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'''Bhabatosh Soren''' (1 February 1934 – 2012) was an Indian politician. He hailed from Jalguria village, [[Bankura District]], and was a leader of the [[Santhal people|Santhal]] people.<ref name=a/><ref>{{cite book|title=Bulletin of the Department of Anthropology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qyRNAQAAIAAJ|year=1959|publisher=Manager of Publications|page=59}}</ref> A lawyer by profession, Soren was a member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] 1967–1971 and served as Minister for Forests in the state government 1969–1970.

==Youth==
Soren was born on 1 February 1934, in Jalguria, [[Bankura District]].<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=India Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIJmAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=INFA Publications|page=182}}</ref> He was the son of Baidyanath Soren.<ref name=a/> He obtained [[M.A.]] and [[LLB]] degrees and joined the Bankura District Bar in 1958.<ref name=a/> In 1959 he got a government job in [[Calcutta]], working as Preventive Officer at Sea Customs.<ref name=a/> In 1960 he got a job as District Information Officer under the state government.<ref name=a/> Soren resigned from government service in 1965 and began practicing law in Bankura again.<ref name=a/> Soren published the [[Santali language]] monthly ''Kherwal Aram'' (in [[Bengali alphabet|Bengali script]]) from [[Bankura]].<ref name="Mazumdar1970">{{cite book|author=Satyendra Narayan Mazumdar|title=Marxism and the language problem in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=APctAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=People's Pub. House|page=67}}</ref>

==Legislator==
Joining politics, Soren won the [[Raipur, Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raipur (ST) seat]] in the [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 3 December 2016}}</ref> Standing as a [[Bangla Congress]] candidate, he obtained 22,840 votes (51.48%) and defeated the [[Indian National Congress]] candidate J.N. Murmu.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/>

==Forest Minister==
Soren retained the Raipur (ST) seat in the [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 3 December 2016}}</ref> Standing as a [[Bangla Congress]] candidate, he obtained 23,680 votes (45.97%), again defeating INC candidate J.N. Murmu.<ref name=vidhansabha1969/>

Soren was named Minister for Forests in the second [[United Front (1967)|United Front]] government formed in 1969.<ref name="Committee">{{cite book|author=Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee|title=Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952–1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Committee|page=379|isbn=9788176260282}}</ref> Soren, along with two other Bangla Congress ministers [[Charu Mihir Sarkar]] and [[Sushil Kumar Dhara]], resigned from his post as Minister on 19 February 1970.<ref name="Dasgupta1992">{{cite book|author=Surajit Kumar Dasgupta|title=West Bengal's Jyoti Basu: a political profile|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=atNHAAAAMAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Gian Pub. House|isbn=978-81-212-0420-0|page=35}}</ref> On 16 March 1970<ref name="Das1970">{{cite book|author=Sitanshu Das|title=The future for Indian democracy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-4UdAAAAMAAJ&q=ajoy|year=1970|publisher=Fabian Society|page=30|isbn=9780716312857}}</ref> [[Ajoy Mukherjee]], the chief minister, presented his resignation, and the government was dismissed on 19 March 1970.<ref>{{cite book|author=Amrita Basu|title=Two Faces of Protest: Contrasting Modes of Women's Activism in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZyY0Yb5BrqgC&pg=PA31|date=1 October 1994|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=978-0-520-08919-8|pages=31–32}}</ref>

He contested the Raipur (ST) seat again in the [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], both this time he didn't just face the INC, but also the [[Jharkhand Party]], former UF coalition partner [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], a candidate from the break-away [[Biplobi Bangla Congress]] as well as J.N. Murmu (now in [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)|Congress (O)]]).<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 4 December 2016}}</ref> Bhabatosh Soren finished in third place, with 8,005 votes (18.31%).<ref name=vidhansabha1971/>

He did not contest the [[1972 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title =General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal |publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 4 December 2016}}</ref> In the [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] he stood as a [[Janata Party]] candidate in Raipur (ST), finishing in third place with 9,138 votes (19.06%)<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 4 December 2016}}</ref>

He contested the Raipur (ST) seat in the [[1982 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]] as the INC candidate, but was defeated by [[Upen Kisku]] of [[CPI(M)]].<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No 152|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 4 December 2016}}</ref> Soren finished in second place with 28,894 votes (34.72%).<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> He again sought to challenge Kisku in the [[1987 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]], finishing in second place with 33,053 votes (35.37%).<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 4 December 2016}}</ref>

==Later years==
After leaving politics, Soren resumed legal practice in Bankura.<ref name=a/> Soren died in 2012.<ref>''Business Standard''. ''[http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/wb-assembly-adjourns-after-obituary-references-112061500437_1.html WB Assembly adjourns after obituary references]''</ref>

==References==
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