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	\| name = Benoy Kishna Konar		\| name = Benoy Kishna Konar
	\| image = Michil w.jpg		\| image = Michil w.jpg
	\| office = President of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)\|All India Kisan Sabha]]		\| office = President of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)\|All India Kisan Sabha]]
	\| term = Few Months		\| term = Few Months
	\| office1 = Member of the [[Central Committee]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]		\| office1 = Member of the [[Central Committee]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
	\| term_start1 = 1995		\| term_start1 = 1995
	\| term_end1 = 2014		\| term_end1 = 2014
	\| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|Member]] of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]		\| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|Member]] of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
	\| term_start2 = 1969		\| term_start2 = 1969
	\| term_end2 = 1972		\| term_end2 = 1972
	\| preceded2 = P.Bishayee		\| preceded2 = P.Bishayee
	\| succeeded2 = Naba Kumar Chatterjee		\| succeeded2 = Naba Kumar Chatterjee
	\| constituency2 = [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Memari]]		\| constituency2 = [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Memari]]
	\| term_start3 = 1977		\| term_start3 = 1977
	\| term_end3 = 1982		\| term_end3 = 1982
	\| preceded3 = Naba Kumar Chatterjee		\| preceded3 = Naba Kumar Chatterjee
	\| succeeded3 = Maharani Konar		\| succeeded3 = Maharani Konar
	\| constituency3 = [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Memari]]		\| constituency3 = [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Memari]]
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1930\|4\|24\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1930\|4\|24\|df=y}}
	\| birth_place = [[Memari]] village, [[Burdwan]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj\|British India]]<br>{{small\|(present-day [[Memari]] village, [[Purba Bardhaman district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]])}}		\| birth_place = [[Memari]] village, [[Burdwan]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj\|British India]]<br>{{small\|(present-day [[Memari]] village, [[Purba Bardhaman district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]])}}
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2014\|9\|14\|1930\|4\|24\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2014\|9\|14\|1930\|4\|24\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]		\| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
	\| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]		\| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
	\| spouse = Maharani Konar		\| spouse = Maharani Konar
	\| children = 3		\| children = 3
	}}		}}

	'''Benoy Krishna Konar''' (24 April 1930 - 14 September 2014) was an Indian politician ~~who started as~~ a peasant leader of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]~~. He~~ was ~~also~~ the President of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)\|All India Kisan Sabha]] and was the Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Benoy Konar\|url=https://www.cpim.org/tags/benoy-konar\|access-date=2022-01-06\|website=Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Benoy Krishna Konar''' (24 April 1930 – 14 September 2014) was an Indian communist politician, a firebrand peasant leader of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], he was the President of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)\|All India Kisan Sabha]] and was the Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]], he was also accused for [[Sainbari murder]] case.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Benoy Konar\|url=https://www.cpim.org/tags/benoy-konar\|access-date=2022-01-06\|website=Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|language=en}}</ref>

	==Early life==		== Early life==
	Benoy Krishna Konar was born in 1930 his father is Sharatchandra Konar and his mother name is Satyabala Devi in an affluent family of farmers in Memari in Purba Bardhaman district. His official Address is Kamargoria. He is the younger brother of Famous Politician [[Comrade]] [[Hare Krishna Konar]]. So, from younger age he gets attracted to Communist Party.<ref name=tel>{{cite web\| url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/benoy-konar-no-more/cid/321575\|title = Benoy Konar no more\| work = Bengal\|publisher = The Telegraph, 15 September 2014 \| access-date = 4 October 2014}}</ref>		Benoy Krishna Konar was born in 1930 his father is Sharatchandra Konar and his mother name is Satyabala Devi in an affluent family of farmers in Memari in Purba Bardhaman district. His official Address is Kamargoria. He is the younger brother of Famous Politician [[Comrade]] [[Hare Krishna Konar]]. So, from younger age he gets attracted to Communist Party.<ref name="tel">{{cite web\| url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/benoy-konar-no-more/cid/321575\|title = Benoy Konar no more\| work = Bengal\|publisher = The Telegraph, 15 September 2014 \| access-date = 4 October 2014}}</ref>

