Know your Politician
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Hooghly (West Bengal )
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Party Name :
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Communist Party of India (Marxist)(CPI(M))
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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 Gangadhar Pal
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Mother’s Name
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Late Smt. Rajlakshmi Pal
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Date of Birth
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02.12.1936
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Place of Birth
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Hooghly (West Bengal)
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Marital Status
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Unmarried
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Educational Qualifications
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M.A. (English)
Educated at Calcutta University, Calcutta (West Bengal)
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Profession
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Teacher
Educationist, Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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Boral Lane, P.O. & Distt. Hooghly- 712 103
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(West Bengal)
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(033) 26802691
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Present Address |
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(i) 106, North Avenue, New Delhi – 110 001
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(ii) 16, G.R.G. Road,New Delhi – 110 001
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Tels.(011) 23092772, 9868180105(M)
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Position Held |
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1980
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Elected to 7th Lok Sabha
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1980-84
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Member, Committee on Official Languages
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1980-84,1990-96, 1997-99
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
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1982-84,1990-92,1993-94
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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1989
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Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1993-96
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Member, Committee on Communications and its Sub-Committee on
National Media Policy
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1996-97
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Chairman, Committee on Estimates
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Member, Committee on External Affairs
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
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Member, Select Committee, Broadcasting Bill, 1996
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1997-99
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting
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1997-98
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Member, Committee on External Affairs
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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Chief Whip, C.P.I.(M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts and its Sub-Committee on
Stationery and Printing Offices
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Member, Committee on Finance
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Member, Committee on Government Assurances
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Member, Committee on Provision of Computers to Members of Parliament
and its Sub-Committee on Maintenance of Computers and related activities
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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Chief Whip, C.P.I.(M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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1999-2004
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Member, Committee on Finance
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Member, Committee on Government Assurances
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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2000-2004
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of External Affairs
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 7th term)
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Chairman, Committee on Public Undertakings
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Member, Business Advisory Committee, Lok Sabha
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Member, Committee on Finance
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Committee on Provision of Computer for MPs, Offices of Parties, Officers of
Lok Sabha Secretariat
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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5 Aug. 2007 onwards
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Member, Standing Committee on Finance
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1 May 2008
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Chairperson, Committee on Public Undertakings
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Edited collection of writings on, (i) Freedom Movement in the district of Hooghly; (ii) Peasant movement;
(iii) Total literacy; and (iv) Health Education Programme
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Special Interests
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History of Freedom Struggle, peasant movement and working class movement in India; literacy
programmes; folk culture, literature, print and electronic media; and information technology
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading, writing and social service
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled; Member, (i) Indian Parliamentary Delegations to France, former F.R.G., Switzerland, U.K. and former
U.S.S.R., 1980; Mongolia, 1991; Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and U.S.A. (U.N.),
1998; (ii) Indian Delegation led by the then Vice-President of India, to China, 1994; (iii) Indian
Parliamentary Delegation led by the then Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha to Norway, 1997; and
(iv) Indian Delegation to Bangladesh
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Other Information
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Member, Press Council of India
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Reference: Loksabha