Charu Mihir Sarkar
Charu Mihir Sarkar (born 31 August 1924) was an Indian politician who was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1967 to 1971 and served as Minister in the 1967 and 1969 United Front state cabinets.
Youth[edit]
Sarkar was born on 31 August 1924.[1] He went to school at Malikandah in Dacca District, later receiving education at Surendranath College in Calcutta.[1] He received Master of Arts degree from Calcutta University.[1]
Sarkar as contested the Scheduled Castes seat in the Bongaon constituency in the 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, standing as a Praja Socialist Party candidate.[2] He finished in second place with 20,959 votes (29.54%), finishing ahead of former Minister of Pakistan Jogendra Nath Mandal.[2]
Social work[edit]
Sarkar was involved in various social welfare activities in his home district.[3] He founded the Ramchandrapur Palli Mongal Vidhyapith, and became its headmaster.[1]
Minister[edit]
Sarkar won the Hanskhali (SC) seat in the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, standing as a Bangla Congress candidate.[4] He obtained 33,298 votes (67.12%), defeating R.K. Mallick of the Indian National Congress in a straight contest.[4] On July 5, 1967 he was sworn in as a Minister without Portfolio in the United Front state government, after prolonged negotiations on including a minister from Scheduled Castes in the cabinet.[5]
Sarkar retained the Hanskhali (SC) seat in the 1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, obtaining 25,957 votes (51.75%).[6] Sarkar was named Minister for Community Development in the second United Front government formed in 1969.[7] Sarkar, along with two other Bangla Congress ministers, resigned from his post as Minister on February 19, 1970.[8] On 16 March 1970[9] Ajoy Mukherjee, the chief minister, presented his resignation, and the government was dismissed on 19 March 1970.[10]
1971 election[edit]
Sarkar lost the Hanskhali (SC) seat in the 1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. He obtained 4,574 votes (8.79%), finishing in third place behind the INC and CPI(M) candidates.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Sir Stanley Reed (1969). The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. Times of India Press. p. 942.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ The Sikh Review. Vol. 14–15. Sikh Cultural Centre. 1966. p. 65.
- ^ a b "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ Subhash C. Kashyap (1974). The politics of power: defections and state politics in India. National Pub. House. pp. 518, 523.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
- ^ Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee. Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952–1991. The Committee. p. 379. ISBN 9788176260282.
- ^ Surajit Kumar Dasgupta (1992). West Bengal's Jyoti Basu: a political profile. Gian Pub. House. p. 35. ISBN 978-81-212-0420-0.
- ^ Sitanshu Das (1970). The future for Indian democracy. Fabian Society. p. 30. ISBN 9780716312857.
- ^ Amrita Basu (1 October 1994). Two Faces of Protest: Contrasting Modes of Women's Activism in India. University of California Press. pp. 31–32. ISBN 978-0-520-08919-8.
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 December 2016.