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Prasanta Chatterjee | |
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| 35th Mayor of Kolkata | |
| In office 30 July 1990 –12 July 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Kamal Kumar Basu |
| Succeeded by | Subrata Mukherjee |
Prasanta Chatterjee,a politician from Communist Party of India (Marxist),is a Member of the Parliament of India representing West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Parliament.
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