Politics
- Col. H.H. Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharaja of Coochbehar
- Surendranath Banerjea, 11th President of the Indian National Congress
- Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Chief Minister of West Bengal (2001–11)
- Subhas Chandra Bose, 53rd President of the Indian National Congress and founder of the Forward Bloc (later expelled)
- Bhupendra Nath Bose, Under Secretary in the Council for the Secretary of State for India
- Sarat Chandra Bose, Works, Mines and Power Member, Government of India, (1946)
- Somnath Chatterjee, Speaker of Lok Sabha, India, (2004–2009)
- Pratap Chandra Chunder, Education and Social Welfare Minister, Government of India, (1977–1980)
- Asim Dasgupta, Finance Minister, Government of West Bengal, (1987-2011)
- HH Maharaja Bir Pratap Singh Deo, Former Maharaja of Sonepur, Orissa
- Ullaskar Dutta, Former Member of Jugantar Party
- Atulkrishna Ghosh, Member of the Anushilan Samiti
- Jnan Chandra Ghosh, Kt., former Member-in-Charge of Education, Health and Scientific Research, Planning Commission, India, (1955)
- Nolini Kanta Gupta, Participated in the Alipore Bomb case
- A.K. Fazlul Huq, Prime Minister of Bengal, (1939–1943)
- Azizul Haque, B.L, C.I.E, K.C.S.I, D.Litt, Former Education Minister, Government of Bengal
- Humayun Kabir, Education Minister, Government of India, (1958–67)
- Pandit Yamuna Karjee, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar and Orissa (1937–42)
- Bishnu Ram Medhi, Chief Minister of Assam (1950–57)
- Amit Mitra, Finance Minister of West Bengal, (2011–present)
- Shyamaprasad Mookerjee, Industry and Supply Member, Government of India, (1946–50)
- Hirendranath Mukherjee, Member of Lok Sabha, India, (1952–77)
- Debi Prasad Pal, Minister of State for Finance, Government of India, (1991–96)
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad, First President of India
- Abdur Rahim, Member, Bengal Executive Council (Administration of Justice, Jail and other Allied Subjects), (1921–25), later President of the Central Legislative Assembly
- Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Chief Minister of West Bengal (1972–77)
- Professor Saugata Roy, Minister of State for Urban Development, Government of India, (2009–present)
- Ashoke Kumar Sen, Law and Justice Minister, Government of India, (1984–89)
- Mohit Sen, Founder, United Communist Party of India (UCPI), Member of the Communist Party of India
- Anugrah Narayan Sinha, First Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar (1946–1957)
- Lord Satyendra Prasanno Sinha, First Indian Governor of Bihar and Orissa (1920–1921)
- Atish Chandra Sinha, Minister of State for Public Undertaking, Cottage and Small Scale Industries, Government of West Bengal, (1972–1977); also Zamindar of Kandi, Bengal
- Bratya Basu, Higher Education Minister, Government of West Bengal, (2011–present)
- Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh, Former Governor of Uttar Pradesh
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“They who have been bred in the school of politics fail now and always to face the facts. Their measures are half measures and makeshifts merely. They put off the day of settlement, and meanwhile the debt accumulates.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—P.J. (Patrick Jake)
“It is not so much that women have a different point of view in politics as that they give a different emphasis. And this is vastly important, for politics is so largely a matter of emphasis.”
—Crystal Eastman (1881–1928)