Ashoke Kumar Sen
| Ashoke Kumar Sen অশোককুমার সেন |
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Ashoke Sen at the United Nations
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| Minister of Law and Justice | |
| Minister of Electronics & Communications Technology | |
| Minister of Steel and Mines | |
| President of Supreme Court Bar Association of India | |
| President of Indian Football Association | |
| Member of the Indian Parliament for Calcutta North West | |
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In office 1957-1977,1980 – 1989 |
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| Preceded by | Meghnad Saha,Bijoy Singh Nahar |
| Succeeded by | Bijoy Singh Nahar,Debi Prasad Pal |
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| Born | 10 October 1913 |
| Died | 21 September 1996 (aged 82) New Delhi, India |
| Political party | Janata Dal, Independent |
| Spouse(s) | Anjana Das |
| Children | 2 daughter 2 son |
| Alma mater |
Presidency College, Kolkata London School of Economics |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Ashoke Kumar Sen (Bengali: অশোককুমার সেন) (10 October 1913 – 21 September 1996) was an Indian barrister, a former Cabinet minister of India, and an Indian parliamentarian.
He also holds the record for winning a Lok Sabha seat the most times and also the record for being not only an MP for the most years, but also a cabinet minister – serving more than 7 prime ministers. For decades, he was the inevitable Union Law Minister.
Ashoke Kumar Sen was born in 1913 in a well-known Vaidya-Brahmin family. His father was a district magistrate. Both Ashoke Kumar Sen and Sukumar Sen were student of Sambalpur High School, Odisha wherein Late Mr. Suryamani Jena of village Kusupur was the Principal. His elder brother, Sukumar Sen ICS (b. 1899), who went on to become India, Sudan and Nepal's first Chief Election Commissioner, funded his education in England, at the London school of Economics. Ashoke Sen went on to study for the Bar at Gray's Inn.
Upon his return, he started teaching law at the City College, Kolkata a constituent college of the University of Calcutta He then began practising in the Calcutta High Court. At the age of 26, he had already written a book about Commercial Law, which was endorsed by Mr. Sen's then senior Sudhi Ranjan Das, the future Chief Justice of India.
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