Amiya Kumar Kisku | |
Birth Date: | 14 October 1923 |
Birth Place: | Bhimpore, Midnapore district, Bengal Presidency, British India |
Constituency: | Jhargram, West Bengal |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Term Start: | 1967 |
Term End: | 1977 |
Predecessor: | Subodh Chandra Hansda |
Successor: | Jadunath Kisku |
Spouse: | Kolika Kisku |
Source: | https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1821.htm |
Amiya Kumar Kisku (born 14 October 1923, date of death unknown) was an Indian politician and academic. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Jhargram constituency in West Bengal.[1] [2] [3] Kisku was also an academic, specialising in the study of indigenous people, particularly the tribes of West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, and Assam.[4] He later served as the Secretary General of the Indian Confederation of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples (ICITP). In 2007, it was noted that Kisku is deceased.[5]