Dhiren Banerjee
Dr. Dhirendranath Banerjee was an Indian politician and physician. He was a founding member of the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and an elected parliamentarian.
Banerjee became involved in political struggles during the 1921 Non-Cooperation Movement.[1] He studied at Rajshahi College, where he befriended members of the Anushilan Samiti.[1] He became an active member of the Anushilan Samiti resistance movement in the struggle for Indian independence.[1]
Banerjee graduated from Campbell Medical School in 1928.[1] With a medical diploma, he opened medical practice in the country-side.[1] Whilst working as a physician he remained in touch with Anushilan Samiti.[1] Banerjee was arrested and jailed in 1934.[1]
Banerjee was a founding member of RSP in 1940.[1] He moved to Balurghat and worked on organising RSP in the northern parts of the province.[1] He led the 1956 anti-merger movement in West Dinajpur district (against merger of West Bengal and Bihar).[2] He won the unreserved seat in the Balurghat constituency in the 1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.[3] He was a leading figure in the 1959 Food Movement in West Dinajpur district.[2]
Banerjee died in Balurghat on 8 January 1978, at the age of 74 years.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j The Call. Vol. 29–30. S. Bhattacharya. 1978. p. 20.
- ^ a b Frontier Weekly. Leftism in Undivided Dinajpur [1947-1977] Archived 2015-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 December 2016.