President of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee
In office 16 September 2018 – 30 July 2020
Preceded by
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Succeeded by
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
In office 1992–1998
Preceded by
Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Succeeded by
A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2009 – 28 January 2014
Preceded by
Samik Lahiri
Succeeded by
Abhishek Banerjee
Constituency
Diamond Harbour
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 1972-1977
Preceded by
Binoy Banerjee
Succeeded by
Binoy Banerjee
Constituency
Sealdah
In office 1982-2009
Preceded by
Binoy Banerjee
Succeeded by
Sikha Mitra
Personal details
Born
(1941-12-31)31 December 1941 Katorah, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died
30 July 2020(2020-07-30) (aged 78) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Cause of death
Cardiac arrest
Political party
Indian National Congress
Other political affiliations
All India Trinamool Congress (2008-2014)
Spouse
Sikha Mitra
Children
Rohan Mitra
Alma mater
University of Calcutta (B.Sc.), (LL.B.)
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Somendra Nath Mitra (31 December 1941 – 30 July 2020), popularly known as Somen Mitra, was an Indian politician. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha, elected from the Diamond Harbour constituency in West Bengal state in 2009 as a Trinamool Congress candidate. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Sealdah from 1972 to 2006. He was the president of the state unit of the Indian National Congress. In July 2008, he left the Indian National Congress and formed a new party, named, Pragatisheel Indira Congress.[1] In October 2009, the political party founded by him was officially merged with the All India Trinamool Congress.[2] He rejoined his parent party Congress in January, 2014, before that he resigned from his MP post.[3]
He became the president of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee for the second time on 22 September 2018 and served until his death on July 30, 2020.[4]
^"Somen Mitra leaves Congress". Daily News and Analysis. 19 July 2008. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
^"Now, Somen officially a Trinamool man". Indian Express. 29 October 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
^Somen Mitra rejoins Congress thehindu.com. 21 January 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2014
^"Somen Mitra appointed Congress chief in Bengal". 21 September 2018.
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pro-Communist faction sided with Mukherjee's protégé, 4-time Sealdah MLA SomenMitra, while the anti-Communist faction sided with Ray's protégé, state Youth...
opposite Tapas Paul. Her political career hit the crux when she defeated SomenMitra in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. Bandyopadhyay...
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engaged in working alongside Pranab Mukherjee, Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, SomenMitra and other veterans of Indian National Congress. He has been actively...
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September 2014 following the resignation of the sitting MLA, Shikha Chowdhury (Mitra) who switched over from Trinamool Congress to Congress. "Delimitation Commission...
later Congress leaders like Priya Ranjan DasMunshi, Manas Bhunia and SomenMitra also started their careers as lower rung student leaders of the Bangla...
Naxalite ideologue Charu Majumdar. He, alongside Subrata Mukherjee & SomenMitra was the prominent militant face of the Chhatra Parishad who clashed heads-on...
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resignation of the sitting MLA, SomenMitra who was elected as MP In Parliament from Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency).Sikha Mitra of Trinamool Congress...
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Somen Chanda (Bengali: সোমেন চন্দ; 24 May 1920 – 8 March 1942) was a Marxist activist, writer and trade union leader of Bengal. Somen Chanda was born...
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and was a den of criminals and illegally-mined-coal racketeers. Shri SomenMitra, IPS, the then Addl S P of Asansol took the initiative to get that area...
dissent in party ranks. Congress(I) heavy-weights Subrata Mukherjee and SomenMitra led a revolt against the party leadership. And Pranab Mukherjee had floated...
(Subrata Mukherjee had then split from and was virtually at war with the SomenMitra-led fraction). He was assaulted in a brutish way—he carried the marks...
(বিরিঞ্চি বাবা) by Rajshekhar Basu. After the death of his wife, Gurupada Mitra (Prasad Mukherjee), an advocate, has not been at peace. He and his daughter...
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