Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Calcutta North East (West Bengal )
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Party Name :
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All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)
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Father’s Name
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Late Dr. Dhanapati Panja
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Mother’s Name
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Late Smt. Santwana Panja
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Date of Birth
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13.09.1936
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Place of Birth
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Calcutta (West Bengal)
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Marital Status
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Widower
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Date of Marriage
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11 Aug 1960
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Spouse’s Name
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Late Prof. Jaya Panja
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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., Bar-at-Law
Educated at Scottish Church College, Calcutta University, Calcutta
(West Bengal), Lincoln’s Inn,London (U.K.)
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Profession
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Advocate
Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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250, C.R. Avenue, Kolkata-6,
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West Bengal
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241-1525 and 2525
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Present Address |
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17, Windsor Place,
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New Delhi – 110001
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(011) 23782057
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Position Held |
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1971
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Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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1971-72
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Cabinet Minister, Judiciary and Parliamentary Affairs (Home), West Bengal
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1972-77
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Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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1973 onwards
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Member, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)
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1977
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President, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.) (I), North Calcutta,
West Bengal
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1972-77
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Cabinet Minister, Health and Family Planning and Water Supply, Calcutta
Corporation, Municipal Affairs and Forests Development, West Bengal
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Chairman, Jhargram Development Board
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1980-81
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President, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.) (I), West Bengal
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1982-85
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Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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1984
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Elected to 8th Lok Sabha
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1985-86
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Union Minister of State, Planning
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1986
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Union Minister of State, Food and Civil Supplies
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1986-88
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Union Minister of State, Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge)
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1988-89
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Union Minister of State, Finance
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1989
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Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1990
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Member, Committee of Privileges
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
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1990-91
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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Member, Informal Consultative Committee, Railway Zone
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1991-93
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Union Minister of State, Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge)
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1993-95
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Union Minister of State, Coal (Independent Charge)
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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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Member, Committee on Energy
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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Chief Whip, West Bengal Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Industry
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment
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Chairman, West Bengal Trinamool Congress
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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13 Oct. 1999 – 16 March 2001
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Union Minister of State, External Affairs
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Book Published
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i) Encephalitis Attack in West Bengal; (ii) CPM Gun Shoot to Kill (English and Bengali); (iii)
Ganatantra Hatya (Bengali); (iv) Siksha Khethre Nairajya (Bengali); (v) Sansad Bichitra (Bengali);
(vi) PM (Sh. V.P. Singh) Challenged to Prove Charges (English); (vii) Dunkel Agreement (Bengali);
(viii) Unemployment Problem in India—How to Solve it (Bengali); (ix) Era of Excellence of
Narasimha Rao Government—4th Year-Major Achievements and Decisions (English, Hindi, Urdu
and Bengali); and (x) Mining Medicines Hand Book for Health Workers and Mine Workers
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Lover of Creative Art; Stage Artist, played the role of Sri Ramakrishna in the Bengali play ‘Nati
Binodani’, conferred with Best Actor ‘Uttam Award’, 1999
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Engaged in social work for the poor, needy and physically handicapped; connected
with several social organisations for the welfare of minority communities, scheduled castes,
scheduled tribes and the downtrodden
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Special Interests
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Reading story books for children, singing and writing
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading, listening to music, gardening and singing
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Sports and Clubs
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Member, (i) Mohan Bagan Club; (ii) Calcutta Club; (iii) East Bengal Club; and (iv) Aiykya
Saminilani Football Club
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Countries Visited
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Widely travelled; Member, PM’s Delegation to Australia, Indonesia, New Zealand and Thailand,
October 1986; Leader, (i) Delegation to Bhutan, November 1986; (ii) Delegation to International
Film Festival at Mauritius and Moscow, 1987 and July 1991; (iii) Delegation to Information
Ministers of SAARC Countries Conference at Harare, June, 1987; (iv) Delegation to Burma and
Thailand in July 1988; (v) Delegation to the film Segment of the Festival of India, Berlin, 1991; (vi)
Parliamentary Delegation to U.K., France and Germany to evaluate the Parliamentary
Broadcasting System in Parliament House, June 1992; (vii) Delegation to Germany in September,
1993; and (viii) High Power Delegation for establishing bilateral relations in the field of Coal
Industries, China, 1994; as Minister of State for External Affairs, visited (i) Sri Lanka in
November, 1999; (ii) Macau for handing over ceremony to China in December 1999; and (iii)
Bangladesh in January 2000; also accompanied Prime Minister during his visit to Mauritius in
March 2000
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Other Information
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Member, (i) Supreme Court Bar Association; (ii) High Court Bar Association; and (iii) Bar Library Club
High Court, Calcutta
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Reference: Loksabha