Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
| Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi | |
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| Member of parliament, Lok Sabha | |
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In office 1999-2009 |
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| Preceded by | Subrata Mukherjee |
| Succeeded by | Deepa Dasmunsi |
| Constituency | Raiganj |
| Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | |
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In office 28 May 2004 – 12 October 2008 |
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| President |
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Pratibha Patil |
| Minister of Information and Broadcasting | |
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In office 24 May 2004 – 12 October 2008 |
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| President |
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Pratibha Patil |
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Member of parliament, Lok Sabha for Howrah |
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In office 1984-1989,1996-1998 |
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| Preceded by | Samar Mukherjee,Susanta Chakraborty |
| Succeeded by | Susanta Chakraborty, Bikram Sarkar |
| Constituency | Howrah |
| Member of parliament, Lok Sabha, Lok Sabha | |
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In office 1971-1977 |
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| Preceded by | Ganesh Ghosh |
| Succeeded by | Dilip Chakravarty |
| Constituency | Calcutta South |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
13 November 1945 Chirirbander, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Bangladesh) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Deepa Dasmunsi |
| Children | 1 son |
| Residence | Kolkata |
| Religion | Hindu |
| As of 25 February, 2006 Source: [1] |
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Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (Bengali: প্রিয়রঞ্জন দাশমুন্সি Prio Rônjon Dashmunshi; born 13 November 1945) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency) of West Bengal and is a member of the Indian National Congress party.
Dasmunsi was President of Indian Youth Congress in West Bengal from 1970 to 1971. He entered the Indian Parliament in 1971. He became a minister for the first time in 1985, when he was sworn in as Union Minister of State, Commerce. Within his home State, he was known for his strong anti-Left credentials.
He was the cabinet minister in Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting during the first term of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. This posting led to several controversial decisions, including several bans of Western television networks, including a three-month ban on the Sony-owned television network AXN and Fashion TV following the broadcast of programs deemed "obscene" by Dasmunsi. Dasmunsi was also responsible for the popular, if controversial, decision to require Indian sports broadcaster Nimbus Communications to share broadcast rights for Indian cricket matches with the state television network, Doordarshan — this despite Nimbus paying hundreds of millions of dollars for the rights to broadcast Indian cricket matches over four years.
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