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Ajit Kumar Panja

Indian politician

Ajit *ar Panja (13 September 1936 – 14 November 2008) was a Union minister of state in the Government of India. He was a member of Indian National Congress party but left it to join Trinamool Congress. He was born in Calcutta, and studied law at the Scottish Church College, Calcutta and at the Lincoln's Inn. His Native village was a small village in Burdwan district, named Majigram. A lawyer by profession, he aut*d many books. He was also a stage actor who enacted the role of Ramakrishna Paramahansa in Kolkata.

Contents

  • 1 Life and career
  • 2 Positions held
  • 3 Books published
  • 4 References
  • 5 External links

Life and career

Ajit *ar Panja was born in Kolkata on 13 September 1936. His father was Dhanapati Panja.

Apart from political career he started performing on stage theatre in the role of "Sri Ramakrishma Paramhansa" in the play "Sri Sri Ramakrishna" (made according to the story of Noti Binodini written by Late. Brajendra Kis* Dey) organised by Kolkata High Court Advocate's Drama *ociation in India. The play was staged in London and USA (Washington, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles).

Ajit Panja died of oral cancer on 14 November 2008 at the Peerless Hospital.

Positions held

  • 1971,1972-77 Member, West Bengal Legislative *embly and 1982–84
  • 1971-72 Cabinet Minister, Judiciary and Parliamentary Affairs (Home), West Bengal
  • 1972-77 Cabinet Minister, Health and Family Planning and Water Supply,
  • 1973 Member, All India Congress Committee (A.I.C.C.)
  • 1977 President, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.) (I), North Calcutta, West Bengal
  • 1980-81 President, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.)(I), West Bengal
  • 1984 Elected to 8th Lok Sabha
  • 1985-86 Union Minister of State, Planning
  • 1986 Union Minister of State, Food and Civil Supplies
  • 1986-88 Union Minister of State, Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge)
  • 1988-89 Union Minister of State, Finance
  • 1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
  • 1990 Member, Committee of Privileges Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance
  • 1990-91 Member, Committee on Public Accounts Member, Informal Consultative

Committee, Railway Zone

  • 1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
  • 1991-93 Union Minister of State, Information and Broadcasting (Independent Charge)
  • 1993-95 Union Minister of State, Coal (Independent Charge)
  • 1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (4th term)
  • 1996-97 Member, Committee on Energy Member, Business Advisory Committee
  • 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (5th term) Chief Whip, West Bengal Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party
  • 1998-99 Member, Committee on Industry Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of

Urban Affairs and Employment Chairman, West Bengal Trinamool Congress

  • 1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (6th term)
  • 13 Oct 1999 to 2004 Union Minister of State, External Affairs

Books published

  • Encephalitis Attack in West Bengal
  • CPM Gun Shoot to Kill (English and Bengali)
  • Ganatantra Hatya (Bengali)
  • Siksha Khethre Nairajya (Bengali)
  • Sansad Bichitra (Bengali)
  • PM (Sh. V.P. Singh) challenged to prove charges (English)
  • Dunkel Agreement (Bengali)
  • Unemployment Problems in India How to solve it (Bengali)
  • Era of Excellence of Narasimha Rao Govt 4th Yr-Major Achievements and Decisions
  • Mining Medicines Hand Book for Health Workers and Mine Workers

