Nibaran Chandra Laskar

Nibaran Chandra Laskar (15 January 1902 – 25 June 1987)[1] was an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was elected to the Lok Sabha lower house of the Parliament of India from the Cachar, Assam in 1952 and 1957. Laskar was also a member of the Constituent Assembly of India.[2][3][4]

Nibaran Chandra Laskar
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1952–1962
ConstituencyCachar, Assam
Member of Constituent Assembly of India
In office
9 December 1946 – 24 January 1950
Personal details
Born15 January 1902
Niz Phulbari, Assam, British India
Died25 June 1987 (aged 85)
Silchar
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseKrishna Kumari Devi (m. 1921)
ChildrenNihar Ranjan Laskar, Nikhil Ranjan Laskar, Rani Laskar, Nishit Ranjan Laskar, Nitish ranjan Laskar, Nripesh Ranjan Laskar, Anup Kumar Laskar, Rita Laskar, Niloy Ranjan Laskar
Residence(s)Phulbari, Shillongpatty, Silchar, Assam
Alma materMC College, Dhaka University (MA)

Early life and background

Nibaran Chandra Laskar was born on 15 January 1902. He was a singer, musician, sportsman, social worker, and educationist. He was a gold medalist and double MA in Sanskrit and Bengali from Dhaka University. He was a founder professor of Gurucharan College, the first college of Cachar district in the state of Assam. He was the founder Principle of Cachar college. Laskar moved into full term politics in 1944. In the year 1961, he resigned from active politics following a protest against Assam Assembly's decision to make Assamese the state language of Assam considering the fact Bengali was also a prominent language of the state. 90% of the population of Barak Valley were Bengali speaking. On 13 May 1961 11 protesters were killed by police firing, at a peaceful protest even at Silchar Railway Station. Several MPs and MLAs resigned post that incident and Laskar was one of them. He engaged in social service and philanthropy in later part of his life.

He was a Member of Silchar Local Board, Silchar Municipal Board, 1946–49; President of Cachar Kalyan Samiti, 1946–48; General Secretary of Samaj Sanjivani Samiti, Cachar; Member of All India Cottage Industries Board, 1949–52; Member of F.A.O., 1950–52, Deputy Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation, Assam Government, 1951–52; Member of Rehabilitation Finance Administration, 1956–57; Member of Assam Legislative Assembly 1947–52; Member of Constituent Assembly of India, 1947–50; Member of First Lok Sabha, 1952–57; Member of Public Accounts Committee, 1955–57.[5]

References
  1. Nikhil Ranjan Laskar. (2019). Memoirs of life. Vicky publishers.
  2. Rāmacandra Kshīrasāgara (1994). Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956. M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. pp. 257–. ISBN 978-81-85880-43-3. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
  3. India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (2003). Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 272. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  4. Ramesh Chandra (2003). Dalit Identity in the New Millennium: Dalit leaders. Commonwealth Publishers. p. 126. ISBN 978-81-7169-765-6. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  5. parliament. second lok sabha bio profile.
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