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Hussain Rabi Gandhi (also spelled Hussain Rabigandhi, Husen Rabi Gandhi) is an Indian Odia writer of the late-twentieth century and a politician hailing from the Indian state of Odisha. He served as the general secretary of Biju Janata Dal from upon its formation in 1998 till 2005. In 1994 the title of Biplabi Loka Kabi was conferred upon him by the Mayor of Cuttack. He was also awarded with the title of Utkala Jyoti in 1996 by the then Deputy chief minister of Odisha, Basant Kumar Biswal on the behalf of Freedom Fighter's Organisation. Hussain basically writes in Odia language and was awarded with the Secular India Harmony Award in 1993 by the former President of India, Giani Zail Singh and with the Gangadhar Meher Kabita award in 2015 for his notable contributions to the field of Odia po