Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo

Honorary Brigadier (Colonel) Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo AVSM (born 6 August 1941), the scion of Dhenkanal is a former Member of Parliament and a retired Indian Territorial Army officer. He was a member of the 4th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th and 13th Lok Sabha. He was first elected to Lok Sabha in 1967 representing Swatantra Party.

Early life K.P. Singh Dev is the son of the late Shankar Pratap Singh Dev, the last Raja of Dhenkanal. He was educated at La Martiniere Calcutta.

Political career

In the 1967 Lok Sabha elections, he stood as a candidate for the Swatantra Party and was elected from the Dhenkanal constituency of Odisha. Aged 25, he was among the youngest MPs elected that year. From 1967 until 1970, he served as chief whip for the party in the Lok Sabha.

Military career Singh Dev was commissioned a Territorial Army second lieutenant in the Regiment of Artillery on 1 June 1971. He was awarded Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) in 1994. He was ADC to the President of India. Upon reaching retirement age, he was promoted colonel on 30 August 1995, On 10 October 1997, he was granted the honorary rank of brigadier.