Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha






ROY PRADHAN, SHRI AMAR
A.I.F.B.- COOCH BEHAR (SC) (WEST BENGAL)
Father's Name: Late Shri Talendranath Roy Pradhan Date of Birth: 15 August 1930 Place of Birth: Barashashi in Distt. Dinajpur (Bangladesh) Marital Status: Married on 14 December 1958 Spouse's Name: Smt. Santilata Roy Pradhan Children: Two sons Educational Qualifications :
B.A. Educated at Victoria College, Cooch Behar and A.C. College, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) Profession :
Political and Social Worker Permanent Address :
P.O. Haldibari, Distt. Cooch Behar (West Bengal) Tel. (03584) 63260 Positions Held :
1962,1967 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly and 1969Member, Committee on Petitions, Estimates Committee, Joint Committee on Council for Homoeopathic Medicine and Select Committee on Land Reforms, West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1966 onwardsMember, State Committee, F.B., West Bengal 1970 onwardsChairman, District Committee ,F.B., Cooch Behar 1977Elected to Lok Sabha (Sixth) 1977-79Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Member, Committee on Government Assurances 1979 onwardsMember, Central Committee, F.B., West Bengal 1980Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh) Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table Member, Committee on Official Languages 1984Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth) for the third time 1989Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) for the fourth time 1990-91Member, Committee on Government Assurances Member, Public Accounts Committee Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress Affairs 1990 onwardsMember, All India Forward Bloc Secretariat 1991Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the fifth time 1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the sixth time Aug.'96 onwardsChairman, Select Committee on the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 1996 Books Published:
(i) "Upeksit Uttarbange" (Bengali), (ii) "Sona Sonapat" (Bengali), (iii) "Garibi Hatao Ekti Slogan Matra" (Bengali), (iv) "Forward towards Mighty Peasants Struggle" (English), (v) "Rule of Jungle" (English) Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
Written many articles; a regular contributor to various Social and Cultural Activities :
Founder-Secretary, Rabindra Bhawan (a cultural institute), Haldibari 1960; President and Founder-Secretary, Netaji Subhash Mahavidyalaya, Haldibari; General Secretary, All India Agragrmi Kisan Sabha, 1989-92 Special Interests :
Socio-economic upliftment of the poor Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Journalism, gardening, folk songs and cultural Countries Visited :
Austria, Bangladesh, Egypt, France, Kuwait, Nepal, Switzerland, U.K., U.S.S.R. and West Germany Other Information :
Participated in freedom struggle and in the movement for merger of Cooch Behar State with the Indian Union and in various other workers and peasant movements; suffered imprisonment for more than 3 years; led people's demonstration before Parliament House, New Delhi in 1960 (on issue of Berubari) and in 1970 demanding Master Plan for North Bengal; also led Tinbigha movement demanding exchange of Indian enclaves with Bangladesh in 1974, 1981 and 1992 Election Result :
Cooch Behar-SC Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate10,64,791 Total votes polled 9,53,613 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates: (1) Shri Amar Roy Pradhan (A.I.F.B.)3,93,667 (2) Smt. Sabita Roy (I.N.C.)3,04,633 (3) Shri Hiten Barman [F.B.(S)]1,45,078 (4) Shri Bhahendra Nath Barman (B.J.P.) 75,456