Kanailal Bhattacharyya

This article is about a educationist and political leader. For Indian nationalist, see Kanailal Bhattacharjee.

Kanailal Bhattacharyya
Born(1917-10-12)12 October 1917
Santragachi, Howrah, India
Died17 December 1983(1983-12-17) (aged 66)[1]
Kolkata
NationalityIndian
Alma materPresidency College, Narasinha Dutt College
Occupation(s)Politician and minister of Govt
Known forEducationist, social reformer , politician
OfficeWest Bengal Commerce and Indrustries Department
Term1977-1983
SuccessorJyoti Basu
Political partyAll India Forward Bloc
SpouseBani
FatherSishir Kumar Bhattacharyya

Dr. Kanailal Bhattacharyya (12 October 1917 — 17 December 1983) was an educationist, politician and former minister of Ministry of Commerce & Industries (West Bengal).

Early life

Kanailal Bhattacharyya was born in 1917 to Sishir Kumar Bhattacharyya. From childhood, he lived at Santragachi area. He was early educated in Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah. He attended Narasinha Dutt College. After that he completed M.Sc. and D.Phil. (Science) degree from Presidency College. He was married to Bani, the daughter of Satyanarayan Biswas.[2]

Political life

Kanailal Bhattacharyya joined All India Forward Bloc. He was connected with the trade union movement in India. So he suffered imprisonment from 1943 to 1945.[2] He became the elected member of the Legislative Assembly at Shibpur in 1972 and 1977 elections.[3]

Educationist

He was a social reformer and educationist. In 1977, he was made the minister of West Bengal Ministry of Commerce and Indrustries. Up to 1983 he was the minister of the department.[4] A college has been founded and named after him in Howrah naming Dr. Kanailal Bhattacharya College in 1985.[5]

References

  1. ^ Subodh Kumar Sengupta & Anjali Bose (2016). Sansad Bengali Charitabhidhan Vol.I. Sahitya Sansad,Kolkata. p. 117. ISBN 978-81-7955-135-6.
  2. ^ a b Who's who. West Bengal (India) Legislative Assembly. 1957. p. 10.
  3. ^ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. West Bengal Election Commission.
  4. ^ "Lest we forget". The Telegraph. India. 14 May 2011. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Official Website of the Dr. Kanailal Bhattacharyya College". Retrieved 30 March 2023.