Party Name : Janata Party
Constituency : Contai
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 6
More Information :
GUHA, PROF. SAMAR, Janata, [West Bengal—Contai—1977): s. of late Binod K. Guha; b. at Brahmankirta Village, Dacca, Bangladesh; 1917; ed. at Dacca Pogose School, Dacca Jagannath College and Dacca University; got first class in B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc Post-Graduate Research Scholarship, conducted research work on coal distillation, imprisoned before completing thesis and released in the middle of 1946; given overseas research scholarship bin refused: m. Smt. Basana Guha, August 11, 1960; 1 d.; Lecturer, Dacca Jagannath College, 1946, Later resigned refusing to furnish bond of 'no political activity', Lecturer in Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Culcutta; previously Member of the Bengal Revolutionary Party since school days; joined Congress in 1936, and later Forward Bloc, Praja Socialist Party, and Socialist Party; Close associate of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, suffered internment for about 11 years during Freedom Struggle; was arrested and detained for over 20 times during Congress rule in connection with various People's movements; remained in East Pakistan; after partition and imprisoned, therein, Dacca jail; remained under detention for about 16 months during emergency 1975; participated in the Bangladesh Liberation Struggle; Secretary and then Working Chairman, National Coordination Committee for Bangladesh; closely associated with Jaya Prakash Narain's total revolution movement; took active part in the formation of the Janata Party; was General Secretary, East Pakistan Forward Bloc; Secretary, Pakistan Gana Samiti, and East Pakistan Minorities Association; migrated to West Bengal in 1951; Convener, All India Tibet Convention, 1959; Secretary, West Bengal Forward Bloc; Secretary, Independent East Bengal Convention since 1965; Secretary and then Chairman, West Bengal Praja Socialist Party; Member, National Committee of Praja Socialist Party and Socialist Party since 1960 till merger with; the Janata Party; Member, Working Committee, Janata Party; Member, (i) Fourth Lok Sabha, 1967-70 and (ii) Fifth Lok Sabha, 1971—77; Leader of Praja Socialist Party in Parliament; presently Member, Estimates Committee and Chairman, Committee on Privileges, 1977-78. Social activities: Connected with many educational and social organisations, Refugees Relief Organisations and cultural, literary and youth Organisations. Favourite pastime arid recreation: Reading, writing, music and travelling.
