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{{Short description|Indian politician (1898–1984)}}
{{Distinguish|Basanta Kumar Das (Pakistani politician)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Basanta Kumar Das
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 1952
| term_end = 1957
| predecessor =
| successor = [[Pramathanath Banerjee]]
| constituency1 = [[Contai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Contai]], [[West Bengal]]
| office1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Pramathanath Banerjee]]
| successor1 = [[Samar Guha]]
| term_start1 = 1962
| term_end1 = 1967
| office2 =
| term_start2 =
| term_end2 =
| constituency2 =
| office3 = Member of [[Constituent Assembly of India]]
| term_start3 = 9 December 1946
| term_end3 = 24 January 1950
| birth_date = 1 March 1898
| birth_place = Ramchak, Khejuri -II, [[Midnapore District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 1 December 1984
| spouse = Tarangini Das
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| constituency3 =
| alma_mater =
| website =
| footnotes =
| image = Basanta kumar das.jpg
}}
''' Basanta Kumar Das''' (1 March 1898 – 1 December 1984) was an Indian Politician belonging to the [[Indian National Congress]]. He was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the Lower house of Indian Parliament from [[Contai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Contai constituency]], [[West Bengal]] in 1952 and 1962. He was earlier a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] representing [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indiapress.org/election/archives/lok01/state/01lswb.php | title=MEMBERS OF FIRST LOK SABHA West Bengal - 34 | publisher=indiapress.org | accessdate=7 August 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |title=General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results".West Bengal. |publisher=Election Commission of India |accessdate=7 August 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |archivedate=8 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite book|title=Parliament of India, Third Lok Sabha: Who's who 1962|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K6v7v6JijJAC|year=1962|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=95}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Lok Sabha Debates|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bVVPAQAAMAAJ|year=1985|publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat|page=11}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Basanta Kumar Das was born on 1 March 1898 in Ramchak village of [[Khejuri]] police station in [[Purba Medinipur district]], [[British India]] in a [[Mahishya]] family to Indranarayan Das and Sudharani Debi. His family was mostly engaged in agriculture and farming. He passed his [[Matriculation examination]] from the esteemed [[Contai High School]] and then proceeded to the famed [[Presidency College Calcutta|Presidency College]], [[Calcutta]] by 1914 to study his undergraduate [[Science]] degree.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Bhowmik |first=Arindam |title=বসন্তকুমার ও সতীশচন্দ্র: অপূর্ব মেলবন্ধন {{!}} Satish Chandra Samanta & Basanta Kumar Das: Tale of two friends |url=https://www.midnapore.in/article/Freedomfighter_Satishchandrasamanta_Basantakumardas.html |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=www.midnapore.in |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Basanta Kumar Das |url=https://www.constitutionofindia.net/members/basanta-kumar-das/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Constitution of India |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Political career ==
While studying for his [[B.Sc]] at the [[Presidency University, Kolkata|Presidency College, Calcutta]] he had joined the [[Anushilan Samiti]] and by 1921 he had become a member of the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhowmik |first=Arindam |title=দুই জননেতা : বসন্তকুমার ও মাস্টারমশাই নিকুঞ্জবিহারী মাইতি {{!}} Basantakumar Das & Nikunja Bihari Maiti |url=https://www.midnapore.in/article/Satishchandrasamanta_Nikunja_Bihari_Maiti.html |access-date=2025-11-14 |website=www.midnapore.in |language=en}}</ref> For his association with the revolutionary societies and nationalist politicians he was arrested multiple times from 1916 to 1941. He also, actively participated in [[Non-cooperation movement (1919–1922)|Non Cooperation movement]], [[Civil disobedience]] and [[Quit India Movement]]. He closely worked with leaders such as ''Deshapran'' [[Birendranath Sasmal]] during the freedom struggle.<ref name=":0" /> He was the right hand man of Deshapran Sasmal in organising the various independence activities in the areas of [[Purba Medinipur district]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Omvedt |first=Gail |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eW3aAAAAMAAJ&q=birendranath+sasmal |title=Land, Caste, and Politics in Indian States |date=1982 |publisher=Authors Guild Publications |isbn=978-0-8364-1048-8 |language=en}}</ref>

After Independence, he along with [[Satish Chandra Samanta]] was chosen to be a member of the [[Constituent Assembly of India]] tasked with the drafting of the [[Indian constitution]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Bengal contingent at the Constituent Assembly |url=https://www.getbengal.com/details/the-bengal-contingent-at-the-constituent-assembly |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=Get Bengal |language=en}}</ref> He also led a delegation to the [[USSR]] relating to agriculture. He became a member of the Provincial Government from 1950 to 1952 and subsequently, the member of the [[First Lok Sabha]] and then the member of the West Bengal Legislative Council from 1958 to 1962.<ref name=":1" />

== Personal life ==
He was married to Tarangini Debi, a independence activist and a leading figure among the women of [[Midnapore district]] during the [[Indian independence movement]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=.:: Legacy of Midnapore - Freedom Fighter - Tarangini Das ::. |url=https://www.midnapore.in/freedomfighters/tarangini_das.html |access-date=2025-03-26 |website=www.midnapore.in}}</ref>

== Death ==
Basanta Kumar Das died in 1 December 1984 when he was 86 years, leaving his widowed wife and 5 children and his grandchildren. In his village, Ramchak his one storied Mud house still stands. He had established a school, ''Khejuri Adarsha Vidyapith'' in his native place [[Khejuri]]. One of his sons, Paresh Kanti Das was an MLA from [[Bangla Congress]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=বেরা |first=শান্তনু |title=পর্ণকুটিরে বন্দি প্রথম সাংসদের স্মৃতি |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/lok-sabha-election-2019-people-almost-forget-the-role-basanta-kumar-das-1.972299 |work=Anandabazar Patrika}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/671.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

{{First to Tenth Lok Sabha, West Bengal}}
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[[Category:India MPs 1952–1957]]
[[Category:India MPs 1962–1967]]
[[Category:Members of the Constituent Assembly of India]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing]]
[[Category:People from Purba Medinipur district]]
[[Category:Anushilan Samiti]]
[[Category:Presidency University, Kolkata]]
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