Mrityunjoy Banerjee (economist)
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Mrityunjoy Banerjee was an Indian politician and economist. A prolific writer, Banerjee served three terms in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and was the Minister of Education in the state government form 1972 to 1977.
Biography
[edit]He was born on October 1, 1920 in Barijhati (Hooghly District).[1][2] He was the son of Prasanna Kumar Banerjee.[2]
Banerjee studied at the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management.[3] He obtained a M.A. (Economics) degree from University of Calcutta in 1942, and a LL.B. degree from the University Law College in Calcutta in 1950.[1][2] He was the private secretary of the West Bengal Finance Minister Nalini Ranjan Sarkar from 1948 to 1952.[1]
Banerjee worked as a lecturer at the Commerce Department at the University of Calcutta, and as a journalist.[2] He served as secretary and president of the Rotary Club of Howrah.[2] He was a renowned economist and authored several books, such as The Constitution of Free India (1947) and Economic Planning for India (1947).[1][2][4] He was a fellow of the Royal Economic Society in London, secretary of the Indian Council of Economic Affairs in Calcutta and the general secretary of the Indo-Japanese Association in Calcutta.[1] He studied at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Pittsburgh, and obtained a M.B.A. degree from there in 1959.[1][3]
Banerjee was a member of the Indian National Congress, and served as vice president of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee.[2] He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in the 1967 election, standing as the Congress candidate in the Shibpur constituency.[5] Banerjee obtained 19,617 votes (37.45%).[6] In the subsequent 1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Banerjee contested the Panchla seat, finishing in second place with 2nd 19,601 votes (32.99%).[7] He won the Howrah Central seat in the 1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, receiving 25,326 votes (60.28%).[8]
Banerjee served as the Minister-in-charge of the Department of Education (excluding Youth Services and Sports Branches) in the West Bengal state government 1972-1977.[2][3][9] He lost the Howrah Central seat in the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, finishing in third place with 10,717 votes (22.18%).[10]
Banerjee returned to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in the 1987 election, being elected from the Howrah South constituency with 41,139 votes (51.96%).[11] He lost the Howrah South seat in the 1991 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, finishing in second place with 33,381 votes (40.58%).[12]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Kanhaya Lal Gupta, Educationists in India. Tradesman & Men India, 1963. p. 26
- ^ a b c d e f g h Who's who 1972: General Election, March 1972. West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat, 1974. p. 5
- ^ a b c Mrityunjoy Banerjee. Organization Behaviour. Allied Publishers, 1995, back cover
- ^ Saibal Sen (September 5, 2011). "New MLAs making their presence felt". Times of India.
- ^ India, a Reference Annual. Research and Reference Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1967. p. 487
- ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1967 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
- ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1969 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
- ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1972 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
- ^ Jnanranjan Guha Thakurta, Amal C. Ghatak. The New Year Book, Vol. 30. S.C. Sarkar & Sons Limited, 1972. p. lxvi
- ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1977 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
- ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1987 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL
- ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1991 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF WEST BENGAL