Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha
ROY PRADHAN, SHRI AMAR
[ALL INDIA FORWARD BLOC - COOCH BEHAR-SC (WEST BENGAL)]
Father's Name Late Shri Talendranath Roy Pradhan Date of Birth 15 August 1930 Place of Birth Barashashi, Distt. Dinajpur (now in Bangladesh) Marital Status Married on 14 December 1958 Spouse's Name Smt. Santilata Roy Pradhan Children Two sons Educational Qualifications Undergraduate Educated at Victoria College, Cooch Behar and A.C. College, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) Profession Political and Social Worker Permanent Address P.O. Haldibari, Distt. Cooch Behar - 736101 (West Bengal) Tel. (03584) 63260 Present Address 8, Dr. B.D. Marg, New Delhi-110001 Tel. (011) 3722829 Positions Held 1962,1967 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly (three terms) and 1969 Member, Committee on Petitions; and Committee on Estimates Member, Joint Committee on Council for Homoeopathic Medicine Member, Select Committee on Land Reforms 1966 Member, State Committee, Forward Bloc (F.B.) onwards West Bengal 1970 Chairman, District Committee ,F.B., Cooch Behar onwards 1977 Elected to 6th Lok Sabha 1977-79 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Member, Committee on Government Assurances 1979 Member, Central Committee, F.B., West Bengal onwards 1980 Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (2nd term) Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table Member, Committee on Official Language 1984 Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (4th term) 1990-91 Member, Committee on Government Assurances Member, Committee on Public Accounts Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress Affairs 1990 Member, Secretariat, All India Forward Bloc (A.I.F.B) onwards 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, 1996 Member, Committee on Commerce 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (7th term) 1998-99 Member, Committee on Energy and of its Sub-Committee-I on Power Member, Committee on Official Language Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways 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 and 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 Founder-Secretary, Rabindra Bhawan (a cultural institute), Haldibari 1960; President and Founder-Secretary, Netaji Subhas Mahavidyalaya, Haldibari; General-Secretary, All India Agragrmi 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 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
Our Other Sites IndianPost.com MediaWorld.info MahatmaGandhiji.comTotal electorate 10,97,193 Total votes polled 9,16,783 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates (1) Shri Amar Roy Pradhan (A.I.F.B.) 3,96,140 (2) Shri Gobinda Roy [F.B.(S)] 2,72,974 (3) Shri Prasenjit Barman (W.B.T.C.) 2,18,093 (4) Smt. Papiya Barman (B.S.P.) 13,480
Election Result of Cooch Behar-SC Lok Sabha Constituency