Career
Born in Khandasahi in the undivided district of Cuttack on 11 February 1913. He was elected to the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Lok Sabha from 1957 to 1970 representing Kendrapara Parliamentary Constituency of Odisha. He was also one of the Governors of Khoj Parishad, a socio-economic research institute, from 1948 to 1951.
As a freedom fighter, Dwivedy suffered imprisonment for seven years for participating in the Quit India movement and struggle against British imperialism
He was the leader, Praja Socialist Party in Lok Sabha । He was the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh from 1991 to 1993.
He died on 1 October 2001 at Rourkela, Odisha.