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| Office | Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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| Term start | 2016 |
| Term end | 2021 |
| Predecessor | Samik Bhattacharya
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| Constituency | Basirhat Dakshin
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| Political party | Trinamool Congress Template:Small
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Dipendu Biswas (29 September 1981) is an Indian retired professional footballer,[1][2].
Playing career
Biswas's father is from Bengal and mother is from Kerala, Thalasseri, Kannur district. He graduated from the Tata Football Academy in 1996.[3] He rejoined Mohun Bagan in 2012.[3]
His earnings in 1998–99 were reported to be Rs1.2 million and in 1999–2000 were Rs0.8 million.[4] In 2011, he was one of a handful of players who were sold land by the government at subsidised prices because they had "made the state proud at national and international levels."[5]
Political career
In 2014, he ran for election from Basirhat in West Bengal under the Trinamool Congress party, and was defeated by Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate Samik Bhattacharya. In the 2016 state assembly elections, he defeated Bhattacharya by more than 20,000 votes. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on 8 March 2021 after not being considered by Trinamool to contest the legislative elections.[6] However, he was not made a candidate even by the BJP, and though he was inducted into the West Bengal State Committee, he left the party within a couple of months.[7]
Honours
East Bengal
- IFA Shield: 2000
Bengal
Achievements
- Represented Mohun Bagan AC as a forward from 2005 to 2007 and rejoined the club in 2012
- Played for East Bengal FC as a forward between 2007 and 2008
- In July 2020, Biswas became the football secretary of Mohammedan Sporting Club. In the 129-year history of the club, he is the first footballer who has been appointed a football secretary.
References
- ↑ NEWS FOR THE MONTH OF August 2001 – The All India Football Federation released a list with probables for the upcoming Afro – Asian Games and the SAF Games., Chaudhuri, Arunava. www.indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network(30 August 2001). Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ মহামেডানের গ্যালারি গড়তে ৬০ লাখ টাকা দিলাম, পরের বছর আইএসএলে দেখতে চাই: মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়. thewall.in. The Wall Bureau(16 August 2023). Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dipendu happy to be back with Mohun Bagan(15 July 2012). Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ↑ Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Psychology Press(1 September 2001). ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2
- ↑ Plots allotted to Poulami, Rahul(14 January 2011). Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ↑ West Bengal polls: Five Trinamool Congress MLAs, another leader join BJP. scroll.in. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ↑ Dipendu Biswas resigns from BJP on Tuesday(18 May 2021). Retrieved 22 February 2026.
- ↑ Bengal lift record sixth crown. tribuneindia.com(5 April 1999). Retrieved 26 January 2022.