D. B. M. Patnaik

Donkada Bhuvan Mohan Patnaik (October 31, 1925 – February 11, 2009), also known as D. B. M. Patnaik or simply DBM, was an Indian lawyer, politician and communist leader. He was from Bhagimpeta in Srikakulam district.^[1]

Patnaik practiced law at the Gunupur district court where he met Nagbhushan Patnaik; both of them defended peasants in court cases. In 1967, the two of them became active in the naxalite movement that lead to the formation of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist).^[2]

Patnaik started his political career with the Communist Party of India and subsequently joined the CPI (M). Along with Nagbhushan Patnaik, he joined the revolutionary communists in the Srikakulam Girijan Naxalbary movement. He was an active leader of the movement and subsequently joined the CPI (ML) which was formed after the various naxalite movements. He was active in various trade union movements and was also instrumental in the struggles of the people belonging to the lower economic strata of coastal Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.^[1]

Patnaik died on February 9, 2009 at the age of 84, after developing complications from surgery.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "UCCRI (ML) leader DBM passes away". The Hindu. February 12, 2009. http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/12/stories/2009021253920600.htm. Retrieved 28 December 2009. 
2. ^ Banerjee, Sumanta. "Nagbhushan Patnaik and His Political Legacy". Economic and Political Weekly 33 (44): 2775–2776. JSTOR 4407316. 

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Name	Patnaik, Donkada
Alternative names	DBM
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Date of birth	October 31, 1925
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Date of death	February 11, 2009
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