	==Communist career==		== Communist career==
	Like his elder brother Harekrishna Konar, he became fully involved in organising the peasant movement in Burdwan. He led various struggles of the agricultural workers and poor peasants. Benoy Konar became an important leader of the Kisan movement of West Bengal and served as the general secretary and president of the state Kisan Sabha. Later he became the national president of the All India Kisan Sabha, a post in which he served for a number of years. Benoy Konar was a staunch Marxist–Leninist. He was a member of the West Bengal state committee of the CPI(M) from 1982 and became a member of the state secretariat in 1991. He was elected to the Central Committee of the Party in 1995 and became chairman of the Central Control Commission in the 20th Congress of the Party. He was a member of the state legislative assembly from Memari constituency thrice. Comrade Benoy Konar had to face police repression during his political activities. He was jailed under a number of false cases and spent six years and nine months in jail. He had also worked underground during the peasants struggles in Burdwan. Benoy Konar served the Communist Party with great distinction. He was a powerful speaker. He was known for his firm ideological commitment to Marxism and led an exemplary life marked by simplicity.<ref name=tel/> He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in 1969, 1971 and 1977.<ref name=tel/> His wife, Maharani Konar, was elected from the same constituency in 1982, 1987 and 1991.<ref name=tel/>		Like his elder brother Harekrishna Konar, he became fully involved in organising the peasant movement in Burdwan. He led various struggles of the agricultural workers and poor peasants. Benoy Konar became an important leader of the Kisan movement of West Bengal and served as the general secretary and president of the state Kisan Sabha. Later he became the national president of the All India Kisan Sabha, a post in which he served for a number of years. Benoy Konar was a staunch Marxist–Leninist. He was a member of the West Bengal state committee of the CPI(M) from 1982 and became a member of the state secretariat in 1991. He was elected to the Central Committee of the Party in 1995 and became chairman of the Central Control Commission in the 20th Congress of the Party. He was a member of the state legislative assembly from Memari constituency thrice. Comrade Benoy Konar had to face police repression during his political activities. He was jailed under a number of false cases and spent six years and nine months in jail. He had also worked underground during the peasants struggles in Burdwan. Benoy Konar served the Communist Party with great distinction. He was a powerful speaker. He was known for his firm ideological commitment to Marxism and led an exemplary life marked by simplicity.<ref name="tel" /> He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in 1969, 1971 and 1977.<ref name="tel" /> His wife, Maharani Konar, was elected from the same constituency in 1982, 1987 and 1991.<ref name="tel" />
	He was known for making caustic remarks against the Trinamool Congress and its chief [[Mamata Banerjee]] which had drawn flak even from allies during Singur and Nandigram agitations. Konar had also taken potshots against the then West Bengal Governor, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, after the Nadigram killing in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/benoy-konar-cpm-leader-dies-in-kolkata/articleshow/42468828.cms\|title = Benoy Konar, CPM leader, dies in Kolkata \| Kolkata News - Times of India\|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Homage to Benoy Konar {{!}} Peoples Democracy\|url=https://peoplesdemocracy.in/2014/0921_pd/homage-benoy-konar\|access-date=2022-01-06\|website=peoplesdemocracy.in}}</ref>		He was known for making caustic remarks against the Trinamool Congress and its chief [[Mamata Banerjee]] which had drawn flak even from allies during Singur and Nandigram agitations. Konar had also taken potshots against the then West Bengal Governor, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, after the Nadigram killing in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/benoy-konar-cpm-leader-dies-in-kolkata/articleshow/42468828.cms\|title = Benoy Konar, CPM leader, dies in Kolkata \| Kolkata News - Times of India\|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Homage to Benoy Konar {{!}} Peoples Democracy\|url=https://peoplesdemocracy.in/2014/0921_pd/homage-benoy-konar\|access-date=2022-01-06\|website=peoplesdemocracy.in}}</ref>

