Kanailal Sarkar (West Bengal politician)

Kanailal Sarkar
Born(1911-02-16)16 February 1911
Calcutta, West Bengal, British India
EducationChetla Boys' H. E. School
Asutosh College
St. Xavier's College
R. G. Kar Medical College (M.B.B.S.)
OccupationsPathologist, city councilor, legislator
EmployerR. G. Kar Medical College
Political partyUnited Citizens Municipal Association (1956-1962)
United Citizens Front (1963-1972)
Indian National Congress (1971-1980s)
Councilor
In office
1956–1972
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
1971–1977
Councilor
Incumbent
Assumed office
1985

Kanailal Sarkar was an Indian physician and politician. He was councillor of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, representing the Alipore constituency.

Biography

Sarkar was born on 16 January 1911 in Calcutta and grew up on Aftab Mosque Lane.[1] He attended Chetla Boys' H. E. School, Asutosh College. and St. Xavier's College before studying medicine at R. G. Kar Medical College, where he obtained an M.B.B.S. degree.[1] Sarkar was active in the 1930 protest movement against British rule in India and was imprisoned.[1] By the late 1940s, he was working as a Demonstrator of Pathology at R. G. Kar Medical College.[2]

He was a councillor in the Calcutta Municipal Corporation from 1956 to 1972.[1] In December 1962, as the United Citizens Municipal Association (the opposition bloc in the Calcutta Municipal Corporation) disintegrated in the wake of the Sino-Indian War, Sarkar was one of the councillors who took part in founding the United Citizens Front as a new opposition bloc.[3][4] In the 8 April 1963 election for the mayor of Calcutta, he was the mayoral candidate of the United Citizens Front in the vote held among the aldermen and councillors of the city. He obtained 9 votes against 51 votes for the Indian National Congress candidate Chittaranjan Chatterjee.[5] Sarkar was the chairman of the Standing Health and Bustee Improvement Committee of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation for 8 years[1][6][7] and represented ward no. 78.[8][9] He lived in the Chetla neighbourhood in Calcutta.[1] He served as secretary of the Chetla Boys' High School and the Chetla Sree Arabinda Vidyapith, as well as President of the Chetla Girls' High School.[1]

Sarkar was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in the 1971 and 1972 elections as the Indian National Congress candidate in the Alipore constituency.[1][10] During the 1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly, he was the chairman of the Committee of Estimates.[1][11] He lost the Alipore seat in the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, having stood as the Congress(I) candidate and finished in third place with 8,760 votes (18.10%).[12] Sarkar was elected to the Calcutta Municipal Corporation in 1985 as the Congress(I) candidate from ward no. 74.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Assembly, West Bengal (India) Legislature Legislative (1974). Who's who 1972: General Election, March 1972. West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat.
  2. ^ All-India Medical Directory & Who's who. Health Bookstall. 1949.
  3. ^ Calcutta Municipal Gazette. Office of the Registrar of Newspapers. Press in India. 1962. p. 196.
  4. ^ Singh, M. M. (1965). Municipal Government in the Calcutta Metropolitan District: A Preliminary Survey. Institute of Public Administration.
  5. ^ Civic Affairs. P. C. Kapoor at the Citizen Press. 1963.
  6. ^ Journal of the Indian Medical Association. Indian Medical Association. 1968.
  7. ^ Calcutta Municipal Gazette. Office of the Registrar of Newspapers. Press in India. 1968.
  8. ^ Corporation, Calcutta (India) Municipal (2000). Yearbook. Printed at the Corporation Press.
  9. ^ Calcutta (India) (1970). Report of the Municipal Administration of Calcutta.
  10. ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1972 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
  11. ^ Election Results of West Bengal: Statistics & Analysis, 1952-1991. The Committee. ISBN 978-81-7626-028-2.
  12. ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
  13. ^ Calcutta Municipal Gazette. Office of the Registrar of Newspapers. Press in India. 1985.
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