Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI Lok Sabha






  PAL, SHRI RUPCHAND
C.P.I (M)- HOOGHLY (WEST BENGAL)
Father's Name: Late Shri Gangadhar Pal Date of Birth: 2 December 1936 Place of Birth: Hooghly (West Bengal) Marital Status: Unmarried Educational Qualifications :
M.A. Educated at Calcutta University, Calcutta (West Bengal) Profession :
Former College Teacher, Educationist, Political and Social Worker Permanent Address :
Boral Lane, P.O. & Distt. Hooghly-712103 (West Bengal) Tel. (033) 802691 Positions Held :
1980Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh) 1980-84Member, Committee on Official Languages 1980-84 &Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information 1990-96and Broadcasting 1982-84,'90-92Member, Estimates Committee and 1993-94 1989Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) 1991Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the third time 1993-96Member, Standing Committee on Communications 1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the fourth time Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
Edited collection of writings on Freedom Movement Special Interests :
History of Freedom struggle, peasant movement and working class movement in India; literacy programmes and folk culture Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Reading, writing and social service Countries Visited :
France, F.R.G., Switzerland, U.K. and U.S.S.R. as a member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation, 1980; Member, Parliamentary Delegation to Mongolia, 1991; Member, Delegation of the Vice- President of India to China, 1994 Election Result :
Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate10,95,875 Total votes polled 9,34,941 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates : (1) Shri Rupchand Pal [C.P.I.(M)]4,52,353 (2) Shri Gouri Shankar Banerjee (I.N.C.)4,13,856 (3) Shri Biswanath Ghosh (B.J.P.) 37,812 (4) Shri Baidyanath Tudu (J.M.M) 6,646