Party Name : Janata Party
Constituency : Calcutta North East
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 6
More Information :
CHUNDER, DR. PRATAP CHANDRA, B.A. (Hons.), M.A., LL.B., D. Phil., Janata, (West Bengal—Calcutta North East—1977): s. of late Shri Nirmal Chandra Chunder; b. at Calcutta, September 1, 1919; ed. at Hindu School, presidency College, University College of Law and Calcutta University; m. Smt. Leena Chunder (nee Roy Chowdhury), December 3, 1940; 4 s.; Solicitor, High Court, Calcutta; Advocate, Supreme Court of India; Lecturer, Calcutta, Burdwan and Jadavpur Universities; previously associated with the Indian National Congress till 1969 and the Congress (O) 1969—77; President, West Bengal Congress Committee 1967—69 and West Bengal Congress Committee (O) 1969—77, Member, Working Committee, Indian National Congress (O), Member, Senate of the University of Calcutta, 1961—67 and Executive Council of Rabindra Bharati University, 1962—68; Honorary Citizen of New Orleans; Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly, 1962—67 and 1967-68; Chairman, Public Accounts Committee, West Bengal, 1965—68; Minister, Finance, Judicial and Legislative Departments, West Bengal, 1968; Minister of Education, Social Welfare and Culture since March, 1977. Favourite pastime and recreation: Travelling; Reading and Painting.
