Charu Mihir Sarkar

Charu Mihir Sarkar was an Indian politician. Sarkar was born on August 31, 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 contested the Scheduled Castes seat in the Bongaon constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1957, 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]

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]

Sarkar won the Hanskhali (SC) seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967, 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 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1969, 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]

Sarkar lost the Hanskhali (SC) seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1971. He obtained 4,574 votes (8.79%), finishing in third place behind the INC and CPI(M) candidates.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Sir Stanley Reed (1969). The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. Times of India Press. p. 942.
  2. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  3. ↑ The Sikh Review. 14-15. Sikh Cultural Centre. 1966. p. 65.
  4. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Subhash C. Kashyap (1974). The politics of power: defections and state politics in India. National Pub. House. pp. 518, 523.
  6. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  7. ↑ Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee. Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952-1991. The Committee. p. 379.
  8. ↑ Surajit Kumar Dasgupta (1992). West Bengal's Jyoti Basu: a political profile. Gian Pub. House. p. 35. ISBN 978-81-212-0420-0.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
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