Devidhan Besra ( – 25 August 2022) was an Indian politician, belonging to
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
. In the
2009 election he was elected to the
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...
from the
Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency of
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...
.
Besra died from prostate cancer on 25 August 2022, at the age of 77.
Posts Held
See also
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Rajmahal (Lok Sabha constituency)
Rajmahal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Jharkhand state in eastern India. This constituency covers the entire Sahebganj and Pakur districts. This constituency is reserved for the candidates bel ...
References
External links
Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
1940s births
Year of birth missing
2022 deaths
India MPs 2009–2014
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Jharkhand
Lok Sabha members from Jharkhand
People from Pakur district
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