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.
Balurghat (pron:bʌlʊəˈgɑ:t) is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal,India. It is the district headquarter of the Dakshin Dinajpur district. It is one of the major cities connected through National Highway 512. In this town there are museum,parks,super speciality hospital,govt. offices,district court,schools,colleges,a university,police station,railway station,hotels,restaurants,cinema halls,temples,mosques,churches,etc. There is the Atreyee river which flows through this town. It is a place/town to live peacefully. It is a place to visit in the month of October to November when one can enjoy ritualistic and religious festivals. From the inner area of Balurghat one can go Hilli,a rural area,where one can see India-Bangladesh border.
Dakshin Dinajpur,also known as South Dinajpur,is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal,India. It was created on 1 April 1992 by the division of the erstwhile West Dinajpur District. The headquarters (sadar) of the district is at Balurghat. It comprises two subdivisions:Balurghat and Gangarampur. According to the 2011 census,it is the third least populous district of West Bengal.
Mukul Roy is an Indian politician from West Bengal. He has also served as a Minister of State in the Shipping Ministry and later Ministry of Railways during the second UPA government. Before the creation of Trinamool Congress,he was a member of Indian National Congress. Between 2017 and 2021,Roy left Trinamool Congress to join Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2021,he left BJP and joined TMC.
Suvendu Adhikari is an Indian politician from 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.
Balurghat Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Harirampur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Dakshin Dinajpur district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Baharampur Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Mausam Benazir Noor is an Indian politician serving as Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from West Bengal and Vice Chairperson of West Bengal Commission for Women. She has served as President of Malda district TMC. She has also served as a Member of Lok Sabha for Maldaha Uttar from 2009 until 2019.
Assembly election was held in Indian state of West Bengal in 2011 to elect the members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as the term of the incumbent government was about to expire naturally. The election was held in six phases between 18 April and 10 May 2011 for all the 294 seats of the Assembly.
Subrata Bakshi is an Indian politician who currently serves as Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. He was the General Secretary of the All India Trinamool Congress and State President of West Bengal Trinamool Congress. He was the Minister for Public Works and the Minister for Transport in the Government of West Bengal in 2011. He was also an MLA,elected from the Bhabanipur constituency in the 2011 West Bengal state assembly election.
Subrata Mukherjee was an Indian politician who was cabinet minister of the government of West Bengal and sitting member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was a member of All India Trinamool Congress. He was also the 35th Mayor of Kolkata from 2000 to 2005.
Upendranath Biswas or U. N. Biswas is a retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer,caste historian,and an Indian politician. He is widely known for his probe into the Fodder Scam and for bringing down the once-powerful RJD leader and Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in 1997.
Goutam Deb is an Indian Politician currently serving as the Mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation. He was a Cabinet Minister of Department of Tourism in the Government of West Bengal from 2016 to 2021. He also served as the Minister of North Bengal Development,a newly formed department in 2011 by Mamata Banerjee,the first woman Chief Minister of West Bengal. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly from Dabgram-Phulbari Assembly Constituency two times. Presently he is serving as Mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation and Observer of Jalpaiguri District Trinamool Congress Committee.
Madan Mitra is an Indian politician,actor from West Bengal. Madan Mitra started his career with party Indian National Congress. He held many positions of Indian Youth Congress,the party's youth wing. In 1998,he joined Trinamool Congress party,founded by his colleague Mamata Banerjee,and his movie debut was in the 2023 Bengali film Oh! Lovely. In 2011,he was elected to the legislative assembly and became a state minister. He was arrested for the Sarada Chit Fund conspiracy case and got bail after 22 months.
Chandrima Bhattacharya is an Trinamool Congress politician and the current Minister of State for Finance (Independent Charge),Health and Family Welfare,Land and Land Reforms,Refugee and Rehabilitation of the Government of West Bengal. Previously,she acted as a minister in the first reshuffle of the ministry in January 2012 after Mamata Banerjee took over as Chief Minister. She was also made the junior Law Minister in October 2012. She was promoted as a cabinet minister and given independent charge of Law and Judicial Department,Government of West Bengal in November 2012.
Balurghat High School is a higher secondary school for boys &for girls(for class 11 &12 only) situated at the Ward no. 11 of Balurghat Municipality in Dakshin Dinajpur of West Bengal. Balurghat High School was established in 1907 and it is one of the oldest schools in India.
Buniadpur is a City and a Municipality in North Bengal in the Dakshin Dinajpur district,West Bengal,India.
Rathin Ghosh is currently the Food and Supplies Minister of West Bengal in the third Mamata Banerjee Government. He is an Indian politician belonging to the All India Trinamool Congress. He was elected as a member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Madhyamgram in 2011,2016,and 2021.
Sabyasachi Dutta is an Indian politician from West Bengal. He belongs to the All India Trinamool Congress and was MLA from Rajarhat New Town Vidhan Sabha Constituency. He has also served as the first Mayor of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation from 2015 to 2019. In 2019,he joined BJP.
