Somendra Nath Mitra (31 December 1941 – 30 July 2020), popularly known as Somen Mitra, was an Indian politician. He was a member of the

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, elected from the Diamond Harbour constituency in

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state in 2009 as a

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candidate. He was a member of the

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from

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from 1972 to 2006. He was the president of the state unit of the

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. In July 2008, he left the Indian National Congress and formed a new party, named, '' Pragatisheel Indira Congress''. In October 2009, the political party founded by him was officially merged with the

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. He rejoined his parent party Congress in January, 2014, before that he resigned from his MP post. He became the president of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee for the second time on 22 September 2018 and served until his death on July 30, 2020.

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Soman Mitra WebsiteSomen Mitra -Political ProfileProfile on the website of the Lok Sabha
India MPs 2009–2014 2020 deaths Indian National Congress politicians 1943 births University of Calcutta alumni Lok Sabha members from West Bengal United Progressive Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election West Bengal MLAs 1972–1977 West Bengal MLAs 1982–1987 West Bengal MLAs 1987–1991 West Bengal MLAs 1991–1996 West Bengal MLAs 1996–2001 West Bengal MLAs 2001–2006 West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011 Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal People from South 24 Parganas district {{WestBengal-politician-stub