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| name = Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
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| birth_date = {{Birth date |df=yes|1945|11|13}}
| birth_place = [[Chirirbandar Upazila|Chirirbander]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now in [[Bangladesh]])
| residence = Kolkata
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| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 1999
| term_end = 2009
| predecessor = [[Subrata Mukherjee (CPM politician)|Subrata Mukherjee]]
| successor = [[Deepa Dasmunsi]]
| constituency = [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Raiganj]]
| office6 = [[Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]]
| term_start6 = 28 May 2004
| term_end6 = 12 October 2008
| president6 = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] [[Pratibha Patil]]
| office7 = [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]]
| term_start7 = 24 May 2004
| term_end7 = 12 October 2008
| president7 = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] [[Pratibha Patil]]
| constituency3 = [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Howrah]]
| constituency4 = [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)|Howrah]]
| term_start4 = 1984
| term_end4 = 1989
| term_start3 = 1996
| term_end3 = 1998
| predecessor4 = [[Samar Mukherjee]]
| predecessor3 = Susanta Chakraborty
| successor4 = Susanta Chakraborty
| successor3 = [[Bikram Sarkar]]
| constituency5 = [[Kolkata Dakshin (Lok Sabha constituency)|Calcutta South]]
| term_start5 = 1971
| term_end5 = 1977
| predecessor5 = [[Ganesh Ghosh]]
| successor5 = Dilip Chakravarty
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| spouse = [[Deepa Dasmunsi]]
| children = 1 son
| website =
| footnotes =
| date =
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'''Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi''' (''Prio Rônjon Dashmunshi''; 13 November 1945 – 20 November 2017) was a noted [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] politician, former [[Union Cabinet of India|Union Minister]] and a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|member]] of the 14th [[Lok Sabha]] of [[India]]. He represented the [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]] of [[West Bengal]] and was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] party. After nine years in [[coma]] after a massive [[stroke]], he died on 20 November 2017, aged 72.

==Career==
Dasmunsi was President of [[Indian Youth Congress]] in [[West Bengal]] from 1970 to 1971. He entered the [[Indian Parliament]] in 1971. He became a minister for the first time in 1985, when he was sworn in as Union Minister of State, Commerce. Within his home State, he was known for his strong anti-Left credentials.

He was the [[cabinet minister]] in [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs]] and [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] during the first term of Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]]. This posting led to several controversial decisions, including several bans of Western television networks, including a three-month ban on the Sony-owned television network [[AXN]] and [[Fashion TV]] following the broadcast of programs deemed "obscene" by Dasmunsi.<ref>[http://www.ibnlive.com/news/axe-effect-banned-channel-will-play-to-govts-tune/top/31901-8.html AXN says sorry for 'obscene' TV]</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/30/stories/2007033006511400.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410181306/http://www.hindu.com/2007/03/30/stories/2007033006511400.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 April 2007 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=FTV banned | date=30 March 2007}}</ref> Dasmunsi was also responsible for the popular, if controversial, decision to require Indian sports broadcaster [[Nimbus Communications]] to share broadcast rights for Indian cricket matches with the state television network, [[Doordarshan]] — this despite Nimbus paying hundreds of millions of dollars for the rights to broadcast Indian cricket matches over four years.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200701211655.htm |location=Chennai, India |title=The Hindu News Update Service |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930222129/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200701211655.htm |archive-date=30 September 2007 }}</ref>

Dasmunsi served as the President of the [[All India Football Federation]] for almost 20 years.

===Career milestones===
* In 1971, Dasmunsi won in the general elections from the Constituency (Lok Sabha) South Calcutta.
* In 1984, he won in the general elections from the [[Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name=howrah>{{cite web | url = http://www.eci.gov.in/electionanalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S25/partycomp24.htm | title = 24 - Howrah Parliamentary Constituency | access-date = 2009-01-12 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050411231821/http://www.eci.gov.in/ElectionAnalysis/GE/PartyCompWinner/S25/partycomp24.htm | archive-date = 11 April 2005 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
* In 1989, he lost in the general elections from Howrah.<ref name=howrah/>
* In 1991, he lost in the general elections from Howrah.<ref name=howrah/>
* In 1996, he won in the general elections from Howrah.<ref name=howrah/>
* In 1999, he won in the general elections from [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
* In 2004, he won in the general elections from [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/GE2004/pollupd/pc/states/s25/pconst05.htm | title = Raignaj Lok Sabha seat 2004 | access-date = 2008-08-25 | work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Life==
Dasmunsi was married in 1994 to Mrs. [[Deepa Dasmunsi]], a social worker from [[Kolkata]]. They have a young son, Priyadeep Dasmunshi.

Dasmunsi suffered from numerous problems like [[diabetes]] and [[hypertension]] during his prime. He suffered a massive [[stroke]] and [[paralysis]] on 12 October 2008, leaving him in [[Minimally conscious state|minimum conscious state]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/9-yrs-in-minimum-conscious-state/articleshow/61731896.cms | title=9 years in 'minimum conscious state' | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Ajanta Chakraborty | date=21 November 2017 | access-date=21 November 2017}}</ref> He was admitted to the [[All India Institute of Medical Sciences]] (AIIMS) in [[New Delhi]] and was later shifted to [[Apollo Hospital]] in New Delhi.<ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/priyaranjan_dasmunshi_to_be_treated_in_germany.php "Priyaranjan Dasmunshi to be treated in Germany".] Press Trust of India. 31 October 2009.</ref> He remained on life support, and was diagnosed with a complete failure of the left ventricular system. In November 2009, Dasmunsi was temporarily moved to [[Düsseldorf]], where he underwent [[stem cell therapy]] in an attempt to reverse some of the loss of brain functions caused by the stroke.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/after-pm-advice-stem-cell-therapy-abroad-for-dasmunsi/536126/ "After PM advice, stem cell therapy abroad for Dasmunsi".] Indian Express. 2 November 2009.</ref>

Since Dasmunsi's hospitalization, his wife Deepa has to some extent taken over his political mantle; she was elected from [[Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)]] in 2009.

On 10 October 2011, the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi advised his family to take him home and care for him there.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-comatose-priya-ranjan-dasmunshi-denied-room-in-apollo/1/159262.html | title = Delhi: Comatose ex-information and broadcasting minister Dasmunshi denied room in Apollo | publisher = India Today | access-date = 2011-11-09 }}</ref>

After lingering for nine years in coma, Dasmunsi finally died on 20 November 2017, a week after his 72nd birthday. His dead body was taken to his ancestral home in Raiganj, West Bengal, and was cremated at the local crematorium.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Prabhu|first1=Sunil|title=Veteran Congress Leader Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, In Coma Since 2008, Dies At 72|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/veteran-congress-leader-priya-ranjan-dasmunsi-in-coma-since-2008-dies-at-72-1777753|website=NDTV|access-date=20 November 2017|date=20 November 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200701211655.htm Dasmunsi called Nimbus Communications 'unpatriotic' for refusing to share a live feed of Indian cricket matches with state broadcast Doordarshan.]
* [http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/delhi-comatose-priya-ranjan-dasmunshi-denied-room-in-apollo/1/159262.html]

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