Party Name : All India Trinamool Congress (AITC)
Constituency : Kolkata Dakshin
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 15
Father's Name : Late Shri Promileswar Banerjee
Mother's Name : Smt. Gayetri Banerjee
Date of birth : 05 Jan 1955
Profession : Advocate Social Worker
Positions held :
1970-80 General-Secretary, Mahila Congress (I), West Bengal1978-81 Secretary, District Congress Committee (Indira) [D.C.C. (I)], Calcutta South1984 Elected to 8th Lok SabhaGeneral-Secretary, All India Youth Congress (I)1985-87 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes1987-88 Member, National Council, All India Youth Congress (I)Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home AffairsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development1988 Member, Executive Committee, Congress Parliamentary Party [C.P.P. (I)]1989 Member, Executive Committee, Pradesh Congress Committee [P.C.C. (I)], West Bengal1990 President, Youth Congress, West Bengal1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1991-93 Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Women and Child Development1993-96 Member, Committee on Home Affairs1995-96 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home AffairsMember, Committee on Public Accounts1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)1996-97 Member, Committee on Home AffairsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs1997 Founded All India Trinamool Congress and elected Chairperson, All India Trinamool Congress1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)1998-99 Chairman, Committee on RailwaysMember, General Purposes CommitteeMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)Leader, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok SabhaMember, General Purposes Committee13 Oct. 1999 - 16 Mar. 2001 Union Cabinet Minister, Railways2001-2003 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industries8 Sep. 2003 - 8 Jan. 2004 Union Cabinet Minister (without any portfolio)9 Jan. 2004- May 2004 Union Cabinet Minister, Coal and Mines2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term)Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law & Justice5 Aug. 2006 Member, Committee on Home Affairs5 Aug. 2007 Member, Committee on Home Affairs2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term)31 May 2009-19 July 2011 Union Cabinet Minister, RailwaysLeader, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha9 Oct. 2011 Resigned from 15th Lok Sabha
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Books Published
In Bengali (i) Upalabdhi; (ii) Janatar Darbare; (iii) Maa; (iv)Pallabi; (v) Manavik; (vi) Motherland ; (vii) Crocodile Island; (viii) Trinamool; (ix) Sishu Sathi; (x) Anubhuti; (xi)Abishasya; (xii)Janmaini; (xiii) Ekantee; (xiv) Ashubho Shanket;(xv) Jago Banglaa; (xv) Ganotantre Lajja;(xvi) Anoson Keno; (xvii)Soroni;(xviii) Langol;(xix)Andolaner Katha;(xx)Maa-Mati-Manush;(xxi)Ajab Chora; (xxii) Ek Guchho Bhavana; In English (xxiii) Struggle for Existence; (xxiv) Smile; (xxv) Dark Horizon; and (xxvi)Slaughter of Democracy
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Given music and written lyrics for Bengali songs and received Golden Disc
Social And Cultural Activities
Connected with different social and human rights organisations to promote the welfare of poor, children and women; providing free legal aid to the poor and working for the protection of human rights; organised various health camps for mothers and children
Special Interests
Protecting human rights
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Writing books and songs; painting and music
Countries Visited
Widely travelled
Other Information
Represented the country in (i) in U.N. General Assembly; (ii) as a woman parliamentarian at World Women Round Table Conference, Russia; and (iii) World Youth Conference, Vietnam; attended the Working Women Conference of ILO and ICFTU at Kuala Lumpur; observed Dharna in 1995 for 21 days to restore Human Rights; protested against atrocities on women and lock up deaths in the country, specially in West Bengal.
