Kalyan Roy

Kalyan Roy
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
10 July 1969 – 31 January 1985
Succeeded byGurudas Dasgupta
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Personal details
Born(1929-12-27)27 December 1929
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died31 January 1985(1985-01-31) (aged 55)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Political partyCommunist Party of India
Spouse
(m. 1975)
Parents
Alma materPresidency College, Calcutta (BA)
Syracuse University (MA)

Kalyan Roy, also credited as Kalyan Shankar Roy (Bengali: কল্যাণ রায়; 27 December 1929 - 31 January 1985) was an Indian politician and a leader of Communist Party of India and also a leader of All India Trade Union Congress. One of the famous trade union leaders of Asansol-Raniganj coalfield area, Kalyan Roy was one of the senior CPI leader and parliamentarian in Rajya Sabha.[1]

  1. ^ "Coal India: Virtual one-to-one confrontation between chairman and AITUC leader". India Today.