Know your Politician 
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                                                        Basirhat                                                                                            (West Bengal                                                 )
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                                                        Party Name :
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                                                        Communist Party of India(CPI)
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                                                        Email Address :
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                                                        [email protected]
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                                                        Father’s Name
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                                                        Late Shri Nalin Behari Chakraborty
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                                                        Mother’s Name
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                                                        Late Smt. Lila Chakraborty
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                                                        Date of Birth
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                                                        08.12.1943
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                                                        Place of Birth
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                                                        Basirhat, Distt. 24 Parganas North (West Bengal)
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                                                        Marital Status
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                                                        Married
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                                                        Date of Marriage
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                                                        04 Feb 1976
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                                                        Spouse’s Name
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                                                        Smt. Chandrima Chakraborty
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                                                        No. of Sons
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                                                        1
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                                                        No.of Daughters
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                                                        1
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                                                        Educational Qualifications
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                                                        B.A., LL.B. Educated at Basirhat College, Basirhat, and Calcutta University, Calcutta (West Bengal)
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                                                        Profession
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                                                        Advocate 
                                                         
                                                        Social Worker
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                                                        Permanent Address | 
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                                                                    P.O. Basirhat Ukil Para,
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                                                                    Distt. 24-Parganas North- 743 411(West Bengal)
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                                                                    (03217)266142,265825
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                                                        Present Address | 
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                                                                    219, V.P. House, Rafi Marg,
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                                                                    New Delhi – 110 001
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                                                                    Tels. (011) 23736289, 23311418
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                                                        1996
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                                                        Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
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                                                        1996-97
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                                                        Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare
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                                                        Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles 
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                                                        Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on the functioning of Wakf Boards
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                                                        1998
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                                                        Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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                                                        1998-99
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                                                        Member, Committee on Industry
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                                                        Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House
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                                                        Member, Joint Committee on the functioning of Wakf Boards
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                                                        Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles 
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                                                        1999
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                                                        Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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                                                        Member, Committee on Finance
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                                                        Member, Joint Committee on the Protection of the Plant Varieties and 
                                       Farmers’ Rights Bill, 1999 
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                                                        2000-2004
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                                                        Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
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                                                        Member, Committee on Industry
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                                                        2004
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                                                        Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 4th term)
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                                                        Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
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                                                        Member, Committee on Energy
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                                                        Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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                                                        Contributing articles in different newspapers and magazines 
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                                                        Social And Cultural Activities
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                                                        Connected with different social organisations and involved in social activities since boyhood
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                                                        Special Interests
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                                                        Sports and Sangeet (Rabindra Sangeet and Nazrul Geeti) and Socialism
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                                                        Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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                                                        Socialising with landless, poor and agricultural labourers and interacting with young people
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                                                        Sports and Clubs
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                                                        Connected with different sports organisations and office bearer of a number of prominent clubs 
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                                                        Countries Visited
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                                                        China, Namibia, Nepal, South Africa and U.A.E; visited Russia and U.K. as a Member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation under the leadership of Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, 1998; and attended 48th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Namibia in 2002
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                                                        Other Information
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                                                        Participated from time to time in democratic movements, students movements, food movement, 
Peasant’s and Agricultural Workers and Working Class movements, in West Bengal , Councillor, Municipal Corporation, Basirhat for twenty years, and Member, National Council, Communist Party of India.
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Reference:  Loksabha