Amar Roy Pradhan or Amarendra Nath Roy Pradhan (15 August 1930 – 3 July 2013) was an Indian politician from

All India Forward Bloc The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party a ...

party. He remained MP from

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Lok Sabha constituency eight times from 1977 to 1999, prior to which he was member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly MLA from

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thrice (1962–1971).

Early life and background

Amarendra Nath Roy Pradhan was born on 15 August 1930 to Talendranath Roy Pradhan at Barashashi, Dinajpur District (now in Bangladesh). He studied at

Victoria College, Cooch Behar Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal College popularly known as ABN Seal, earlier Victoria College, is a state-government owned co-educational college in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India. It was established in 1888 and offers undergraduate and postgrad ...

(then affiliated with

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), followed by A.C. College,

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, West Bengal.

Career

Pradhan started his political career at state-level, and was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from

three times, 1962, 1967 and 1977. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from

Lok Sabha constituency eight consecutive times from 1977 to 1999. He also published a number of book, including ''Upeksit Uttarbange'', ''Sona Sonapat'', ''Garibi Hatao Ekti Slogan Matra'' (all in Bengali), and ''Forward towards Mighty Peasants Struggle'', and ''Rule of Jungle'' (English).

Death

He died on 3 July 2013 at a nursing home in

, at the age of 82. He was survived by two sons. His wife Santilata Roy Pradhan died prior to him. Arghya Roy Pradhan, his younger son, became a Trinamool Congress MLA in West Bengal state assembly from the Tufanganj constituency in 2011.

References

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