Bidhan Chandra Roy was an Indian physician and politician who served as Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1950 until his death in 1962. He played a key role in the founding of several institutions and cities like Salt Lake,Kalyani,and Durgapur.
Mamata Banerjee is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal since 20 May 2011,the first woman to hold the office. Having served multiple times as a Union Cabinet Minister,Mamata Banerjee became the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the first time in 2011. She founded the All India Trinamool Congress in 1998 after separating from the Indian National Congress,and became its second chairperson later in 2001. She often refers to herself as Didi.
Subhash Bhowmick was an Indian football player and manager. During his playing career,he represented the "Big Two" of Kolkata football,East Bengal and Mohun Bagan. He also represented India in various international tournaments between 1970 and 1985.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is an Indian politician who served as the leader of the Indian National Congress in the 17th Lok Sabha and from 2019 to 2024 and the Member of Parliament from Berhampore from 1999 to 2024. He has served as the president of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) following the demise of Somendra Nath Mitra from 2020 to 2024. and previously from 2014 to 2018,Chairperson of Public Accounts Committee since 2019 till 2024,Minister of State of Railways from 2012 to 2014 and the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 1999.
Nandan is a government-sponsored film and cultural centre in Kolkata,India. The primary aim of the cultural hub is to encourage and facilitate cinematic awareness in society. It includes a few comparatively large screens housed in an impressively architectured building. The complex,besides being a modern cinema and cultural complex,is a popular destination for the young and the aged alike.
West Bengal State University (WBSU) is a public university situated in Berunanpukuria,North 24 Paraganas,West Bengal,India. It was established by an Act of the Legislative Assembly in 2007.
Deepak Chakraborty,is an Indian actor and director in the Bengali film industry located in Kolkata,West Bengal. He is the son of renowned cartoonist Shaila Chakraborty. He is also a politician and a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Government of West Bengal. He was born on 2 November 1955 in Kolkata. He has been conferred upon the prestigious Mahanayak Samman by the Govt. of West Bengal in 2012.
Koushik Sen is an Indian actor in film,television,OTT and theatre,based in Kolkata. He is the founder and director of the theatre group Swapnasandhani. He won the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Award for best supporting actor for his performance in the Mrinal Sen directed film Aamar Bhuvan. He was awarded Girish Purashkar 2023 by the Cultural Department of the Government of West Bengal for his extraordinary contributions to theatre. In 2024 he was awarded Telly Academy Best Actor Award for Godhuli Alap series.
Bratyabrata Basu Roy Chowdhury,also known as Bratya Basu,is an Indian actor,stage director,playwright,film director,professor and politician who has been the Education Minister of West Bengal since 2021. He has also assumed the same office in the First Mamata Banerjee ministry. In May 2016,Basu was assigned the portfolios of Tourism,Science Technology and Bio-Technology,and Information Technology and Electronics. He has been elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly,from the Dum Dum constituency since the 2011 Assembly Election of West Bengal. Basu is presently the Chairperson of Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi and Minerva Natyasanskriti Charchakendra under the governance of the Department of Information and Cultural Affairs,West Bengal.
Deepa Dasmunsi is an Indian politician. She served as the member of parliament for Raiganj in the 15th Lok Sabha. She was the Minister of State for Urban Development from October 2012 until May 2014. She was the wife of Indian National Congress politician Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi,until his death in 2017.
Naihati Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Dr. Amit Mitra is an Indian economist and politician and the current Special Advisor to Chief Minister of West Bengal on Finance. Previously he was the Finance,Commerce &Industries Minister of the government of Indian state of West Bengal. He was the incumbent MLA in the West Bengal state assembly from the Khardaha state assembly constituency. Cited as a giant killer in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election defeating Asim Dasgupta,the former West Bengal Finance Minister. Mitra previously served as the Secretary general of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
Partha Chatterjee is an Indian politician. He earlier served as the Minister of Commerce and Industries and formerly served as the Education Minister of Government of West Bengal. He represented the Trinamool Congress. He also held the political office of Secretary General of the TMC. In 2022,he was suspended indefinitely from the party following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate.
Ali Imran Ramz,popularly known as Victor,is an Indian politician who served as member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly elected in 2009 by-election and then 2019 election.
Jagdeep Dhankhar is an Indian politician and lawyer serving as the 14th and current vice president of India since 2022. He previously served as the Governor of West Bengal from 2019 to 2022. He also served as a Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs in the Chandra Shekhar ministry from 1990 to 1991,and served as a member of Lok Sabha from 1989 to 1991. Between 1993 and 1998,he was a Member of Rajasthan's Legislative Assembly. He has been affiliated with multiple political parties in India,including the Bharatiya Janata Party,Indian National Congress and Janata Dal.
Partha De is an Indian politician and a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He has served as the School Education Minister and Health Minister in the Government of West Bengal.
West Bengal School Service Recruitment Scam is an ongoing education SSC scam in West Bengal,India since 2022. The scam is being currently investigated jointly by Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate. The scam was revealed,following the arrest of Partha Chatterjee,a Trinamool Congress leader,who has served as the Minister of Education in the Mamata Banerjee's cabinet until his arrest on 23 July 2022.
Humayun Kabir is an Indian politician and former police officer from West Bengal,who is serving as member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Debra constituency since 2021. A member of Trinamool Congress,he has also served as cabinet minister of state under Third Banerjee ministry,from 2021 to 2022.
Manik Bhattacharya is an Indian teacher,advocate and politician who served as president of West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) until 2022. During SLST Examination 2016,he was the president of WBBPE. In late 2023,he was admitted to SSKM Hospital,citing chest pains.[11] A member of Trinamool Congress,he is serving as member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Palashipara,Nadia since 7 May 2021. He was arrested by ED on 11 October 2022 in connection with 2022 West Bengal School Service Commission recruitment scam. He got bail from Calcutta High Court in September 2024.
