Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Coochbehar(West Bengal )
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Party Name :
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All India Forward Bloc(AIFB)
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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 Talendranath Roy Pradhan
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Mother’s Name
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Late Smt. Suniti Roy Pradhan
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Date of Birth
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15.08.1930
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Place of Birth
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Barashashi, Distt. Dinajpur (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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14 Dec 1958
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Santilata Roy Pradhan
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No. of Sons
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2
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Educational Qualifications
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Undergraduate
Educated at Haldibari High School, Victoria College, Cooch Behar and A.C. College,
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)
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Profession
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Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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P.O. Haldibari, Distt. Coochbehar,
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West Bengal
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(03584) 63260
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Present Address |
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8, Dr. B.D. Marg,
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New Delhi – 110001
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(011) 23722829
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Position Held |
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1962, 1967 and 1969
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Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly (three terms)
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Member, Committee on Petitions; and Committee on Estimates
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Member, Joint Committee on Council for Homoeopathic Medicine
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Member, Select Committee on Land Reforms
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1966 onwards
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Member, State Committee, Forward Bloc (F.B.), West Bengal
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1970 onwards
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Chairman, District Committee, F.B., Cooch Behar
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1977
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Elected to 6th Lok Sabha
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1977-79
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Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and
Scheduled Tribes
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Member, Committee on Government Assurances
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1979 onwards
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Member, Central Committee, F.B., West Bengal
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1980
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Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
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Member, Committee on Official Language
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1984
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Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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Member, Committee on Official Language
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1989
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Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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1990-91
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Member, Committee on Government Assurances
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs
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1990 onwards
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Member, Secretariat, All India Forward Bloc (A.I.F.B)
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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1996
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Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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1996-97
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Chairman, Select Committee on the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes)
Order (Amendment) Bill, 1996
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Member, Committee on Commerce
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (7th term)
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Energy and its Sub-Committee-I on Power
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Member, Committee on Official Language
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (8th term)
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1999-2000
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Member, Committee on Energy
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2000-2004
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
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Book Published
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i) Upeksit Uttarbange; (ii) Sona Sonapat; and (iii) Garibi Hatao Ekti Slogan Matra
(all in Bengali); (iv) Forward towards Mighty Peasants Struggle; and (v) Rule of Jungle (in English)
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Written many articles; a regular contributor to various Bengali newspapers; Special Correspondent,
Amrita Bazar Patrika (English); Jugantar (Bengali); and Janamat weekly
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Fonder-Secretary, Rabindra Bhawan (a cultural institute), Haldibari 1960; President
and Founder-Secretary, Netaji Subhas Mahavidyalaya, Haldibari; General-Secretary, All India
Agragami Kisan Sabha, 1989-92
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Special Interests
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Socio-economic upliftment of the poor
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Journalism, gardening, folk songs and cultural activities
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Countries Visited
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Austria, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, France, Kuwait, Switzerland, U.K., former U.S.S.R. and West
Germany
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Other Information
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Participated in Freedom Struggle and was arrested for taking part in the movement against the
partition of India at the age of about 17 years; also participated in the movement for merger of
Cooch Behar State with the Indian Union and in various other workers and peasant movements;
suffered imprisonment for more than three years; led people’s demonstration before Parliament
House, New Delhi, 1960 (on the issue of Berubari); and in 1970 demanding Master Plan for North
Bengal; also led Tinbigha movement demanding exchange of Indian enclaves with Bangladesh in
1974, 1981 and 1992
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Reference: Loksabha