Somen Mitra Explained

Somendra Nath Mitra
Birth Date:1941 12, df=yes
Death Place:Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Death Cause:Cardiac arrest
Office:President of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee
Term Start:16 September 2018
Term End:30 July 2020
Predecessor:Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Successor:Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Term Start1:1992
Term End1:1998
Predecessor1:Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Successor1:A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
Office2:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Constituency2:Diamond Harbour
Term Start2:16 May 2009
Term End2:28 January 2014
Predecessor2:Samik Lahiri
Successor2:Abhishek Banerjee
Office3:Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Constituency3:Sealdah
Term3:1972-1977
Term4:1982-2009
Predecessor4:Binoy Banerjee
Successor4:Sikha Mitra
Predecessor3:Binoy Banerjee
Successor3:Binoy Banerjee
Party:Indian National Congress
Otherparty:All India Trinamool Congress (2008-2014)
Spouse:Sikha Mitra
College:Bangabasi College
Children:Rohan Mitra
Alma Mater:University of Calcutta (B.Sc.), (LL.B.)

Somendra Nath Mitra (31 December 1941 – 30 July 2020), popularly known as Somen Mitra, was an Indian politician. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha, elected from the Diamond Harbour constituency in West Bengal state in 2009 as a Trinamool Congress candidate. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Sealdah from 1972 to 2006. He was the president of the state unit of the Indian National Congress. In July 2008, he left the Indian National Congress and formed a new party, named, Pragatisheel Indira Congress.[1] In October 2009, the political party founded by him was officially merged with the All India Trinamool Congress.[2] He rejoined his parent party Congress in January, 2014, before that he resigned from his MP post.[3] He became the president of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee for the second time on 22 September 2018 and served until his death on July 30, 2020.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Somen Mitra leaves Congress. 6 December 2010. Daily News and Analysis. 19 July 2008.
  2. News: Now, Somen officially a Trinamool man. 6 December 2010. Indian Express. 29 October 2009.
  3. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/somen-mitra-rejoins-congress/article5601634.ece?homepage=true Somen Mitra rejoins Congress
  4. Web site: Somen Mitra appointed Congress chief in Bengal. 21 September 2018.