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'''Deben Sen''' (1897/1899? – 19 April 1971), was an Indian trade union activist.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
The son of Dwarikanath Sen, of Faridpur (now in Bangladesh), Deben Sen joined the [[civil disobedience movement]] and was arrested at [[Dhaka]] in 1930, when he was a post graduate student.<ref name=charitabhidhan>Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical Dictionary), Chief Editor: Subodh Chandra Sengupta, Editor: Anjali Bose, 4th edition 1998, {{in lang|bn}}, Vol I, pages 218-19, {{ISBN|81-85626-65-0}}, Sishu Sahitya Samsad Pvt. Ltd., 32A Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata.</ref><br />
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==Trade Union activities==<br />
Deben Sen was a very effective trade union organiser, spreading his activities in Calcutta of the mid-thirties across railways, tramways and electric supply organisations. In 1937, he organized a historic jute industry strike. In 1956, he led a strike of 56,000 workers in Asansol for 27 days. He visited many countries in connection with trade union work and was leader of the Indian delegation to the London Trade Union Conference in 1948.<ref name=charitabhidhan/><br />
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==Involvement in politics==<br />
He was elected to the [[Bengal Legislative Assembly]] in 1946 on a Congress ticket. In 1951, he joined the Krishak Mazdoor Praja Party. He was organizing secretary of [[Indian National Trade Union Congress|INTUC]], chairman of the West Bengal branch of the [[Hind Mazdoor Sabha]] and leader of the [[Praja Socialist Party]] and [[Samyukta Socialist Party]]. He was actively associated with the Asian Conference in support of Indonesian independence.<ref name=charitabhidhan/> He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] in 1967 from the [[Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=loksabha1967>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |title=General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work=West Bengal |publisher=Election Commission |accessdate=31 May 2019 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185108/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |archivedate=18 July 2014 }}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Bengali politicians]]<br />
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[[Category:Samyukta Socialist Party politicians]]<br />
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