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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Kshitish Chandra Neogy''' (1888–1970), also known as KC Neogy, was an [[India]]n [[politician]] from [[West Bengal]]. He was a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]], member of the first Cabinet of independent India and the chairman of the [[first Finance Commission of India]].<br />
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Neogy was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and was elected as a member of the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] in 1920, 1923, 1926, 1930 representing Bengal and was returned to the assembly in successive elections. He held a number of important posts in Government of India including Chairman of the Planning Advisory Board and Indian Railway Enquiry Committee. He was also a member of the [[United Nations Commission on Human Rights]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.uttyler.edu/meidenmuller/commtheory/StudentWork/amandasmith.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-08-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114234405/http://www2.uttyler.edu/meidenmuller/commtheory/StudentWork/amandasmith.htm |archive-date=2013-11-14 }}</ref><br />
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Neogy was elected as a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] and after independence became a member of the [[First Cabinet of Independent India]] under [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] as the Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation and later as Minister for Commerce.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chaudhary|first=Valmiki|title=Dr. Rajendra Prasad: Correspondence and Select Documents|year=1984|page=326|isbn=9788170230021|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N1ZEqWRk7HsC}}</ref> After the resignation of [[R. K. Shanmukham Chetty]], Neogy took charge as the second Finance Minister of India in 1950. He held office for just 35 days and did not get an opportunity to present a Budget <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshow/4112762.cms|title=- Liaquat Ali Khan: 1946-1947 (Interim government)}}</ref> since he resigned along with [[Syama Prasad Mookerjee]].<br />
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On 22 November 1951, Neogy was appointed by the President of India as the chairman of the first [[Finance Commission of India]].<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Inauguration of K. C. Neogy Conference Room in Thirteenth Finance Commission |url=http://fincomindia.nic.in/DispFull.aspx?id=6 |location=New Delhi |publisher=Fourteenth Finance Commission |date=2008-06-24 |access-date=2017-07-23}}</ref><br />
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Neogy had three children with his wife, Lila. His eldest son, Prithwish Neogy (1918–91), was a professor of art history at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA.<br />
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[[Category:Members of Central Legislative Assembly of India]]<br />
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[[Category:Finance Ministers of India]]<br />
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