Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Barrackpore (West Bengal )
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Party Name :
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Communist Party of India (Marxist)(CPI(M))
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Father’s Name
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Late Shri Pramodakanta Topdar
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Kamalini Debi
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Date of Birth
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05.03.1941
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Place of Birth
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Netrokona, Distt. Mymensing (Now in Bangladesh)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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30 May 1976
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Swapna Topdar
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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.Sc. (Hons.) (Chemistry)
Educated at Vidyasagar College, University of Calcutta, Calcutta (West Bengal)
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Profession
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Teacher
Educationist, Trade Unionist
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Permanent Address |
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30, Barsad Road, P.O. Nonachandanpukur,
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P.S. Titagarh, Distt. North 24 Parganas – 700 001 (West Bengal)
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(033) 5601444,5600408
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Present Address |
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152 -154, North Avenue,
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New Delhi – 110 001
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Tels. (011) 23092167, 9868180507 (M)
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Position Held |
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1989
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Elected to 9th Lok Sabha
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1989-91
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Science and Technology
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1991-94
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Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
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1993-96
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Member, Committee on Commerce
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1996-97
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Member, Committee on Commerce
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Commerce
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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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 (5th term)
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1999-2000
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Member, Committee on Commerce
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1999-2000 and 2000-2001
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Member, Committee on Public Undertakings
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2000-2004
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term)
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Member, Committee on Energy
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Member, Public Accounts Committee
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5 Aug. 2007 onwards
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Member, Committee on Rural Development
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1 May 2008
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Participated in the cultural movement through Indian People’s Theatres Association (I.P.T.A.),
1960-67; associated with the activities of Indo-Soviet Cultural Society (I.S.C.U.S.), 1959-63;
relief works including those for flood; and setting up a Hospital named ‘Newton Cancer Centre’ for
research and cure for treatment of cancer and making efforts to develop it as one of the leading
hospitals in eastern India
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Sports and Clubs
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Working as Joint General-Secretary, Friends of the Stadium at Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Calcutta;
promoting various disciplines of sports including football, athletics and gymnastics; and conducting
training programmes for football, volleyball and table tennis for juniors
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Countries Visited
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China, Hong Kong and U.K.
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Other Information
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Member, (i) High Power Committee on Handlooms since 1991; and (ii) Sub-Committee on
National Textiles Corporation, 1994-96
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Reference: Loksabha