Cooch Behar,or Koch Bihar,is a city and a municipality lying in the bank of River Torsa in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Cooch Behar district. It is in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas at 26°22′N89°29′E. Cooch Behar is a planned city. Being one of the main tourist destinations of West Bengal,housing the Cooch Behar Palace and Madan Mohan Temple,it has been declared a heritage city. It is the maternal home of Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur.
Hiten Barman is an Indian politician,who was earlier with All India Forward Bloc and later joined All India Trinamool Congress in the Indian state West Bengal.
Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 543 parliamentary constituencies in India. The constituency centres on Cooch Behar in West Bengal. All the seven assembly segments of No. 1 Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency are in Cooch Behar district. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes.
Kamtapur Progressive Party was a political party in northern West Bengal,India. Atul Roy was the president of the party. The party was formed after a split from the Kamtapur People's Party,ahead of the 2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. The party demanded the formation of a Kamtapur state. KPP was a part of the National Democratic Alliance.
Suvendu Adhikari is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party who is the current Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly since 2021 and a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Nandigram Assembly constituency since 2021 and from Contai South from 2006 to 2009. He previously served as the Minister of Transport from 2016 to 2020,Irrigation and Water resource from 2018 to 2020 in the Government of West Bengal. He was also a member of Lok Sabha from Tamluk from 2009 to 2016 and the chairperson of Jute Corporation of India from 2020 to 2021. He was a forner member of the Trinamool Congress from 1998 to 2020 and Indian National Congress from 1995 to 1998. He is the son of Sisir Adhikari,Member of Parliament and former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government.
Asansol Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Paschim Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Cooch Behar Dakshin Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Sitalkuchi Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is reserved for scheduled castes.
Tufanganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Cooch Behar district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Mihir Goswami is an Indian politician from the state of West Bengal. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2001 and 2016–2021,from the Cooch Behar Dakshin constituency. He was the chairman of NBSTC. He was a member of Trinamool Congress party until 2020,when he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. He currently represents the Natabari.
The 2019 Indian general election were held in India between April and May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.
Agnimitra Paul is an Indian fashion designer turned politician who serves as the Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Asansol South and as the President of the West Bengal unit of BJP Mahila Morcha. Prior to entering politics she was a Kolkata-based fashion designer.
Ambika Roy is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party. In May 2021,he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Kalyani.
Paresh Chandra Adhikary is an Indian politician from AITC(till August 2022). In May 2021,he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Mekliganj.
Sushil Barman is an Indian politician from BJP. In May 2021,he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Mathabhanga.
Sukumar Roy is an Indian politician from BJP. In May 2021,he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Cooch Behar Uttar. He is now the district president of BJP Cooch Behar District.
Malati Rava Roy is an Indian politician. She was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Tufanganj as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Baren Chandra Barman is an Indian politician from BJP. In May 2021,he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Sitalkuchi.
Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia is an Indian politician from AITC. In May 2021,he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Sitai.
Kaushik Roy is an Indian politician from BJP. In May 2021,he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Maynaguri.
