Deben Sen

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Deben Sen
Personal details
Born1897/1899?
Died19 April 1971
Political party Indian National Congress, Krishak Mazdoor Praja Party, Praja Socialist Party, Samyukta Socialist Party

Deben Sen (1897/1899? – 19 April 1971) was an Indian trade union activist and politician.

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Early life

The son of Dwarikanath Sen, of Faridpur (now in Bangladesh), Deben Sen joined the civil disobedience movement and was arrested at Dhaka in 1930, when he was a post graduate student. [1]

Trade Union activities

Deben Sen was a very effective trade union organiser, spreading his activities in Calcutta of the mid-thirties across railways, tramways and electric supply organisations. In 1937, he organized a historic jute industry strike. In 1956, he led a strike of 56,000 workers in Asansol for 27 days. He visited many countries in connection with trade union work and was leader of the Indian delegation to the London Trade Union Conference in 1948. [1]

Involvement in politics

He was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1946 on a Congress ticket. In 1951, he joined the Krishak Mazdoor Praja Party. He was organizing secretary of INTUC, chairman of the West Bengal branch of the Hind Mazdoor Sabha and leader of the Praja Socialist Party and Samyukta Socialist Party. He was actively associated with the Asian Conference in support of Indonesian independence. [1] He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1967 from the Asansol (Lok Sabha constituency). [2]

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  2. "General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2019.