Kuber Chandra Biswas | |
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Member of Bangladesh Parliament | |
In office 1973–1979 | |
Succeeded by | Prafulla Kumar Shil |
Personal details | |
Born | 1917 |
Died | 1980 |
Political party | Bangladesh Awami League |
Kuber Chandra Biswas is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former Member of Parliament of Khulna-5.
Biswas started his career as a Judicial Magistrate in then united Bengal in 1944. He retired as District Judge of Barisal in 1966 and started practice as a pleader in the Dacca High Court. He was elected to East Pakistan Assembly in 1970 and simultaneously as Bar Council Deputy Secretary. [1] He was elected to parliament from Khulna-5 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 1973. [2]
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