Gyan Singh Sohanpal

Gyan Singh Sohanpal
Gyan Singh Sohanpal
Pro tem Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	In office; May 18, 2011 – May 30, 2011
Governor	M. K. Narayanan
Preceded by	Hashim Abdul Halim
Succeeded by	Biman Banerjee
Constituency	Kharagpur Sadar
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1969–1977
Preceded by	Narayan Choubey
Constituency	Kharagpur Sadar
	In office; 1982–2016
Preceded by	Sudhir Das Sharma
Succeeded by	Dilip Ghosh
Constituency	Kharagpur Sadar
Minister of Small Industries and Jails; Government of West Bengal
	In office; February 25, 1969 – July 30, 1970
Governor	Shanti Swaroop Dhavan
Chief Minister	Ajoy Mukherjee
Minister for Transport, Jail and Parliamentary Affairs; Government of West Bengal
	In office; March 19, 1972 – June 21, 1977
Governor	Anthony Lancelot Dias
Chief Minister	Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Personal details
Born	Gyan Singh Sohanpal; 11 January 1925
Died	8 August 2017 (aged 92)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Indian National Congress
Alma mater	Midnapore Collegiate School

Gyan Singh Sohanpal (11 January 1925 – 8 August 2017), was an Indian politician affiliated with the Indian National Congress and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.^[1] He is affectionately known as Chacha Ji ("Uncle" in English) in his constituency of Kharagpur Sadar.

He won his seat Kharagpur Sadar in 1969, 1971, 1972, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011.^[2]

Since 1969, he only lost elections in 1977 and 2016 when he was 91 years old.

He was MLA for 10 terms.^[3]

He contested his first election in 1962 and became a minister in 1969 in Ajoy Mukherjee’s cabinet, taking charge of Small Industries and Jails. In Siddhartha Shankar Ray’s cabinet, he was the Minister for Transport, Jail and Parliamentary Affairs. He has represented Khragpur since 1982, and in the 2011 election, he defeated Anil Kumar Das of the CPI(M) by over 32,000 votes. Following that election, he was the most senior Member of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal and served briefly as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[4] He was sworn in as the Speaker by Governor M. K. Narayanan on May 18, 2011.

References

^ "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation". www.tribuneindia.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
^ "From one wave of change to another, Chacha has seen it all - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.
^ "Will it be a perfect 10 for Kharagpur's own Chacha". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.
^ "Buddhadev resigns, to continue till swearing-in on May 18". www.outlookindia.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.

[1] "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation". www.tribuneindia.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2020.

[2] "From one wave of change to another, Chacha has seen it all - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.

[3] "Will it be a perfect 10 for Kharagpur's own Chacha". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013.

[4] "Buddhadev resigns, to continue till swearing-in on May 18". www.outlookindia.com. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.

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