	==Death==		== Death==
	He died at Kolkata on 14 September 2014 after a prolonged illness.<ref name=tel/><ref name="toi">{{cite web\|title=Benoy Konar, CPM leader, dies in Kolkata\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Benoy-Konar-CPM-leader-dies-in-Kolkata/articleshow/42468828.cms\|access-date=4 October 2014\|publisher=The Times od India, 14 September 2014}}</ref>		He died at Kolkata on 14 September 2014 after a prolonged illness.<ref name="tel" /><ref name="toi">{{cite web\|title=Benoy Konar, CPM leader, dies in Kolkata\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Benoy-Konar-CPM-leader-dies-in-Kolkata/articleshow/42468828.cms\|access-date=4 October 2014\|publisher=The Times od India, 14 September 2014}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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	\| name = Benoy Kishna Konar		\| name = Benoy Kishna Konar
	~~\| native_name = বিনয় কোঙার~~
	\| image = Michil w.jpg		\| image = Michil w.jpg
	\| office = President of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)\|All India Kisan Sabha]]		\| office = President of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)\|All India Kisan Sabha]]
	\| term = Few Months		\| term = Few Months
	\| office1 = ~~State Joint Secretary and President~~ of [[~~All~~ India ~~Kisan Sabha~~ (~~36 Canning Lane~~)~~\|All India Kisan Sabha~~]]		\| office1 = Member of the [[Central Committee]] of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
	\| ~~term1~~ = ~~Few Years~~		\| term_start1 = 1995
	\| office2 = Member of West Bengal ~~state committee of~~ [[~~Communist Party of India~~ (~~Marxist~~)]]		\| term_end1 = 2014
	\| ~~term2~~ = 1982~~-2014~~		\| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|Member]] of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
	\| birth_date = {{birth-date ~~and age~~\|24 ~~April 1930~~}}		\| term_start2 = 1969
	\| birth_place = Memari		\| term_end2 = 1972
	\| death_date = 14 ~~September 2014~~		\| preceded2 = P.Bishayee
	\| death_place = Kolkata		\| succeeded2 = Naba Kumar Chatterjee
			\| constituency2 = [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Memari]]
			\| term_start3 = 1977
			\| term_end3 = 1982
			\| preceded3 = Naba Kumar Chatterjee
			\| succeeded3 = Maharani Konar
			\| constituency3 = [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Memari]]
			\| birth_date = {{birth date\|1930\|4\|24\|df=y}}
			\| birth_place = [[Memari]] village, [[Burdwan]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj\|British India]]<br>{{small\|(present-day [[Memari]] village, [[Purba Bardhaman district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]])}}
			\| death_date = {{death date and age\|2014\|9\|14\|1930\|4\|24\|df=y}}
			\| death_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
	\| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]		\| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
	\| spouse = Maharani Konar		\| spouse = Maharani Konar
	\| ~~office3~~ = ~~Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]~~		\| children = 3
	~~\| term3 = 1969-1972, 1977-1982~~
	~~\| preceded3 = Suchand Soren~~
	~~\| succeeded3 = Sandhya Bhattacharya~~
	~~\| constituency3 = [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Memari]]~~
	}}		}}

