Sushil Kumar Dhara, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Indian politician
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Place of Birth: Mahishadal, West Bengal, India
About Sushil Kumar Dhara
- Sushil Kumar Dhara (2 March 1911 – 28 January 2011) was a revolutionary in British India and a political leader after Indian independence in 1947. Dhara was born on 2 March 1911 in Tikarampur (near Tamluk) in Mahisadal in the present Purba Medinipur district into a Hindu family.
- He was involved in political activities from his school days.
- He completed his education from Vidyasagar College in 1937.
- Later, in 1940, he participated in the Satyagraha movement of Gandhi.
- In August 1942 he played the lead role in launching an anti-British movement in undivided Midnapore.
- The movement helped to free Tamralipta from British rule and a free government was formed in this region on 17 December 1942.
- Vidyut Bahini, of the parallel Government of Tamluk was also commanded by him.
- As a member of Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar, which is better known as Tamralipta National Government, formed during the 1942 August Movement, Dhara held the portfolios of War and Home.
- During the period of British governance, Dhara spent 12 years and 4 months in prison. After independence of India, Dhara won several elections, which included the Mahishadal seat of West Bengal Assembly in 1962, 1967 and 1969.
- In 1962, he was the winner of the Assembly poll as a Congress candidate.
- He also created the Bangla Congress in 1966.
- In 1967, Prafulla Sen was defeated at Arambagh by another Gandhian Ajoy Mukherjee, who became chief minister of West Bengal after Prafulla Chandra Sen.
- Architect of Ajoy Mukherjee's victory at Arambagh was Narayan Ch Ghosh the then student's leader there.
- Dhara had inspired students of Arambagh unfolding his image as commander of Vidyut Bahini.
- In 1967, he had won the poll as a candidate of Bangla Congress.
- He also served the state government as Industry and Commerce Minister.
- He had published a book titled Ken ei banya written by Narayan Ch Ghosh for circulation in the lower Damudar basin.
- Reading noted book people there were very much agitated and took effective role against Congress.
- Later, Ajoy Mukherjee with some of his closest colleagues, such as Pranob Mukherjee, joined Indian National Congress leaving Dhara - his long term associates.
- Ajoy Mukherjee had pushed Pranab Mukherjee to be State Minister in the Indian Cabinet.
- In 1977, from the Tamluk constituency, Dhara was elected to the Lok Sabha as a candidate of the Janata Party. Dhara stepped back from politics in the 1980s and involved himself in social work.
- He died on 28 January 2011, at the age of 100, owing to prolonged sickness.
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