Know your Politician
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Malda (West Bengal )
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Party Name :
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Indian National Congress(INC)
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Father’s Name
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Late Shri Khan Bahadur H.B. Khan Choudhury
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Date of Birth
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01.11.1927
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Place of Birth
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Malda (West Bengal)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Educational Qualifications
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B.A.,
Educated at Calcutta University (West Bengal), London and Geneva
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Profession
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Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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Vill. Sahajalalpur, P.O. Kotowali,
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Distt. Malda (West Bengal)
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(03512) 269988
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Present Address |
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12, Akbar Road,
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New Delhi – 110 011
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Tel. (011) 23792729, 55361135
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Position Held |
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1952, 1967, 1969,
1971 1972 & 1977
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Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly (six terms)
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1971 and 1972-77
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Minister, Government of West Bengal (two terms)
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1978-80
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President, Pradesh Congress Committee (Indira) [P.C.C.(I)], West Bengal
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1980
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Elected to 7th Lok Sabha
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1980-82
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Union Cabinet Minister, Energy with additional charge of Department of
Coal and Irrigation
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1981-85
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Member, Congress Working Committee and Congress Paliamentary Party
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1982-84
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Union Cabinet Minister, Railways
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1984
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Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1985
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General-Secretary, All India Congress Committee (Indira) [A.I.C.C.(I)]
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1985-87
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Union Minister, Programme Implementation
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1989
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Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1988-90 and 1998-2000
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President, West Bengal, Pradesh Congress Committee
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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1996-97
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Member, Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Railways
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Water Resources
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (7th term)
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1999-2004
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Member, Committee on Energy
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1999-2000 & 2000-2001
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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2000-2005
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Member, Congress Working Committee
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2002-2004
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Member, Joint Committee on Salaries and Allowances of Members of Parliament
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (8th term)
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Member, Committee on Energy
(Sub Committee-III on Non-conventional Energy Sources)
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Rural development
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Countries Visited
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Canada, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, U.K. (London), U.S.A., U.S.S.R..; Member, Indian Delegation to UN, 1972 in connection with admission of Bangladesh to the world body, and again in 1976 in connection with Farakka Water Dispute
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Reference: Loksabha