Political Families of India - West Bengal

West Bengal

The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Family

  • Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
    • Amit Mitra ,current Finance Minister in the Government of West Bengal.

The Das Family of West Bengal

  • 'Deshbandhu'Chittaranjan Das
    • Siddhartha Shankar Ray (son of Chittaranjan Das ),Former Chief Minister of West Bengal

The Ashutosh Mukherjee Family of West Bengal

  • Syama Prasad Mookerjee Served as Minister for Industry and Supply under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet and latter founded of Bharatiya Jana Sangh.


The Dasmunsi Family

  • Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi,former cabinet minister (govt.of India)
  • Deepa Dasmunsi,(wife) current Minister of State for urban development (govt.of India)

The Naidu Family

  • Sarojini Naidu She was born in a Bengali Hindu family ,(freedom fighter and poetess) (Mother)
    • Padmaja Naidu (Former Governor of West Bengal) (Daughter)

The Mukherjee Family

  • Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee Freedom Fighter of Indian independence movement and was a member of West Bengal Legislative Council between 1952 and 1964 as a representative of the Indian National Congress
    • Pranab Mukherjee, Former Senior INC leader and Current President of India.
      • Abhijit Mukherjee, Member of Parliament (MP) from the Jangipur (Lok Sabha constituency) in West Bengal.

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