References

    External links

    • Ajit Panja
    New and
    Renewwable
    EnergyCoalOther
    • NLC India Limited
    • Singareni Collieries Company
    • Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation
    • Coal controller organisation
    • Commissioner of payments
    Legislations
    • The Coking Coal Mines (Emergency Provisions) Ordinance
    • Coking Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1972
    • Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973
    • Colliery Control Order, 2000
    • Coal Mines (Conservation & Development) Act, 1974 and Coal Mines (Conservation & Development) Rules, 1975
    • The Collection of Statistics Act, 1953 and the Collection of Statistics (Central) Rules, 1959
    • Coal Bearing Areas (Acquisition & Development) Act, 1957
    • Coal Mines Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1948
    • Coal Mines Pension Scheme, 1998
    • Mines and Minerals (Regulation & Development) Act, 1957
    Secretaries
    • Susheel *ar
    • Inder Jit Singh
    • Sumanta Chaudhuri
    • Dr. Anil *ar Jain (in*bent)
    Ministers
    • Biju Patnaik
    • Vasant Sathe
    • P. A. Sangma (MoS, IC)
    • Ajit *ar Panja (MoS, IC)
    • Jagdish Tytler (MoS, IC)
    • Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    • S. R. Bommai
    • Kanti Singh
    • Inder *ar Gujral
    • Inder *ar Gujral
    • Dilip Ray (MoS, IC)
    • N. T. Shanmugam (MoS, IC)
    • Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (MoS, IC)
    • Ram Vilas Paswan
    • Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    • Lal Krishna Advani
    • Uma Bharati
    • Kariya Munda
    • Mamata Banerjee
    • Shibu Soren
    • Manmohan Singh
    • Shibu Soren
    • Manmohan Singh
    • Shibu Soren
    • Manmohan Singh
    • Shriprakash Jaiswal (MoS, IC)
    • Piyush Goyal (MoS, IC)
    • Pralhad Joshi (in*bent)
    Petroleum and
    Natural G*chemes
    • Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
    Projects
    • Urja Ganga Gas Pipeline Project
    • National Infrastructure Pipeline
    PSUsOther
    • Strategic Petroleum Reserve (India)
    Secretaries
    • K D Tripathi
    • M M Kutty (in*bent)
    Ministers
    • Humayun Kabir
    • O. V. Alagesan (MoS, IC)
    • Asoka Mehta
    • Kotha Raghuramaiah (MoS, IC)
    • Triguna Sen
    • Dajisaheb Chavan (MoS, IC)
    • Prakash Chandra Sethi
    • H. R. Gokhale
    • Devakanta Barua
    • Keshav Dev Malviya
    • Morarji Desai
    • H. N. Bahuguna
    • Ravindra Varma
    • T. A. Pai
    • Aravinda Bala Pazhanoor
    • Charan Singh
    • S. N. Kacker
    • Indira Gandhi
    • Prakash Chandra Sethi
    • Virendra Patil
    • Prakash Chandra Sethi
    • P Shiv Shankar
    • Naval K Sharma (MoS, IC)
    • Chandrashekhar Singh (MoS, IC)
    • N. D. Tiwari
    • Brahm Dutt (MoS, IC)
    • V. P. Singh
    • M. S. Gurupadaswamy
    • Chandra Shekhar
    • Satya Prakash Malaviya
    • B. Shankaranand
    • Satish Sharma (MoS, IC)
    • Atal Bihari Vajpayee
    • H. D. Deve Gowda
    • I. K. Gujral
    • Janeshwar Mishra
    • Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy
    • Ram Naik
    • Mani Shankar Aiyar
    • Murli Deora
    • S. Jaipal Reddy
    • M. Veerappa Moily
    • Dharmendra Pradhan (MoS, IC till 03 September 2017) (in*bent)
    Minister of State
    • Chandrashekhar Singh (1985 - 1986)
    • Dinsha Patel (2006-2009)
    • Jitin Prasada (May 2009 - Jan 2011)
    • R. P. N. Singh (19 Jan 2011 – 28 Oct 2012)
    • Panabaka Lakshmi (28 Oct 2012 – 17 May 2014)
    Department of
    Atomic EnergyUniversities
    • Homi Bhabha National Ins*ute
    • Tata Ins*ute of Fundamental Research
    Aided Sector
    • National Ins*ute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar
    • National Board for Higher Mathematics
    • Atomic Energy Education Society
    • Tata Memorial Centre
    • Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences
    • Saha Ins*ute of Nuclear Physics
    • Ins*ute of Physics
    • Harish-Chandra Research Ins*ute
    • Ins*ute of Mathematical Sciences
    • Ins*ute for Plasma Research
    Secretaries
    • Dr. K.N.Vyas (in*bent)
    Ministers of State
    • Jitendra Singh (in*bent)
    Related
    • India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement
    • Opposition to the Indo-US civilian agreement in India
    • India's three-stage nuclear power programme
    • Nuclear Liability Act

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