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'''Bangshi Badan Barman''' is an [[India]]n politician. A leading figure in the 'Greater Cooch Behar' movement, Barman is currently jailed after a 2005 riot.

Barman finished a Bengali Honours degree at [[Dinhata College]] in 1992. During his student days he was a members of the [[Students Federation of India]].<ref name="tel3">[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050922/asp/siliguri/story_5269001.asp Quiet but sudden shot at ?fame?]</ref>

In 1998 the [[Greater Cooch Behar People's Association]] (GCPA), an organisation striving to create a separate 'Greater Cooch Behar' state out of areas presently part of the state of [[West Bengal]], was formed.<ref name="tel3"/> Barman became the General Secretary of GCPA.<ref name="tele">[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080506/jsp/siliguri/story_9231881.jsp Bangshi's old outfit back with 'state' map - For the police chief: name the spot]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060409132350/http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/27/stories/2005092703701300.htm We will abide by statute, says Cooch Behar leader]</ref>

Barman was arrested following riots in Cooch Behar on September 20, 2005. Five people, three policemen (including an additional superintendent of police) and two pro-Greater Cooch Behar supporters, were killed in the clashes on that day. GCPA was holding protests in the city, erecting barricades.<ref name="tel2">[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090425/jsp/siliguri/story_10872328.jsp Bangshi bail plea]</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050922/asp/bengal/story_5269733.asp Stubborn standoff in war zone]</ref>

When the GCPA was split in 2006, Barman sided with the break-away [[Greater Cooch Behar Democratic Party]].<ref name="tele"/>

In June 2008, the GCBDP organised a fast-unto-death [[hunger strike]], demanding the release of Bangshibadan Barman and 55 other followers of the party (who had been arrested at a 2005 GCPA meeting). The fast was, however, called off by the party on June 9, 2008, after talks with senior administration officials.<ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080610/jsp/siliguri/story_9387966.jsp Cooch Behar fast off]</ref>

In April 2009, a bail pray for Barman was rejected by the [[Calcutta High Court]].<ref name="tel2"/>

In the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 Lok Sabha election]], the GCBDP launched Bangshibadan Barman as its candidate in the [[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar constituency]]. Barman became the first undertrial prisoner to file his nomination papers for a parliamentary election in West Bengal.<ref>[http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/PoliticsNation/First-undertrial-prisoner-in-West-Bengal-files-nomination/articleshow/4371044.cms First undertrial prisoner in West Bengal files nomination]</ref> He filed his candidature as an [[independent (politician)|independent]]. In the end, Barman obtained 37,226 votes (3.3% of the votes in the constituency).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eciresults.nic.in/frmPCWiseResult.aspx |title=Election Commission of India-General Elections 2009 |access-date=2009-05-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090517000258/http://www.eciresults.nic.in/frmPCWiseResult.aspx |archive-date=2009-05-17 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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