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Shyamal Chakraborty

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Shyamal Chakraborty
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
2008–2014
Preceded bySheikh Khabir Uddin Ahmed
Succeeded byRitabrata Banerjee
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Minister of Transport, Government of West Bengal
In office
1982–1996
Preceded byMohammed Amin
Succeeded bySubhas Chakraborty
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1981–1996
Preceded bySuhrid Mullick Chowdhury
Succeeded byParesh Paul
ConstituencyManiktala (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Personal details
Born(1944-02-05)5 February 1944
British Raj
Died6 August 2020(2020-08-06) (aged 76)[1]
Kolkata, Bengal, India
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist) from 1964
Other political
affiliations
Communist Party of India
ChildrenUshasie Chakraborty
Residence(s)Maniktala, Kolkata, Bengal, India
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
ProfessionPolitician, columnist

Shyamal Chakraborty (5 February 1944 – 6 August 2020) was an Indian politician and was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014 from West Bengal.

Life

He belonged to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and was a member of the Central Committee of the party from 2002 till death. He was also the President of the Students' Federation of India West Bengal State Committee from 1973 to 1979 and All India Joint Secretary. He was the Transport Minister of West Bengal from 1982 to 1996. He was also a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for Maniktala (Vidhan Sabha constituency) from 1981 to 1996.[2][3][4][5] He died on August 6, 2020, from cardiac arrest after being diagnosed with COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in India, aged 76.

References

  1. ^ "RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952-2019" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Veteran CPM leader Shyamal Chakraborty dies of Covid-19". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Former Bengal transport minister Shyamal Chakraborty passes away". Jayatri Nag. Mumbai Mirror. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  4. ^ "West Bengal: Veteran CPM leader Shyamal Chakraborty dies days after testing Covid positive". Santanu Chowdhury. The Indian Express. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Veteran CPI(M) leader Shyamal Chakraborty dies of COVID-19 at a hospital in Kolkata". The Economic Times. 6 August 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.