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	\| ~~image~~ =		\| name = Benoy Kishna Konar
	\| ~~name~~ = ~~Benoy Kishna Konar~~		\| native_name = বিনয় কোঙার
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	\| ~~birth_date~~ = ~~24 April 1930~~		\| office = President of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)\|All India Kisan Sabha]]
	\| ~~birth_place~~ = ~~Memari~~		\| term = Few Months
	\| ~~residence~~ =		\| office1 = State Joint Secretary and President of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)\|All India Kisan Sabha]]
	\| ~~death_date~~ = ~~14 September~~ 2014		\| term1 = Few Years
	\| ~~death_place~~ = ~~Kolkata~~		\| office2 = Member of West Bengal state committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
	\| ~~office1~~=		\| term2 = 1982-2014
	\| ~~term_start1~~=		\| birth_date = {{birth-date and age\|24 April 1930}}
	\| ~~term_end1~~=		\| birth_place = Memari
	\| party =[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]		\| death_date = 14 September 2014
	~~\| religion =~~		\| death_place = Kolkata
	\| spouse = Maharani		\| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
	\| ~~children~~ = ~~2 sons and 2 daughters~~		\| spouse = Maharani Konar
	\| ~~website~~ =		\| office3 = Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
	\| ~~footnotes~~ =		\| term3 = 1969-1972, 1977-1982
	\| ~~date~~ =		\| preceded3 = Suchand Soren
	\| ~~year~~ =		\| succeeded3 = Sandhya Bhattacharya
	\| ~~source =~~		\| constituency3 = [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Memari]]
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	'''Benoy Krishna Konar''' (1930-14 September 2014) was an Indian politician who started as a peasant leader of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and ~~went to be a three time MLA in~~ the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]].		'''Benoy Krishna Konar''' (24 April 1930 - 14 September 2014) was an Indian politician who started as a peasant leader of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. He was also the President of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)\|All India Kisan Sabha]] and was the Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Benoy Konar\|url=https://www.cpim.org/tags/benoy-konar\|access-date=2022-01-06\|website=Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|language=en}}</ref>

	Benoy Krishna was born in 1930 in an affluent family of farmers in Memari in Purba Bardhaman district. He ~~was~~ younger brother of [[Hare Krishna Konar]],~~"who pioneered the land reforms movement in Bengal~~."<ref name=tel>{{cite web\| url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/benoy-konar-no-more/cid/321575\|title = Benoy Konar no more\| work= Bengal\|publisher= The Telegraph, 15 September 2014 \| access-date = 4 October 2014}}</ref>		==Early life==
			Benoy Krishna Konar was born in 1930 his father is Sharatchandra Konar and his mother name is Satyabala Devi in an affluent family of farmers in Memari in Purba Bardhaman district. His official Address is Kamargoria. He is the younger brother of Famous Politician [[Comrade]] [[Hare Krishna Konar]]. So, from younger age he gets attracted to Communist Party.<ref name=tel>{{cite web\| url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/benoy-konar-no-more/cid/321575\|title = Benoy Konar no more\| work = Bengal\|publisher = The Telegraph, 15 September 2014 \| access-date = 4 October 2014}}</ref>

	He ~~joined~~ the ~~undivided Communist~~ Party of ~~India~~ in ~~1948~~.<ref name=tel/> He was ~~a leading figure in~~ the ~~militant peasants' movement in~~ West Bengal ~~during~~ the ~~1960s~~ and ~~early 1970s~~,<ref name=~~toi~~>{{~~cite~~ web\| url = ~~http~~://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/~~Benoy~~-~~Konar~~-~~CPM~~-leader-dies-in-~~Kolkata~~/articleshow/42468828.cms\|title = Benoy Konar, CPM leader, dies in Kolkata \|~~publisher~~= The Times od India~~, 14 September~~ 2014\| access-date = ~~4 October 2014~~}}</ref>		==Communist career==
	~~He was the president of the West Bengal and central units of the [[All India Kisan Sabha (Ashoka Road)\|All India Kisan Sabha]], the peasants’ front organisation of the CPI(M).<ref name=tel/~~>		Like his elder brother Harekrishna Konar, he became fully involved in organising the peasant movement in Burdwan. He led various struggles of the agricultural workers and poor peasants. Benoy Konar became an important leader of the Kisan movement of West Bengal and served as the general secretary and president of the state Kisan Sabha. Later he became the national president of the All India Kisan Sabha, a post in which he served for a number of years. Benoy Konar was a staunch Marxist–Leninist. He was a member of the West Bengal state committee of the CPI(M) from 1982 and became a member of the state secretariat in 1991. He was elected to the Central Committee of the Party in 1995 and became chairman of the Central Control Commission in the 20th Congress of the Party. He was a member of the state legislative assembly from Memari constituency thrice. Comrade Benoy Konar had to face police repression during his political activities. He was jailed under a number of false cases and spent six years and nine months in jail. He had also worked underground during the peasants struggles in Burdwan. Benoy Konar served the Communist Party with great distinction. He was a powerful speaker. He was known for his firm ideological commitment to Marxism and led an exemplary life marked by simplicity.<ref name=tel/> He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in 1969, 1971 and 1977.<ref name=tel/> His wife, Maharani Konar, was elected from the same constituency in 1982, 1987 and 1991.<ref name=tel/>
			He was known for making caustic remarks against the Trinamool Congress and its chief [[Mamata Banerjee]] which had drawn flak even from allies during Singur and Nandigram agitations. Konar had also taken potshots against the then West Bengal Governor, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, after the Nadigram killing in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/benoy-konar-cpm-leader-dies-in-kolkata/articleshow/42468828.cms\|title = Benoy Konar, CPM leader, dies in Kolkata \| Kolkata News - Times of India\|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|title=Homage to Benoy Konar {{!}} Peoples Democracy\|url=https://peoplesdemocracy.in/2014/0921_pd/homage-benoy-konar\|access-date=2022-01-06\|website=peoplesdemocracy.in}}</ref>

