Durga Soren (1969-2009) was a leader of

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ( lit. ''Jharkhand Liberation Front''; JMM) is a State political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by Binod Bihari Mahato. It has one seat in the 17th Lok Sabha. Shibu Soren is the president of th ...

and a member of

Jharkhand Legislative Assembly The Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha or the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Jharkhand. List of assemblies See also *List of Chief Ministers of Jharkhand *List of constituencies of the Jharkhand Legislative Asse ...

. He was the son of JMM chief

Shibu Soren Shibu Soren ( Santali: ᱥᱤᱵᱩ ᱥᱚᱨᱮᱱ) (born 11 January 1944) is an Indian politician who thrice served as Chief Minister of Jharkhand, first in 2005 for 10 days (2 March to 12 March), then from 2008 to 2009 and again from 2009 to ...

and the husband of Sita Soren, who was a Member of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Jama constituency. He was also the elder brother of

Hemant Soren Hemant Soren (born 10 August 1975) is an Indian politician from Jharkhand, who is currently the Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Previously, he had also served as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand from July 2013 to December 2014. He is also the presid ...

, the current Chief Minister of Jharkhand. Durga Soren was elected as a

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from Jama constituency from 1995 to 2000. He lost in the 2005 assembly poll to

Sunil Soren Sunil Soren is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Soren was a member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from the Jama constituency in Dumka district. He is currently the Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from Dumk ...

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 ...

. He also contested election from Godda constituency for

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but lost to

Nishikant Dubey Nishikant Dubey (born 28 January 1969) is a member of India's 17th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and represents the Godda constituency in Jharkhand since May 2009, having won t ...

. He died at his Bokaro residence in his sleep on 21 May 2009, aged just 40. The cause of death was termed as a

brain haemorrhage Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as cerebral bleed, intraparenchymal bleed, and hemorrhagic stroke, or haemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain, into its ventricles, or into both. It is one kind of bleed ...

. He is survived by his parents Shibu and Roopi, wife Sita Soren and three daughters, Jayshree Soren, Rajshree Soren and Vijayshree Soren.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Soren, Durga Jharkhand Mukti Morcha politicians 1970 births 2009 deaths Bihar MLAs 1995–2000 Jharkhand MLAs 2000–2005 Members of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly