Party Name : All India Forward Bloc
Constituency : Coochbehar
State : West Bengal
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 8 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Late Shri Talendranath Roy Pradhan
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Suniti Roy Pradhan
Date of birth : 15 Aug 1930
Profession : Social Worker
Positions held :
1962, 1967 and 1969 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly (three terms)Member, Committee on Petitions; and Committee on EstimatesMember, Joint Committee on Council for Homoeopathic MedicineMember, Select Committee on Land Reforms1966 onwards Member, State Committee, Forward Bloc (F.B.), West Bengal1970 onwards Chairman, District Committee, F.B., Cooch Behar1977 Elected to 6th Lok Sabha1977-79 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled TribesMember, Committee on Government Assurances1979 onwards Member, Central Committee, F.B., West Bengal1980 Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (2nd term)Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the TableMember, Committee on Official Language1984 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (3rd term)Member, Committee on Official Language1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (4th term)1990-91 Member, Committee on Government AssurancesMember, Committee on Public AccountsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs1990 onwards Member, Secretariat, All India Forward Bloc (A.I.F.B)1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (5th term)1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (6th term)1996-97 Chairman, Select Committee on the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 1996Member, Committee on Commerce1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (7th term)1998-99 Member, Committee on Energy and its Sub-Committee-I on PowerMember, Committee on Official LanguageMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (8th term)1999-2000 Member, Committee on Energy2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
More Information :
Books Published
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)
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Written many articles; a regular contributor to various Bengali newspapers; Special Correspondent, Amrita Bazar Patrika (English); Jugantar (Bengali); and Janamat weekly
Social And Cultural Activities
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
Special Interests
Socio-economic upliftment of the poor
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Journalism, gardening, folk songs and cultural activities
Countries Visited
Austria, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, France, Kuwait, Switzerland, U.K., former U.S.S.R. and West Germany
Other Information
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
