Kanailal Bhattacharyya

Dr. Kanailal Bhattacharyya (born 1918) was an educationist, politician and former minister of Ministry of Commerce & Industries (West Bengal).

This article is about a educationist and political leader. For Indian nationalist, see Kanailal Bhattacharjee.

Kanailal Bhattacharyya
কানাইলাল ভট্টাচার্য
Born12 October 1918
Santragachi, Howrah, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materPresidency College, Narasinha Dutt College
OccupationPolitician and minister of Govt
Known forEducationist, social reformer , politician
OfficeWest Bengal Commerce and Indrustries Department
Term1977-1993
SuccessorJyoti Basu
Political partyAll India Forward Bloc
Spouse(s)Bani
Parent(s)
  • Sishir Kumar Bhattacharyya (father)

Early life

Kanailal Bhattacharyya was born on 12 November 1918 to Sishir Kumar Bhattacharyya, a notable resident of the area and the Bhattacharyya family. From childhood, he lived at Santragachi area. He was early educated in Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah. He attended Narasinha Dutt College. After that he completed M.Sc. and D.Phil. (Science) degree from Presidency College. He was married to Bani, the daughter of Satyanarayan Biswas.[1]

Political life

Kanailal Bhattacharyya joined All India Forward Bloc. He was connected with the trade union movement in India. So he suffered imprisonment from 1943 to 1945.[2] He became the elected member of the Legislative Assembly at Shibpur in 1972 and 1977 elections.[3]

Educationist

He was a social reformer and educationist. In 1977 he was made the minister of West Bengal Ministry of Commerce and Indrustries. Up to 1993 he was the minister of the department.[4] A college has been founded and named before him in Howrah naming Dr. Kanailal Bhattacharya College in 1985.[5]

References
  1. Who's who. West Bengal (India) Legislative Assembly. 1957. p. 10.
  2. Who's who. West Bengal (India) Legislative Assembly. 1957. p. 10.
  3. "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data, AC No. West Bengal Election Commission.
  4. "Lest we forget". The Telegraph. India. 14 May 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  5. http://drklbcollege.ac.in/
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