Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha
BANERJEE, KUMARI MAMATA
[WEST BENGAL TRINAMOOL CONGRESS - CALCUTTA SOUTH (WEST BENGAL)]
Father's Name Late Shri Promileswar Banerjee
Date of Birth 5 January 1955
Place of Birth Calcutta (West Bengal)
Marital Status Unmarried
Educational Qualifications
M.A., B.Ed., LL.B., Trained in Work Education
Educated at Calcutta University (West Bengal)
Profession
Political and Social Worker
Permanent Address
30-B, Harish Chatterjee Street, Calcutta-700026
(West Bengal)
Tel. and Fax (033) 4753000
Present Address
C-4, M.S. Flats,
B.K.S. Marg, New Delhi-110001
Tel. (011) 3722975
Positions Held
1970-80 General-Secretary, Mahila Congress (I), West Bengal
1978-81 Secretary, District Congress Commitee (Indira)
[D.C.C. (I)], Calcutta South
1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha
1985-87 Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled
Castes and Scheduled Tribes
General-Secretary, All India Youth Congress (I)
Committee
1987 Member, National Council, All India Youth
Congress (I)
1987-88 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress
Affairs
1987-93 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human
Resource Development
1988 Member, Executive Committee, Congress Parliamentary
Party [C.P.P. (I)]
1989 Member, Executive Committee, Pradesh Congress
Committee [P.C.C. (I)], West Bengal
1990 President, Youth Congress, West Bengal
1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1991-93 Union Minister of State, Human Resource Development,
Department of Youth Affairs and Sports; and Women and
Child Development
1993-96 Member, Committee on IndiaPress Affairs
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress
Affairs
1995-96 Member, Committee on Public Accounts
1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1996-97 Member, Committee on IndiaPress Affairs
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of IndiaPress
Affairs
1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)
1998-99 Chairman, Committee on Railways
Member, General Purposes Committee
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
IndiaPress Affairs
Books Published
(i) Upalabdhi; (ii) Janatar Darbare; (iii) Maa; (iv) Pallabi;
and (v) Manabik(in Bengali); (vi) Struggle for Existance;
(vii) Motherland (in English); and (viii) Crocodile Island
Social and Cultural Activities
Connected with different social and Human Rights organisations;
providing free legal aid to the poor and working for the
protection of human rights
Special Interests
Protecting human rights
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Music and writing
Countries Visited
Angola, France, Malaysia, Maldives, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand,
U.K., U.S.A. and Vietnam
Election Result of
Calcutta South Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 11,78,748
Total votes polled 8,59,577
Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates
(1) Kumari Mamata Banerjee (W.B.T.C.) 5,03,551
(2) Shri Prasanta Sur (C.P.M.) 2,79,470
(3) Shri Sougata Ray (I.N.C. ) 56,725
(4) Shri Partha Sarathi Ghosh (Ind.) 1,937
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