Political families of West Bengal explained

The partial list of political families of West Bengal state of India.

Bose Family

• Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, brother of Sarat Chandra Bose
• Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter,, brother of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bengal politician, member of Constituent Assembly of India
  • Amiya Nath Bose, son of Sarat Chandra Bose, MP from Forward Bloc
  • Dr Sisir Kumar Bose, son of Sarat Chandra Bose, MP from Forward Bloc
  • Subrata Bose, son of Sarat Chandra Bose, MP from All India Forward Bloc
  • Prof Krishna Bose, wife of Sisir Kumar Bose, MP from All India Trinamool Congress
    • Prof Sugata Bose, son of Sisir Kumar Bose, MP from All India Trinamool Congress
  • Amit Mitra, former Finance Minister in the Government of West Bengal

Khan Family

• A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury, Union Minister of Railways in Third Indira Gandhi ministry and established the Kolkata Metro.
• Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury, MP from Indian National Congress.
  • Isha Khan Choudhury, former MLA from Indian National Congress.
• Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury, former MLA from Congress, member of All India Trinamool Congress.
• Rubi Noor, former MLA from Indian National Congress
  • Mausam Noor, former MP from Indian National Congress, member of All India Trinamool Congress.
  • Sonya Noor, American vascular surgeon

Adhikari Family

• Sisir Adhikari, sitting MP from Bharatiya Janata Party^[1]
  • Suvendu Adhikari, sitting MLA & Leader of Opposition from Bharatiya Janata party.
  • Dibyendu Adhikari, sitting MP from All India Trinamool Congress.

Das Family

• 'Deshbandhu'Chittaranjan Das
  • Siddhartha Shankar Ray, grandson of Chittaranjan Das, former Chief Minister of West Bengal

A. Mukherjee Family

• Ashutosh Mukherjee
  • Syama Prasad Mookerjee Served as Minister for Industry and Supply under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet and latter founded Bharatiya Jana Sangh

Dasmunsi Family

• Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, former cabinet minister
• Deepa Dasmunsi, former Minister of State for Urban Development

Konar Family

• Hare Krishna Konar, freedom fighter and politician, one of the founding member of Communist Consolidation and later one of the Co-founder of Communist Party of India (Marxist), first Minister of Land and Land Reforms
• Benoy Krishna Konar, Former MLA and president of All India Kisan Sabha, younger brother of Hare Krishna Konar

Roy Family

• Tathagata Roy, Former governor of Meghalaya, Former president of West Bengal unit of BJP
• Sougata Roy, MP from Dum Dum

Naidu Family

• Sarojini Naidu, freedom fighter and poet
  • Padmaja Naidu, Former Governor of West Bengal, daughter of Sarojini Naidu

P. Mukherjee Family

• Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, member of the West Bengal Legislative Council from 1952 to 1964.
  • Pranab Mukherjee, Senior INC leader and former President of India
    • Abhijit Mukherjee, Member of Parliament from the Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency) in West Bengal
    • Sharmistha Mukherjee, member of Indian National Congress.

Banerjee Family

• Mamata Banerjee, founder of All India Trinamool Congress, Chief Minister of West Bengal
  • Abhishek Banerjee, MP of Diamond Harbour, president of AITMCP, AITMYC

Singh Family

• • • Arjun Singh, MP from Barrackpore, MLA of Bhatpara, Chairman of Bhatpara Municipality, senior member of All India Trinamool Congress
    • Sunil Singh, MLA of Noapara, Chairman of Garulia Municipality
    • Umashankar Singh, senior leader and president of Bharatiya Janata party

Ahmed Family

• Sultan Ahmed, MP and former Union Minister of State for Tourism Department, government of India
• Sajda Ahmed, wife of Sultan, MP from the Uluberia constituency

Chatterjee Family

• • • Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee, MP from Hoogly Somnath Chatterjee, Son of Nirmal, Speaker of the Lok Sabha and MP from Bolpur

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-12-03. Explained: The importance of the Adhikari family in West Bengal politics. 2020-12-03. The Indian Express. en.