Subhas Chakraborty
| Subhas Chakraborty | |
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| Minister for Sports & Transport | |
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In office 28 July 1982 – 5 August 2009 |
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| Succeeded by | Ranjit Kundu |
| Constituency | Belgachia East |
| MLA | |
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In office 1977–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Ganapati Sur |
| Succeeded by | Sujit Bose |
| Constituency | Belgachia East |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 March 1942 Dhaka, British India |
| Died | 3 August 2009 (aged 67) Kolkata |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Spouse(s) | Ramala Chakraborty |
| Alma mater | University of Calcutta |
| Profession | Politician, social worker |
Subhas Chakraborty (18 March 1942- 3 August 2009) was a leader in the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Transport, Sports and Youth Services Minister in the Government of West Bengal.
Chakraborty was born in 1942 in Dhaka, British India to Hemchandra Chakraborty and Labonyoprobha Debi. His political career began from his residence in Dum Dum. It was a refugee colony.
Subhas Chakrabarty studied at Dum Dum Motijheel College, which was then affiliated with the prestigious University of Calcutta. Thereafter, he was the Secretary of the Bengal Provincial Students' Federation, and after that served as the General Secretary of the SFI. In 1962 he joined the still undivided Communist Party of India (CPI) and in the 1964 party split, he aligned with the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Chakrabarty was also the vice-president of the CITU's West Bengal branch.
Chakraborty's wife, Ramala Chakraborty, is also a member of the CPI(M). She is now the Vice-President of the AIDWA West Bengal State Committee, the women's wing of the CPI(M). Apart from the that she was the convener of an NGO, Pather Panchali(which used to celebrate with Subhas's active participation the birthday of the former chief minister of West Bengal Mr. Jyoti Basu).
In 1977 with coming of the first Left Front Government he became an MLA from the Belgachia East constituency, and in 1982 he became the state minister of Sports, Youth affairs and Milk development. In 1987 became a full (cabinet) minister of Sports, Youth affairs and Tourism department. In the assembly formed in 1991 also, he was the MIC of the same departments. In 1996 he became the MIC of Transport and Sports. In 2001 he became the additional MIC for HRBC also. Finally in 2006 he was the Honorable Minister of Transport, Sports and Youth Services. He served in those capacities until his death.
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