Political families of West Bengal

Indian politician

The partial list of political families of West Bengal state of India.

## Bose Family[edit]

* Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, brother of Sarat Chandra Bose
* Sarat Chandra Bose, freedom fighter, , brother of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bengal politician, member of Constituent Assembly of India
* Amiya Nath Bose, son of Sarat Chandra Bose, MP from Forward Bloc
* Dr Sisir Kumar Bose, son of Sarat Chandra Bose, MP from Forward Bloc
* Subrata Bose, son of Sarat Chandra Bose, MP from All India Forward Bloc
* Prof Krishna Bose, wife of Sisir Kumar Bose, MP from All India Trinamool Congress
* Prof Sugata Bose, son of Sisir Kumar Bose, MP from All India Trinamool Congress
* Amit Mitra, former Finance Minister in the Government of West Bengal

## Khan Family[edit]

* A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury, Union Minister of Railways in Third Indira Gandhi ministry and established the Kolkata Metro.
* Abu Hasem Khan Choudhury, MP from Indian National Congress.
* Isha Khan Choudhury, former MLA from Indian National Congress.
* Abu Nasar Khan Choudhury, former MLA from Congress, member of All India Trinamool Congress.
* Rubi Noor, former MLA from Indian National Congress
* Mausam Noor, former MP from Indian National Congress, member of All India Trinamool Congress.
* Sonya Noor, American vascular surgeon

## Adhikari Family[edit]

* Sisir Adhikari, sitting MP from Bharatiya Janata Party[1]
* Suvendu Adhikari, sitting MLA & Leader of Opposition from Bharatiya Janata party.
* Dibyendu Adhikari, sitting MP from All India Trinamool Congress.

## Das Family[edit]

* 'Deshbandhu'Chittaranjan Das
* Siddhartha Shankar Ray, grandson of Chittaranjan Das, former Chief Minister of West Bengal

## A. Mukherjee Family[edit]

* Ashutosh Mukherjee
* Syama Prasad Mookerjee Served as Minister for Industry and Supply under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet and latter founded Bharatiya Jana Sangh

## Dasmunsi Family[edit]

* Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, former cabinet minister
* Deepa Dasmunsi, former Minister of State for Urban Development

## Konar Family[edit]

* Hare Krishna Konar, freedom fighter and politician, one of the founding member of Communist Consolidation and later one of the Co-founder of Communist Party of India (Marxist), first Minister of Land and Land Reforms
* Benoy Krishna Konar, Former MLA and president of All India Kisan Sabha, younger brother of Hare Krishna Konar

## Roy Family[edit]

* Tathagata Roy, Former governor of Meghalaya, Former president of West Bengal unit of BJP
* Sougata Roy, MP from Dum Dum

## Naidu Family[edit]

* Sarojini Naidu, freedom fighter and poet
* Padmaja Naidu, Former Governor of West Bengal, daughter of Sarojini Naidu

## P. Mukherjee Family[edit]

* Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, member of the West Bengal Legislative Council from 1952 to 1964.
* Pranab Mukherjee, Senior INC leader and former President of India
* Abhijit Mukherjee, Member of Parliament from the Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency) in West Bengal
* Sharmistha Mukherjee, member of Indian National Congress.

## Banerjee Family[edit]

* Mamata Banerjee, founder of All India Trinamool Congress, Chief Minister of West Bengal
* Abhishek Banerjee, MP of Diamond Harbour, president of AITMCP, AITMYC[clarification needed]

## Singh Family[edit]

*     *       * Arjun Singh, MP from Barrackpore, MLA of Bhatpara, Chairman of Bhatpara Municipality, senior member of All India Trinamool Congress
* Sunil Singh, MLA of Noapara, Chairman of Garulia Municipality
* Umashankar Singh, senior leader and president of Bharatiya Janata party

## Ahmed Family[edit]

* Sultan Ahmed, MP and former Union Minister of State for Tourism Department, government of India
* Sajda Ahmed, wife of Sultan, MP from the Uluberia constituency
* Iqbal Ahmed, brother of Sultan, MLA and former deputy mayor of Kolkata

## Chatterjee Family[edit]

* Nirmal Chandra Chatterjee, MP from Hoogly
* Somnath Chatterjee, Son of Nirmal, Speaker of the Lok Sabha and MP from Bolpur

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Explained: The importance of the Adhikari family in West Bengal politics". The Indian Express. 2020-12-03. Retrieved 2020-12-03.