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	'''Derek O’Brien''' (born 13 March 1961) is an Indian politician. He is also a quiz master.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/state/not-only-movies-generation-ext-are-also-conscious-about-sabuj-sathi-and-kanyashree-1.574372?ref=hm-new-stry\|title=বাংলাতেই ভরসা, জানাল বই-আড্ডা\|last=বসু\|first=ঋজু\|work=Anandabazar Patrika\|access-date=2017-03-11\|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://derek.in/pages/in_schools_students_01publications.aspx\|title=DEREK\|website=derek.in\|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://derek.in/pages/in_schools_students_02tvshows.aspx\|title=DEREK\|website=derek.in\|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/derek-o-brien.html\|title=Derek O Brien Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history\|website=www.elections.in\|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref> He is Member of Parliament in the [[Rajya Sabha]] <ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx\|title=Members Page\|website=164.100.47.5\|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref> (Upper House of India's Parliament) from [[West Bengal]]. He is also a member of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] Party.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://derek.in/pages/meet_derek.aspx\|title=DEREK\|website=derek.in\|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://derek.in/pages/in_parliament.aspx\|title=DEREK\|website=derek.in\|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref> He is the leader of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] Parliamentary party in the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/derek-obrien-appointed-trinamool-congress-chief-national-spokesperson/articleshow/46623083.cms\|title=Derek O'Brien appointed Trinamool Congress chief national spokesperson\|work=The Economic Times\|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref> Other than to his Parliamentary career, he became well known as the quizmaster for the Bournvita Quiz Contest and other shows.		'''Derek O’Brien''' (born 13 March 1961) is an Indian politician. He is also a quiz master.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/state/not-only-movies-generation-ext-are-also-conscious-about-sabuj-sathi-and-kanyashree-1.574372?ref=hm-new-stry\|title=বাংলাতেই ভরসা, জানাল বই-আড্ডা\|last=বসু\|first=ঋজু\|work=Anandabazar Patrika\|access-date=2017-03-11\|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://derek.in/pages/in_schools_students_01publications.aspx\|title=DEREK\|website=derek.in\|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://derek.in/pages/in_schools_students_02tvshows.aspx\|title=DEREK\|website=derek.in\|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/derek-o-brien.html\|title=Derek O Brien Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history\|website=www.elections.in\|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref> He is Member of Parliament in the [[Rajya Sabha]] <ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx\|title=Members Page\|website=164.100.47.5\|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref> (Upper House of India's Parliament) from [[West Bengal]]. He is also a member of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] Party.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://derek.in/pages/meet_derek.aspx\|title=DEREK\|website=derek.in\|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://derek.in/pages/in_parliament.aspx\|title=DEREK\|website=derek.in\|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref> He is the leader of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] Parliamentary party in the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/derek-obrien-appointed-trinamool-congress-chief-national-spokesperson/articleshow/46623083.cms\|title=Derek O'Brien appointed Trinamool Congress chief national spokesperson\|work=The Economic Times\|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref> Other than to his Parliamentary career, he became well known as the quizmaster for the Bournvita Quiz Contest and other shows.

			==Personal background==
			O’Brien comes from an [[Irish people\|Irish]] family and can trace his paternal origins to an Irish soldier who came to India in the early 1860s and whose descendants married into the [[Bengalis\|Bengali community]]. O’Brien is based in Kolkata and speaks, reads and writes [[Bengali language\|Bengali]]. O’Brien's grandfather, Amos O’Brien, was the first Christian to serve as head of the Department of English, [[Banaras Hindu University]], and also taught at [[Ravenshaw College]] in [[Cuttack]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://quizderek.blogspot.in/2012/08/the-obriens-of-india-and-pakistan_13.html\|title=<img src="http://www.derek.in/Blogpost%20Numbers/Blogpost10.jpg" style="margin-bottom:-6px">The O'Briens of India and Pakistan\|website=quizderek.blogspot.in\|access-date=2017-04-03}}</ref>

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'''Derek O’Brien''' (born 13 March 1961) is an Indian politician. He is also a quiz master.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/state/not-only-movies-generation-ext-are-also-conscious-about-sabuj-sathi-and-kanyashree-1.574372?ref=hm-new-stry|title=বাংলাতেই ভরসা, জানাল বই-আড্ডা|last=বসু|first=ঋজু|work=Anandabazar Patrika|access-date=2017-03-11|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://derek.in/pages/in_schools_students_01publications.aspx|title=DEREK|website=derek.in|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://derek.in/pages/in_schools_students_02tvshows.aspx|title=DEREK|website=derek.in|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elections.in/political-leaders/derek-o-brien.html|title=Derek O Brien Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history|website=www.elections.in|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref> He is Member of Parliament in the [[Rajya Sabha]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.5/newmembers/Website/Main.aspx|title=Members Page|website=164.100.47.5|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref> (Upper House of India's Parliament) from [[West Bengal]]. He is also a member of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] Party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://derek.in/pages/meet_derek.aspx|title=DEREK|website=derek.in|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://derek.in/pages/in_parliament.aspx|title=DEREK|website=derek.in|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref> He is the leader of the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] Parliamentary party in the [[Rajya Sabha]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/derek-obrien-appointed-trinamool-congress-chief-national-spokesperson/articleshow/46623083.cms|title=Derek O'Brien appointed Trinamool Congress chief national spokesperson|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2017-03-11}}</ref> Other than to his Parliamentary career, he became well known as the quizmaster for the Bournvita Quiz Contest and other shows.

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