Arun Kumar Kar Explained

Arun Kumar Kar
Office1:Tripura Legislative Assembly
Constituency1:Khowai
Term Start1:1988
Term End1:1993
Predecessor1:Samir Deb Sarkar
Successor1:Samir Deb Sarkar
Death Date:16 February 2020 (aged 81)
Death Place:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Party:Indian National Congress

Arun Kumar Kar (– 16 February 2020) was an Indian academic and politician from Tripura belonging to Indian National Congress. He was a legislator of the Tripura Legislative Assembly. He also served as a minister of the Government of Tripura.

Biography

Kar joined Shri Nath Bidyaniketan in 1962. He was appointed the headmaster of the institution in 1981. He retired from there in 1998.[1]

Kar contested from Khowai in 1977 but did not win.[2] He was elected as a member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from that constituency in 1988.[3] Later, he was appointed a minister of the Government of Tripura.[1] He also contested from Khowai in 1998, 2003 and 2008 but did not win.[4] [5] [6]

Kar died of cardiac arrest on 16 February 2020 at a private hospital in Kolkata at the age of 81.[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. News: প্রয়াত হয়েছেন রাজ্যের প্রাক্তন শিক্ষা ও শ্রম মন্ত্রী অরুণ কুমার কর. 16 February 2020. 19 February 2020. bn. Fast Nation. 27 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200527121756/https://www.fastnation.in/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D/. dead.
  2. Web site: Tripura Assembly Election Results in 1977. 30 December 2019. www.elections.in.
  3. Web site: Tripura Assembly Election Results in 1988. 30 December 2019. www.elections.in.
  4. Web site: Tripura Assembly Election Results in 1998. 30 December 2019. www.elections.in.
  5. Web site: Tripura Assembly Election Results in 2003. 30 December 2019. www.elections.in.
  6. Web site: Tripura Assembly Election Results in 2008. 30 December 2019. www.elections.in.
  7. News: The former education minister of Tripura Arun Kumar Kar passed away today morning in Kolkata. Tripura News Live. 16 February 2020. 19 February 2020. 19 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200219041542/https://tripuranewslive.com/2020/02/16/the-former-education-minister-of-tripura-arun-kumar-kar-passed-away-today-morning-in-kolkata/. dead.
  8. News: Ex Education Minister Arun Kar dies, CM condoles. 16 February 2020. 19 February 2020. Indigenous Herald.