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Father's Name |
Late Shri Promileswar Banerjee |
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Mother's Name |
Smt. Gayetri Banerjee |
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Date of Birth |
05 Jan 1955
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Place of Birth |
Kolkata (West Bengal) |
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Marital Status
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Unmarried |
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Educational Qualifications
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M.A., B.Ed., LL.B., Trained in Work Education,
Educated at Calcutta University, West Bengal |
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Profession |
Advocate
Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
30-B, Harish Chatterjee Street,
Kolkata-700 026
West Bengal
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Tels. (033) 24753000
Fax. (033) 24540880
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Positions Held |
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1970-80 |
General-Secretary, Mahila Congress (I), West Bengal |
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1978-81 |
Secretary, District Congress Committee (Indira)[D.C.C. (I)],
Calcutta South |
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1984 |
Elected to 8th Lok Sabha |
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General-Secretary, All India Youth Congress (I) |
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1985-87 |
Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled
Tribes
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1987-88 |
Member, National Council, All India Youth Congress (I) |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource
Development |
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1988 |
Member, Executive Committee, Congress Parliamentary Party
[C.P.P. (I)]
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1989 |
Member, Executive Committee, Pradesh Congress Committee [P.C.C.
(I)], West Bengal |
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1990 |
President, Youth Congress, West Bengal |
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1991 |
Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term) |
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1991-93 |
Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development, Department
of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Women and Child Development
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1993-96 |
Member, Committee on Home Affairs |
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1995-96 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs |
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts |
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1996 |
Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term) |
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1996-97 |
Member, Committee on Home Affairs |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs |
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1997 |
Founded All India Trinamool Congress and elected Chairperson,
All India Trinamool Congress
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1998 |
Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term) |
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1998-99 |
Chairman, Committee on Railways |
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Member, General Purposes Committee |
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Home Affairs |
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1999 |
Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term) |
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Leader, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party,
Lok Sabha |
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Member, General Purposes Committee |
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13 Oct. 1999 - 16 Mar. 2001 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Railways |
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2001-2003 |
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industries |
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8 Sep. 2003 - 8 Jan. 2004 |
Union Cabinet Minister (without any portfolio) |
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9 Jan. 2004- May 2004 |
Union Cabinet Minister, Coal and Mines
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2004 |
Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 6th term) |
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Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law &
Justice |
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5 Aug. 2006
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Member, Committee on Home Affairs |
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5 Aug. 2007
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Member, Committee on Home Affairs |
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2009 |
Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term) |
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31 May 2009
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Union Cabinet Minister, Railways |
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Leader, All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party,
Lok Sabha |
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20 May 2011 onwards |
Sworn-in as the first woman Chief Minister of West Bengal.
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Books Published |
In Bengali : (i) Upalabdhi; (ii) Janatar Darbare; (iii) Maa;
(iv)Pallabi; (v) Manavik; (vi) Motherland ; (vii) Crocodile Island; (viii) Trinamool;
(ix) Sishu Sathi; (x) Anubhuti; (xi)Abishasya; (xii) Janmaini; (xiii) Ekantee; (xiv)
Ashubho Shanket;(xv) Jago Banglaa; (xvi) Ganotantre Lajja; (xvii) Anoson Keno; (xviii)
Soroni; (xix) Langol; (xx) Andolaner Katha; (xxi) Maa-Mati-Manush; (xxii) Ajab Chora;
(xxiii) Ek Guchho Bhavana; (xxiv) Nandi-Maa; (xxv) Netai; (xxvi) Cholo-Jai
In English : (xxvii) Struggle for Existence; (xxviii) Smile; (xxviv) Dark
Horizon; (xxx) Slaughter of Democracy
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments |
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Given music and written lyrics for Bengali songs and received
Golden Disc |
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Social And Cultural Activities |
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Connected with different social and human rights organisations
to promote the welfare of poor, children and women; providing free legal aid to
the poor and working for the protection of human rights; organised various health
camps for mothers and children |
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Special Interests |
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Protecting human rights |
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation |
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Writing books and songs; painting and music
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Countries Visited |
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Widely travelled |
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Other Information |
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Represented the country in (i) in U.N. General Assembly; (ii)
as a woman parliamentarian at World Women Round Table Conference, Russia; and (iii)
World Youth Conference, Vietnam; attended the Working Women Conference of ILO and
ICFTU at Kuala Lumpur; observed Dharna in 1995 for 21 days to restore Human Rights;
protested against atrocities on women and lock up deaths in the country, specially
in West Bengal. |