Pijush Kanti Bhattacharjee (born 1 March 1940) is a Bangladeshi academic and politician from Jessore belonging to Bangladesh Awami League. He is a former member of the Jatiya Sangsad. He is a presidium member of the central committee of Bangladesh Awami League. His brother

Swapan Bhattacharjee Swapan Bhattacharjee (born 2 February 1952) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the incumbent Jatiya Sangsad member from Jessore-5 constituency since January 2014. His brother Pijush Kanti Bhattacharjee is a former member of parliament. ...

the state minister of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives.

Biography

Bhattacharjee was born on 1 March 1940 at Parala in Manirampur of Jessore to Sudhir Bhattacharjee and Usha Rani Bhattacharjee. He completed matriculation from Khajura M. N. Mitra Multilateral High School and completed higher secondary studies from

Michael Modhushudon College Michael Modhushudon College ( bn, সরকারি মাইকেল মধুসূদন কলেজ), in Jessore District, is one of the largest educational institutions in Khulna Division, Bangladesh. The college is named after famed ...

. He graduated from University of Rajshahi in 1961 and completed postgraduate studies from there in 1968. He was an organizer of the Liberation War of Bangladesh. Bhattacharjee was a teacher of Mashihati High School and Gopalpur High School. He was a teacher of

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too. He was also the vice principal of

Manirampur Degree College Manirampur is a census town in Chanditala I CD Block in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Manirampur is located at: Gangadharpur, Manirampur, Masat, Jangalpara, Dudhka ...

. Bhattacharjee was elected as a member of the Jatiya Sangsad from Jessore-7 in 1973.

References

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