Party Name : Congress
Constituency : Cooch Behar-SC
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 2 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 2
More Information :
BARMAN, SHRI UPENDRANATH, B.A., LL.B., Cong.[West Bengal—-Cooch Behar (Reserved—-Sch. Castes) — 1957) S. of late Birnarayan Barman; B. Gopalpur village, Distt. Cooch Behar, December 1, 1899; ed. at Victoria College, Cooch Behar and University Law College, Calcutta; m. Shrimati Kshirodebala Debi, 21st Baisakh 1326; 2 S. and 4 D.; Lawyer; Vice-Chairman, Jalpaiguri Municipality; Minister, Congress Coalition Cabinet of Bengal, 1941-43; President, Dhupguri High English School and Helapakhuri High English School, Jalpaiguri Distt.; Vice-President, Jalpesh Lakshmikanta High English School; Member, District Red Cross Society; Interested in establishment of schools; Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly, 1936-45; Member, Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Commonwealth Conference, London, October 1948; Leader of Indian Delegation to International Rice Conference, Rangoon, 1950; Member, Constituent Assembly, 1947-50; Member, Provisional Parliament, 1950-52; Member, First Lok Sabha, 1952-57; At present, Chairman of Petitions Committee and also a member of the Panel of Chairmen in Lok Sabha. Travels: U.K., Switzerland and Burma. Special interest: Uplift of backward classes. Publications: (1) History of Rajbanshi Community, (2) History of Rajbanshi literature. Permanent Address: Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. [Voting results at the Election: Electorate: 8,03,592 Shri Upendranath Barman .. 2,20,572 Shri Kama! Krishna Roy Sinha .. 1,27,583]