	~~He was directly involved in the [[Sainbari murder]].<ref>https://wikieducator.org/Burdwan_Sainbari_Case</ref>~~		==Death==
			He died at Kolkata on 14 September 2014 after a prolonged illness.<ref name=tel/><ref name="toi">{{cite web\|title=Benoy Konar, CPM leader, dies in Kolkata\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Benoy-Konar-CPM-leader-dies-in-Kolkata/articleshow/42468828.cms\|access-date=4 October 2014\|publisher=The Times od India, 14 September 2014}}</ref>
	He ~~was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in 1969, 1971 and 1977~~.<ref name=tel/> ~~His wife, Maharani Konar, was elected from the same constituency in 1982, 1987 and 1991.~~<ref name=~~tel/~~>

	~~He was known for making caustic remarks against the Trinamool Congress and its chief [[Mamata Banerjee]] which had drawn flak even from allies during Singur and Nandigram agitations.~~ Konar ~~had also taken potshots against the then West Bengal Governor~~, ~~Gopalkrishna Gandhi~~, ~~after the Nadigram killing~~ in ~~2007.<ref>https~~://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/~~benoy~~-~~konar~~-~~cpm~~-leader-dies-in-~~kolkata~~/articleshow/42468828.cms~~</ref>~~

	~~He died at Kolkata on~~ 14 September 2014 ~~after a prolonged illness.~~<~~ref name=tel~~/><ref ~~name=toi/~~>

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	'''Benoy Krishna Konar''' (1930-14 September 2014) was an Indian politician who started as a peasant leader of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and went to be a three time MLA in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]].		'''Benoy Krishna Konar''' (1930-14 September 2014) was an Indian politician who started as a peasant leader of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and went to be a three time MLA in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]].

	Benoy Krishna was born in 1930 in an affluent family of farmers in Memari in Purba Bardhaman district. He was younger brother of [[Hare Krishna Konar]],"who pioneered the land reforms movement in Bengal." <ref name=tel>{{cite web\| url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/benoy-konar-no-more/cid/321575\|title = Benoy Konar no more\| work= Bengal\|publisher= The Telegraph, 15 September 2014 \| access-date = 4 October 2014}}</ref>		Benoy Krishna was born in 1930 in an affluent family of farmers in Memari in Purba Bardhaman district. He was younger brother of [[Hare Krishna Konar]],"who pioneered the land reforms movement in Bengal."<ref name=tel>{{cite web\| url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/benoy-konar-no-more/cid/321575\|title = Benoy Konar no more\| work= Bengal\|publisher= The Telegraph, 15 September 2014 \| access-date = 4 October 2014}}</ref>

