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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Arun Kumar Kar
| image =
| office1 = [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Khowai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khowai]]
| term_start1 = 1988
| term_end1 = 1993
| predecessor1 = Samir Deb Sarkar
| successor1 = Samir Deb Sarkar
| birth_date = {{circa|1939}}
| death_date = 16 February 2020 (aged 81)
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}

'''Arun Kumar Kar''' ({{circa|1939}} – 16 February 2020) was an [[India]]n academic and politician from [[Tripura]] belonging to [[Indian National Congress]]. He was a legislator of the [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]]. He also served as a minister of the [[Government of Tripura]].

==Biography==
Kar joined Shri Nath Bidyaniketan in 1962. He was appointed as the headmaster of the institution in 1981. He retired from there in 1998.<ref name=a>{{cite news|url=https://www.fastnation.in/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A7%9F%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D/|title=প্রয়াত হয়েছেন রাজ্যের প্রাক্তন শিক্ষা ও শ্রম মন্ত্রী অরুণ কুমার কর|date=16 February 2020|accessdate=19 February 2020|language=bn|website=Fast Nation}}</ref>

Kar contested from [[Khowai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khowai]] in 1977 but did not win.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/tripura/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html
|title=Tripura Assembly Election Results in 1977
|accessdate=30 December 2019|website=www.elections.in
}}</ref> He was elected as a member of the [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]] from that constituency in 1988.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/tripura/assembly-constituencies/1988-election-results.html
|title=Tripura Assembly Election Results in 1988
|accessdate=30 December 2019|website=www.elections.in
}}</ref> Later, he was appointed as a minister of the [[Government of Tripura]].<ref name=a/> He also contested from [[Khowai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khowai]] in 1998, 2003 and 2008 but did not win.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/tripura/assembly-constituencies/1998-election-results.html
|title=Tripura Assembly Election Results in 1998
|accessdate=30 December 2019|website=www.elections.in
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/tripura/assembly-constituencies/2003-election-results.html
|title=Tripura Assembly Election Results in 2003
|accessdate=30 December 2019|website=www.elections.in
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/tripura/assembly-constituencies/2008-election-results.html
|title=Tripura Assembly Election Results in 2008
|accessdate=30 December 2019|website=www.elections.in
}}</ref>

Kar died of cardiac arrest on 16 February 2020 at a private hospital in [[Kolkata]] at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite news|title=The former education minister of Tripura Arun Kumar Kar passed away today morning in Kolkata
|url=https://tripuranewslive.com/2020/02/16/the-former-education-minister-of-tripura-arun-kumar-kar-passed-away-today-morning-in-kolkata/
|website=Tripura News Live|date=16 February 2020
|accessdate=19 February 2020
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indigenousherald.com/TripuraNews/ex-education-minister-arun-kar-dies-5029.html
|title=Ex Education Minister Arun Kar dies, CM condoles
|date=16 February 2020
|accessdate=19 February 2020|website=Indigenous Herald
}}</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:1930s births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Members of the Tripura Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:People from Khowai district]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Tripura]]
[[Category:Indian academics]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Tripura]]

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