Chitra Bhattacharya | |
Birth Date: | 1926 |
Birth Place: | Netrokona, Bengal Presidency, British India |
Death Date: | (aged 84) |
Death Place: | Kolkata, India |
Spouse: | Debesh Bhattacharya |
Alma Mater: | University of Dhaka |
Education: | Masters (Sociology) |
Children: | Debapriya Bhattacharya |
Chitra Bhattacharya (1926November 29, 2010) was a member of parliament of Bangladesh Jatya Sangsad. She was appointed from Tangail for the seat reserved for women in 1996 as an Awami League candidate.[1]
Bhattacharya was born to a Zamindar family in Netrakona.[1] She passed matriculation examination from Rangpur and intermediate from Ananda Mohan College in Mymensingh. She later earned a master's degree on Sociology from University of Dhaka.
Bhattacharya was married to Justice Debesh Bhattacharya.[2] They had three childreneconomist Debapriya Bhattacharya, physicist Debadarshi Bhattacharya and Debalina Roy.