Surya Singh Besra | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly, Bihar | |
In office 1990–1991 [1] | |
Preceded by | Karan Chandra Mardi |
Succeeded by | Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu |
Constituency | Ghatshila |
Personal details | |
Born | 1955or1956(age 69–70) [2] Barakanjia,Dumaria,Singhbhum district,Bihar (present-day East Singhbhum district,Jharkhand) [3] |
Political party | All Jharkhand Students Union Jharkhand People's Party |
Education | M.A Santali [4] [5] |
Alma mater | Ranchi University |
Occupation | Political activist,politician |
Known for | founder of All Jharkhand Students Union Jharkhand statehood movement |
Surya Singh Besra is a political activist and prominent political leader. He is the founder secretary of All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) and Jharkhand People's Party (JPP). He was a member of the 10th Bihar Legislative Assembly,elected from the Ghatshila constituency in 1990. He is popularly known for Jharkhand statehood movement. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]
Surya Singh Besra (born 1955 or 1956) [2] was born at Barakanjia,Dumaria,then in Singhbhum district of Bihar (now East Singhbhum district,Jharkhand),in a Santali ethnolinguistic Mahali family. [11] His father was Sawna Besra,who worked as government employee. [4] He attended Parulia Primary School near his village and Astokoshi High School,Bhalukpatra,completing matriculation under the Bihar School Examination Board. He graduated from Ghatsila College and obtained a Master of Arts in Santali from the Department of Tribal and Regional Languages,Ranchi University. [4] [5]
He is married to Kunti Besra,who was as a nurse by profession,and they have three children:Neetisha,Neelam,and Saurav. [4] [12]
Election | House | Constituency | Vote gained | % | Result | Party | Ref | |
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2024 | Lok Sabha | Jhargram | 19,494 | 1.31% | Lost | JPP | [13] | |
2019 | Jamshedpur | 1,717 | 0.99% | Lost | [14] | |||
2004 | 11,057 | 1.42% | Lost | NPF | [15] | |||
2024 | Jharkhand Legislative Assembly | Ghatsila | 527 | 0.28% | Lost | JPP | [16] | |
2019 | 2,255 | 1.33% | Lost | [17] | ||||
2014 | Potka | 12,177 | 6.55% | Lost | [17] | |||
2009 | Ghatsila | 28,561 | 22.52% | Lost | BJP | [17] | ||
2005 | Potka | 21,162 | 15.97% | Lost | JPP | [17] | ||
2000 | Bihar Legislative Assembly | 20,421 | 20.05% | Lost | Ind | [17] | ||
1995 | Ghatsila | 7,914 | 6.72% | Lost | JPP | [17] | ||
1990 | 25,054 | 31.74% | Won | Ind | [17] | |||
1985 | 20,134 | 31.96% | Lost | JMM | [17] | |||