Dinesh Chandra Joarder (5 August 1928 – 14 September 2018) was an Indian politician who was a member of Communist Party of India. He was a member of both

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and

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Early life

Joarder, son of Jagdish Chander Joarder, was born in Nimbari village in Malda district on 5 August 1928. An advocate by profession, he was educated at A.C. Institute, Malda, Malda College, Malda,

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, Kolkata, and

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. He married Dipali Joarder in 1960 and they had a son.

Political career

In 1971, he defeated Uma Roy the sitting MP of

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to win from

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. In 1977, he defeated the Congress candidate

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in the same constituency. He lost to A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury of Congress, however, in 1980. In 1987 and 1991, he won from Kaliachak (Vidhan Sabha constituency). He was an active political and social worker and was associated with the peasant and trade union movements. He was the president or secretary of many organisations in Malda district. He was a commissioner of the

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municipality from 1964 to 1968.

Later life and death

He was suffering from old age problems for some time and died at his residence in Malda on 14 September 2018. He leaves behind his wife Dipali and son Kaushik.

References

1928 births 2018 deaths West Bengal MLAs 1987–1991 West Bengal MLAs 1991–1996 People from Malda district Lok Sabha members from West Bengal Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal University of Calcutta alumni India MPs 1971–1977 India MPs 1977–1979 {{CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub