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Kiran Shankar Roy | |
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কিরণ শংকর রায় | |
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| West Bengal Department of Home and Hill Affairs Home Minister (Police and Jails) | |
| In office 7 May 1948 – 20 February 1949 | |
| Governors‑General | |
| Premier | Bidhan Chandra Roy |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 October 1891 Teota, Dacca District, Bengal, British India |
| Died | 20 February 1949 (aged 57) Calcutta, West Bengal, Dominion of India |
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| Political party | Indian National Congress |
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| Spouse | Padma Roy |
| Children | Kalyan Roy |
| Relatives | Raja Shyama Sankar Parbati Sankar Roy Choudhury Tapan Raychaudhuri (nephew) Kumar Sankar Ray (cousin) |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford Lincolns Inn (did not complete) |
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| Known for | United Bengal proposal |
Kiran Shankar Roy, also credited as Kiron Sankar Roy (Bengali: কিরণ শংকর রায় Kiy-ron Shan-kor Roi; 25 October 1891 – 20 February 1949) was an Indian Bengali politician, academic, and freedom fighter. He was one of the leading figures of the Swaraj Party in the anti-British independence movement of the Indian subcontinent and one-time colleague of Subhas Chandra Bose and associate of Sarat Chandra Bose. He was one of Bengal's big five prominent Congress leaders during the two decades 1920s and 1940s. Roy, Leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party in the Bengal Assembly, participated in the United Independent Bengal movement of 1947[1][2]
- ^ edited by Subodh Chandra Sengupta and Anjali Basu, সংসদ বাঙালি চরিতাভিধান (1976), Part I, সাহিত্য সংসদ, কলকাতা, আগস্ট ২০১৬, পৃষ্ঠা ১৩৯, ISBN 978-81-7955-135-6
- ^ "Speech by the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee on the Occasion of the Valedictory Ceremony of the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations (1937 to 2012) of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly". President of India.