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'''Charu Mihir Sarkar''' (born August 31, 1924) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from 1967–1971 and served as Minister in the 1967 and the 1969 [[United Front (1967)|United Front]] state cabinet.

==Youth==
Sarkar was born on August 31, 1924.<ref name="Reed1969"/> He went to school at Malikandah in [[Dhaka District|Dacca District]], later receiving education at [[Surendranath College]] in [[Calcutta]].<ref name="Reed1969">{{cite book|author=Sir Stanley Reed|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wmDVAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Times of India Press|page=942}}</ref> He received [[Master of Arts]] degree from [[Calcutta University]].<ref name="Reed1969"/>

Sarkar as contested the [[Scheduled Castes]] seat in the [[Bongaon (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bongaon constituency]] in the [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], standing as a [[Praja Socialist Party]] candidate.<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | publisher= [[Election Commission of India]] | accessdate = 4 December 2016}}</ref> He finished in second place with 20,959 votes (29.54%), finishing ahead of former Minister of [[Pakistan]] [[Jogendra Nath Mandal]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957/>

==Social work==
Sarkar was involved in various social welfare activities in his home district.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Sikh Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dEAqAQAAMAAJ|volume=14–15|year=1966|publisher=Sikh Cultural Centre|page=65}}</ref> He founded the Ramchandrapur Palli Mongal Vidhyapith, and became its headmaster.<ref name="Reed1969"/>

==Minister==
Sarkar won the [[Hanskhali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hanskhali (SC) seat]] in the [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], standing as a [[Bangla Congress]] candidate.<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | publisher= [[Election Commission of India]] | accessdate = 4 December 2016}}</ref> He obtained 33,298 votes (67.12%), defeating R.K. Mallick of the [[Indian National Congress]] in a straight contest.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> On July 5, 1967 he was sworn in as a Minister without Portfolio in the [[United Front (1967)|United Front]] state government, after prolonged negotiations on including a minister from Scheduled Castes in the cabinet.<ref name="Kashyap1974">{{cite book|author=Subhash C. Kashyap|title=The politics of power: defections and state politics in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=17u1AAAAIAAJ|year=1974|publisher=National Pub. House|pages=518, 523}}</ref>

Sarkar retained the Hanskhali (SC) seat in the [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], obtaining 25,957 votes (51.75%).<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | publisher= [[Election Commission of India]] |accessdate = 4 December 2016}}</ref> Sarkar was named Minister for Community Development in the second [[United Front (1967)|United Front]] government formed in 1969.<ref name="Committee">{{cite book|author=Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee|title=Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952–1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Committee|page=379|isbn=9788176260282}}</ref> Sarkar, along with two other Bangla Congress ministers, resigned from his post as Minister on February 19, 1970.<ref name="Dasgupta1992">{{cite book|author=Surajit Kumar Dasgupta|title=West Bengal's Jyoti Basu: a political profile|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=atNHAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Gian Pub. House|isbn=978-81-212-0420-0|page=35}}</ref> On 16 March 1970<ref name="Das1970">{{cite book|author=Sitanshu Das|title=The future for Indian democracy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-4UdAAAAMAAJ&q=ajoy|year=1970|publisher=Fabian Society|page=30|isbn=9780716312857}}</ref> [[Ajoy Mukherjee]], the chief minister, presented his resignation, and the government was dismissed on 19 March 1970.<ref>{{cite book|author=Amrita Basu|title=Two Faces of Protest: Contrasting Modes of Women's Activism in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyY0Yb5BrqgC&pg=PA31|date=1 October 1994|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-08919-8|pages=31–32}}</ref>

==1971 election==
Sarkar lost the Hanskhali (SC) seat in the [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]. He obtained 4,574 votes (8.79%), finishing in third place behind the INC and [[CPI(M)]] candidates.<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | publisher= [[Election Commission of India]] | accessdate = 4 December 2016}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Bangla Congress politicians]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1967–1969]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1969–1971]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of West Bengal]]
[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:Possibly living people]]
[[Category:Praja Socialist Party politicians]]

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