Bhubaneswar: Udit Pratap Deo, former king of the erstwhile princely state of Kalahandi, has breathed his last at a private hospital here, family sources said. He was 71.
Deo was a former lawmaker from Junagarh Assembly segment in Odisha from 1974 to 1977. He is survived by wife, a son and a daughter. Deo and his queen Padma Manjari Devi had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.