Bhawani Sankar Biswas

Bhawani Sankar Biswas
ভবানী শংকর বিশ্বাস
Provincial Minister of East Pakistan
In office
1962–1965
Governor
PortfolioHealth, Labour and Social Welfare
Preceded by
Succeeded bySultan Ahmed
Member of the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly
In office
1962–1965
Leader
In office
1954–1958
Leader
ConstituencyFaridpur South-West
Personal details
Born1918
Faridpur District, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died27 January 2011(2011-01-27) (aged 92–93)
PartyIndependent
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
OccupationPolitician

Bhawani Sankar Biswas (1918 - 2011) was a Bangladeshi politician who advocated for the introduction of separate electorates for Hindus and a quota system for the Scheduled Castes. He served as a provincial minister of East Pakistan prior to the independence of Bangladesh.

Biography

Biswas was born in 1918 in Majhigati village, Faridpur District, Bengal Presidency, British India (in present-day Muksudpur Upazila, Gopalganj District, Bangladesh).[1] After studying at Orrakandi M.E. High School and Narail Victoria College, he earned his bachelor's degree in 1944 from Government Fazlul Huq College, affiliated with the University of Calcutta that time.[2][3]

After completing his education, Biswas chose teaching as his profession. During his career, he served as the founding headmaster of Dighargati High School and Haldhar Institute High School, and played a role in the establishment of Chanderhat High School in Bagerhat.[2] Following the partition of India in 1947, he was involved in efforts aimed at preventing the migration of religious minorities from Pakistan and mitigating communal violence.[1]

In the 1954 provincial election, he contested as an independent candidate and was elected a member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly. In the assembly, he was elected deputy leader of the Scheduled Communities Parliamentary Party.[2] He was re-elected as an independent member to the East Pakistan Provincial Assembly in the 1962 provincial election.[1] Later that year, he became an associate member of the Convention Muslim League.[4] From 1962 to 1965, Biswas served as East Pakistan's Minister for Health, Labour and Social Welfare in the cabinets of Faruque and First Monem.[1]

He also contested the 1970 Pakistani general election from the NE-98 Faridpur-V constituency.[5] Bhawani Sankar Biswas died on 27 January 2011.[1]

Personal life

His elder son, Dulal Biswas, served as president of the National Federation of Youth Organisations in Bangladesh and was a member of the board of directors of the Youth Welfare Fund under the Ministry of Youth and Sports.[6] His younger son, Subhash Chandra Biswas, a social worker, died in 2024.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "সাবেক মন্ত্রী ভবানী শংকর বিশ্বাসের ১১তম মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী কাল". Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). 26 January 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "BHABANI SANKAR". The Morning News. 28 June 1962. p. 3.
  3. ↑ "Death anniversary". The Daily Star. 27 January 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  4. ↑ Afzal, M. Rafique (1985). "Convention Muslim League, 1962–1969: An Appraisal" (PDF). Pakistan Journal of History and Culture. 6 (2). Islamabad: National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research: 4.
  5. ↑ "List of NA candidates". The Pakistan Observer. 16 October 1970. p. 12.
  6. ↑ "Discussion on Bhabani Sankar Biswas held in city". The Financial Express. 21 February 2012.
  7. ↑ "সাবেক মন্ত্রী ভবানী শংকর বিশ্বাসের ছোট ছেলের মৃত্যু". Metro News (in Bengali). 30 December 2024.
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