Biman Banerjee

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Biman Banerjee
Deputy
Baruipur Paschim
Councillor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation
In office
1985–1990
Personal details
Born (1948-12-28) 28 December 1948 (age 75)
All India Trinamool Congress(from 1998)
Indian National Congress(until 1998)
ResidenceKolkata

Biman Banerjee (

Baruipur Paschim
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Life and career

Born and brought up in Garden Reach, Biman Banerjee graduated from the Goenka college and completed his master's degree in commerce and simultaneously in law from the University of Calcutta.[1] His grandfather, Satish Chandra Banerjee, and his father, Pranotosh Banerjee, were reputed lawyers. He was employed in the Bank of India but subsequently left the job and joined the legal profession. He also served as a part-time lecturer in commercial & industrial law in Hari Mohan Ghosh College and was an examiner in the Calcutta University. He was elected as Councilor of Calcutta Municipal Corporation in 1985 from ward no. 136. He was also elected as a member of the West Bengal Bar Council.[2]

Political career

In May 2011, the

Suryakanta Mishra. After Biman Banerjee was elected, he was taken to the Speaker's Chair by Mishra, Prabodh Chandra Sinha and Subhas Naskar, where he engaged in the protocol of exchanging courtesies with the outgoing speaker, Hashim Abdul Halim.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Shri Biman Banerjee". Lok Sabha TV. Date & Place of Birth: 28 Dec 1948, Metiaburuj, Kolkata, South 24 Parganas
  2. ^ Biman Banerjee. "Biman Banerjee — Home Page". Archived from the original on 8 May 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  3. ^ PTI (21 May 2011). "West Bengal: Biman Banerjee nominated for Speaker, Sonali Guha for Dy Speaker". Dainik Bhaskar. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  4. ^ HT Correspondent (30 May 2011). "Biman Banerjee elected West Bengal assembly speaker". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  5. ^ Pallab Ghosh (30 May 2011). "Biman Bandopadhyay become new speaker in West Bengal Assembly". InstaBlogs. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2011.