	He joined the undivided Communist Party of India in 1948.<ref name=tel/> He was a leading figure in the militant peasants' movement in West Bengal during the 1960s and early 1970s,<ref name=toi>{{cite web\| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Benoy-Konar-CPM-leader-dies-in-Kolkata/articleshow/42468828.cms\|title = Benoy Konar, CPM leader, dies in Kolkata \|publisher= The Times od India, 14 September 2014\| access-date = 4 October 2014}}</ref>		He joined the undivided Communist Party of India in 1948.<ref name=tel/> He was a leading figure in the militant peasants' movement in West Bengal during the 1960s and early 1970s,<ref name=toi>{{cite web\| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Benoy-Konar-CPM-leader-dies-in-Kolkata/articleshow/42468828.cms\|title = Benoy Konar, CPM leader, dies in Kolkata \|publisher= The Times od India, 14 September 2014\| access-date = 4 October 2014}}</ref>
	He was the president of the West Bengal and central units of the [[All India Kisan Sabha (Ashoka Road)\|All India Kisan Sabha]], the peasants’ front organisation of the CPI(M).<ref name=tel/>		He was the president of the West Bengal and central units of the [[All India Kisan Sabha (Ashoka Road)\|All India Kisan Sabha]], the peasants’ front organisation of the CPI(M).<ref name=tel/>

			He was directly involved in the [[Sainbari murder]].<ref>https://wikieducator.org/Burdwan_Sainbari_Case</ref>

	He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in 1969, 1971 and 1977.<ref name=tel/> His wife, Maharani Konar, was elected from the same constituency in 1982, 1987 and 1991.<ref name=tel/>		He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in 1969, 1971 and 1977.<ref name=tel/> His wife, Maharani Konar, was elected from the same constituency in 1982, 1987 and 1991.<ref name=tel/>

			He was known for making caustic remarks against the Trinamool Congress and its chief [[Mamata Banerjee]] which had drawn flak even from allies during Singur and Nandigram agitations. Konar had also taken potshots against the then West Bengal Governor, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, after the Nadigram killing in 2007.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/benoy-konar-cpm-leader-dies-in-kolkata/articleshow/42468828.cms</ref>

	He died at Kolkata on 14 September 2014 after a prolonged illness.<ref name=tel/><ref name=toi/>		He died at Kolkata on 14 September 2014 after a prolonged illness.<ref name=tel/><ref name=toi/>

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'''Benoy Krishna Konar''' (1930-14 September 2014) was an Indian politician who started as a peasant leader of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and went to be a three time MLA in the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]].

Benoy Krishna was born in 1930 in an affluent family of farmers in Memari in Purba Bardhaman district. He was younger brother of [[Hare Krishna Konar]],"who pioneered the land reforms movement in Bengal." <ref name=tel>{{cite web| url = https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/benoy-konar-no-more/cid/321575|title = Benoy Konar no more| work= Bengal|publisher= The Telegraph, 15 September 2014 | access-date = 4 October 2014}}</ref>

He joined the undivided Communist Party of India in 1948.<ref name=tel/> He was a leading figure in the militant peasants' movement in West Bengal during the 1960s and early 1970s,<ref name=toi>{{cite web| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Benoy-Konar-CPM-leader-dies-in-Kolkata/articleshow/42468828.cms|title = Benoy Konar, CPM leader, dies in Kolkata |publisher= The Times od India, 14 September 2014| access-date = 4 October 2014}}</ref>
He was the president of the West Bengal and central units of the [[All India Kisan Sabha (Ashoka Road)|All India Kisan Sabha]], the peasants’ front organisation of the CPI(M).<ref name=tel/>

He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the [[Memari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in 1969, 1971 and 1977.<ref name=tel/> His wife, Maharani Konar, was elected from the same constituency in 1982, 1987 and 1991.<ref name=tel/>

He died at Kolkata on 14 September 2014 after a prolonged illness.<ref name=tel/><ref name=toi/>

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[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1969–1971]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1971–1972]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1977–1982]]
[[Category:People from Purba Bardhaman district]]
[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]

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