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| name = Bir Singh Mahato<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1945|9|14|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Purulia]], [[West Bengal]]<br />
| residence = [[Purulia]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|4|17|1945|9|14|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = Purulia<br />
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| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Purulia]]<br />
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| term_start1 = 1996<br />
| term_end1 = 2006<br />
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| party =[[All India Forward Bloc]]<br />
| spouse = Pushpa Mahato<br />
| children = 3 sons<br />
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| date = 17 September |<br />
| year = 2006 |<br />
| source = https://web.archive.org/web/20060615194320/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=224<br />
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'''Bir Singh Mahato''' (14 September 1945 – 17 April 2021) was an [[List of political parties in India|Indian politician]] and an [[Member of Parliament|MP]] representing the [[Purulia (Lok Sabha constituency)]] in [[West Bengal]]. As member of All India Forward Bloc, he was member of 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th Lok Sabha.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=224 |title=14th Lok Sabha - member profile |access-date=18 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219040604/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=224 |archive-date=19 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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He was sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a Purulia local court for a rape case in 1983.<ref>{{ cite web |url= http://news.oneindia.in/2006/05/12/ten-years-jail-for-forward-bloc-mp-bir-singh-mahto-in-rape-case-1147422015.html |title= Ten years jail for MP Bir Singh Mahto in rape case |date= 12 May 2006 }}</ref><br />
The Calcutta High Court acquitted Bir Singh Mahato, a former Forward Bloc MP from Purulia, in the rape case.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/hc-acquits-former-bloc-mp-in-rape-case/532205/|title=HC acquits former Bloc MP in rape case - Indian Express}}</ref><br />
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Mahato died on 17 April 2021, aged 75.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Sources==<br />
*http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/hc-acquits-former-bloc-mp-in-rape-case/532205/<br />
*http://indianexpress.com/tag/bir-singh-mahato-rape-case/<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060615194320/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=224 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]<br />
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