ROY PRADHAN, SHRI AMAR
A.I.F.B.- COOCH BEHAR (SC) (WEST BENGAL)

Father's Name:   Late Shri Talendranath Roy Pradhan

Date of Birth:   15 August 1930

Place of Birth:   Barashashi in Distt. Dinajpur (Bangladesh)

Marital Status:   Married on 14 December 1958

Spouse's Name:   Smt. Santilata Roy Pradhan

Children:   Two sons

Educational Qualifications :
B.A.
Educated at Victoria College, Cooch Behar and A.C. College, 
Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

Profession :
Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address :
P.O. Haldibari, Distt. Cooch Behar (West Bengal)
Tel. (03584) 63260

Positions Held :
   
1962,1967 Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly
and 1969Member, Committee on Petitions, Estimates Committee, 
Joint Committee on Council for Homoeopathic Medicine and 
Select Committee on Land Reforms, West Bengal Legislative 
Assembly
1966 onwardsMember, State Committee, F.B., West Bengal
1970 onwardsChairman, District Committee ,F.B., Cooch Behar
1977Elected to Lok Sabha (Sixth)
1977-79Member, Committee on Welfare of Scheduled Castes and 
Scheduled Tribes
Member, Committee on Government Assurances 
1979 onwardsMember, Central Committee, F.B., West Bengal
1980Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh)
Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
Member, Committee on Official Languages
1984Elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth) for the third time
1989Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) for the fourth time
1990-91Member, Committee on Government Assurances
Member, Public Accounts Committee
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress Affairs 
1990 onwardsMember, All India Forward Bloc Secretariat
1991Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the fifth time
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the sixth time
Aug.'96 onwardsChairman, Select Committee on the Constitution 
(Scheduled Tribes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 1996

Books Published:
(i) "Upeksit Uttarbange" (Bengali), (ii) "Sona Sonapat" (Bengali), 
(iii) "Garibi Hatao Ekti Slogan Matra" (Bengali), (iv) "Forward 
towards Mighty Peasants Struggle" (English), (v) "Rule of Jungle" 
(English) 

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
Written many articles; a regular contributor to various 

Social and Cultural Activities :
Founder-Secretary,  Rabindra  Bhawan  (a  cultural  institute), 
Haldibari 1960; President and Founder-Secretary, Netaji Subhash 
Mahavidyalaya, Haldibari; General Secretary, All India Agragrmi 
Kisan Sabha, 1989-92 

Special Interests :
Socio-economic upliftment of the poor

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Journalism, gardening, folk songs and cultural 

Countries Visited :
Austria, Bangladesh, Egypt, France, Kuwait, Nepal, Switzerland, 
U.K., U.S.S.R. and West Germany

Other Information :
Participated  in  freedom   struggle  and  in  the  movement  for  
merger  of  Cooch  Behar  State  with  the  Indian  Union  and  in  
various other workers and peasant movements; suffered imprisonment 
for  more   than   3 years; led  people's   demonstration   before  
Parliament House, New  Delhi in 1960  (on  issue of Berubari)  and  
in 1970 demanding Master Plan for North Bengal;  also led Tinbigha 
movement demanding  exchange of Indian enclaves with Bangladesh in 
1974, 1981 and 1992

Election Result :
    
Cooch Behar-SC Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate10,64,791
Total votes polled 9,53,613
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates: 
(1) Shri Amar Roy Pradhan (A.I.F.B.)3,93,667
(2) Smt. Sabita Roy (I.N.C.)3,04,633
(3) Shri Hiten Barman [F.B.(S)]1,45,078
(4) Shri Bhahendra Nath Barman  (B.J.P.)  75,456