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|office = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member]] of the [[Indian Parliament]] <br /> for [[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar]]<br />
|term_start = 1977<br />
|term_end = 2004<br />
|predecessor = Benoykrishna Das Chowdhury<br />
|successor = [[Hiten Barman]]<br />
|office1 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] <br /> for [[Mekliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mekliganj]]<br />
|term_start1 = 1962<br />
|term_end1 = 1971<br />
|predeccesor1 = Prasanta Chatterjee<br />
|successor1 = Mihir Kumar Roy<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1930|08|15}} <br />
|birth_place = Barashashi, [[Dinajpur District, Bangladesh|Dinajpur District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now in Bangladesh)<br />
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2013|07|03|1930|08|15}} <br />
|death_place = [[Jalpaiguri]], West Bengal<br />
|party = [[All India Forward Bloc]]<br />
|spouse = Santilata Roy Pradhan{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}<br />
|children = 2 Sons<br />
[[Arghya Roy Pradhan and Ashok Roy Pradhan]]<br />
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'''Amar Roy Pradhan''' or '''Amarendra Nath Roy Pradhan'''<ref name="Das1999"/> (15 August 1930 – 3 July 2013) was an Indian politician from [[All India Forward Bloc]] party. He remained MP from [[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar]] Lok Sabha constituency eight times from 1977 to 1999, prior to which he was member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] MLA from [[Mekliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mekhliganj]] thrice (1962–1971).<ref name="times13"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/young-india-votes/news/Lok-Sabha-veterans-with-a-difference/articleshow/636425.cms| title=Lok Sabha veterans with a difference | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=23 April 2004 | access-date=12 December 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and background==<br />
Amarendra Nath Roy Pradhan was born on 15 August 1930 to Talendranath Roy Pradhan at Barashashi, [[Dinajpur District, Bangladesh|Dinajpur District]] (now in Bangladesh). He studied at [[Victoria College, Cooch Behar]] (then affiliated with [[University of Calcutta]]), followed by A.C. College, [[Jalpaiguri]], West Bengal.<ref name=par>{{Cite web | title = Biographical Sketch of Member of 12th Lok Sabha | url = http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12wb01.htm | publisher = Parliament of India, website | access-date = 5 July 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121007184953/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12wb01.htm | archive-date = 7 October 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Pradhan started his political career at state-level, and was elected to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Mekliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mekhliganj]] three times, 1962, 1967 and 1977.<ref name=par/><br />
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He was elected to the Lok Sabha from [[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar]] Lok Sabha constituency eight consecutive times from 1977 to 1999.<ref name="Das1999">{{cite book|author=Malabasri Das|title=Parliamentary Elections in West Bengal, 1952-1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uy2OAAAAMAAJ|access-date=5 July 2013|page=54|year=1999|publisher=Government of West Bengal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S25/partycomp01.htm| title = 1 – Cooch Behar Parliamentary Constituency (1977-2004)| access-date = 5 July 2013| work = Partywise Comparison since 1977| publisher = Election Commission of India| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120311193614/http://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S25/partycomp01.htm| archive-date = 11 March 2012| url-status = dead}}</ref><br />
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He also published a number of book, including ''Upeksit Uttarbange'', ''Sona Sonapat'', ''Garibi Hatao Ekti Slogan Matra'' (all in Bengali), and ''Forward towards Mighty Peasants Struggle'', and ''Rule of Jungle'' (English).<ref name=par/><ref name="Rajamani">{{cite book|author=R. C. Rajamani|title=Portraits of India's Parliamentarians for the New Millennium: Lok Sabha|year=2000|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XnP1rW35OsEC&pg=PA616|access-date=5 July 2013|publisher=Gyan Books|isbn=978-81-212-0702-7|pages=616–}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
He died on 3 July 2013 at a nursing home in [[Jalpaiguri]], at the age of 82. He was survived by two sons.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} Santilata Roy Pradhan died prior to him.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} [[Arghya Roy Pradhan]], his younger son, became a Trinamool Congress MLA in West Bengal state assembly from the [[Tufanganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tufanganj constituency]] in 2011.<ref name="times13">{{Cite news | title = Former MP and senior Forward Bloc leader Amar Roy Pradhan dies | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Former-MP-and-senior-Forward-Bloc-leader-Amar-Roy-Pradhan-dies/articleshow/20895724.cms | work = The Times of India | date =3 July 2013 | access-date = 5 July 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title = Former MP Amar Roy Pradhan dies| url = http://zeenews.india.com/news/west-bengal/former-mp-amar-roy-pradhan-dies_859700.html | publisher =Zee News | date =3 July 2013 | access-date = 5 July 2013 }}</ref><br />
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