is to connect “politician from Odisha, India (1921-1989)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q99480460. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1921 and 1989.

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This entry incorporates text from “Abhimanyu Rath” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.