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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Manoranjan Bhakta<br />
| image = Manoranjan Bhakta 4170024.JPG<br />
| caption = Manoranjan Bhakta<br />
| birth_date ={{Birth date|1939|4|10|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = Charmanshi, [[Barisal district]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />
| residence = [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]<br />
| death_date ={{Death date and age|2015|6|12|1939|4|10|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Salt Lake City, Kolkata|Salt Lake]], [[Kolkata]]<br />
| constituency = [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Lok Sabha constituency)|Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]<br />
| office = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member]] of the [[Indian Parliament]] <br/> for [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Lok Sabha constituency)|Andaman & Nicobar Islands]]<br />
| term = 1977-1999,2004-2009<br />
| predecessor = K.R Ganesh<br />
| successor = [[Bishnu Pada Ray]]<br />
| party =[[Indian National Congress|INC]] 3<br />
| religion = <br />
| spouse = Shanti Bhakta<br />
| children = Anita Mondal, Sunita Dhar<br />
| website = <br />
| footnotes = <br />
| date = 16 June |<br />
| year = 2015 | <br />
| source = http://www.indiapress.org/election/archives/lok10/mp71.php<br />
}}<br />
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'''Manoranjan Bhakta''' (10 April 1939 – 12 June 2015)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ebangla.in/news/andaman-nicobar-islands-leader-manoranjan-bhakta-passes-away/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=7 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107224117/http://ebangla.in/news/andaman-nicobar-islands-leader-manoranjan-bhakta-passes-away/ |archive-date=7 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was an Indian politician<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/young-india-votes/news/Lok-Sabha-veterans-with-a-difference/articleshow/636425.cms| title=Lok Sabha veterans with a difference | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=23 April 2004 | accessdate=12 December 2020}}</ref> and a leader of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) political party. He was first elected as Member of Parliament for the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Lok Sabha constituency)|Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] in 1977 to the [[6th Lok Sabha]]. In total, he served eight terms as Member of Parliament for this constituency, seven of which were consecutive from 1977–1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12AN01.htm|title=Biographical Sketch - Member of Parliament - XII Lok Sabha |publisher=Indian Parliament website|accessdate=27 March 2010}}</ref> In 2010, after being denied a ticket in an election, he left the INC and later joined the [[Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.andamansheekha.com/2013/07/29/andaman-sheekha-exclusive-is-bhakta-planning-a-comeback/|work= Andaman Sheekha|title=ANDAMAN SHEEKHA EXCLUSIVE :::: Is Bhakta planning a comeback??|accessdate=30 May 2014}}</ref><br />
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He studied M.A. and LL.B. from Calcutta University, Calcutta.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/2326.htm|title=Biographical Sketch of Member of 12th Lok Sabha|website=loksabhaph.nic.in|access-date=2020-04-16}}</ref> He was an Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker by profession.<ref name=":0" /> He started his political career as a Pradhan of Diglipur Gram Panchayat serving from 1961-71.<br />
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands lawyer and journalist Anita Mondal, who is his daughter contested the Andaman and Nicobar Islands seat as Trinamool Congress candidate in the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general election]] where she finished in fourth place garnering 2,283 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseU011.htm?ac=1|title=Constituencywise-All Candidates|publisher=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]]}}</ref> She is also a Trinamool Congress councillor in Bidhannagar Municipality.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bidhannagarmunicipality.org/administration/list-of-councillors|title=Bidhannagar Municipality|publisher=Bidhannagar Municipality|accessdate=30 May 2014}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071006080411/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=2326 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]<br />
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