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	'''Ram Chatterjee''' (27 May 1922 – 1986) was an Indian politician. He won the [[Tarakeswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Tarakeswar constituency seat]] in the 1967, 1969, 1971, 1977 and 1982 elections.<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\|pages=379, 414}}</ref>		'''Ram Chatterjee''' (27 May 1922 – 1986) was an Indian politician. He won the [[Tarakeswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Tarakeswar constituency seat]] in the 1967, 1969, 1971, 1977 and 1982 elections.<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\|pages=379, 414}}</ref>

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	'''Ram Chatterjee''' (~~1922–1986~~) was an ~~[[India]]n~~ politician. He won the [[Tarakeswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Tarakeswar constituency seat]] in the 1967, 1969, 1971, 1977 and 1982 elections.<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\|pages=379, 414}}</ref>		'''Ram Chatterjee''' (27 May 1922 – 1986) was an Indian politician. He won the [[Tarakeswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Tarakeswar constituency seat]] in the 1967, 1969, 1971, 1977 and 1982 elections.<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\|pages=379, 414}}</ref>

	==Before politics==		==Before politics==
	Born in 1922 in [[Chinsurah]], Chatterjee grew up amidst poverty.<ref name="DasRay1996">{{cite book\|author1=Suranjan Das\|author2=Jayanta Kumar Ray\|title=The Goondas: Towards a Reconstruction of the Calcutta Underworld\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYjaAAAAMAAJ\|year=1996\|publisher=Firma KLM\|isbn=978-81-7102-056-0\|page=42}}</ref> His father died during his school years, and he had to leave school before finishing Class VII.<ref name="DasRay1996"/> During a long period Chatterjee was unemployed.<ref name="DasRay1996"/> He lived in Chinsurah and [[Chandannagar]].<ref name="DasRay1996"/> As of 1949 he was leading a gang of ''[[goonda]]s'' in Chandannagar, running extortion and protection rackets.<ref name="Sen2012">{{cite book\|author=Sailendra Nath Sen\|title=Chandernagore: From Boundage to Freedom, 1900–1955\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cjAweaCPLD0C&pg=PA163\|year=2012\|publisher=Primus Books\|isbn=978-93-80607-23-8\|pages=161, 163, 171, 240}}</ref> Chatterjee was unofficially protected by the Council of Administration of Chandannagar, a fact that allowed him to continue his operations.<ref name="Sen2012"/>		Born in 27 May 1922 in [[Chinsurah]], Chatterjee grew up amidst poverty.<ref name="DasRay1996">{{cite book\|author1=Suranjan Das\|author2=Jayanta Kumar Ray\|title=The Goondas: Towards a Reconstruction of the Calcutta Underworld\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYjaAAAAMAAJ\|year=1996\|publisher=Firma KLM\|isbn=978-81-7102-056-0\|page=42}}</ref> His father died during his school years, and he had to leave school before finishing Class VII.<ref name="DasRay1996"/> During a long period Chatterjee was unemployed.<ref name="DasRay1996"/> He lived in Chinsurah and [[Chandannagar]].<ref name="DasRay1996"/> As of 1949 he was leading a gang of ''[[goonda]]s'' in Chandannagar, running extortion and protection rackets.<ref name="Sen2012">{{cite book\|author=Sailendra Nath Sen\|title=Chandernagore: From Boundage to Freedom, 1900–1955\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cjAweaCPLD0C&pg=PA163\|year=2012\|publisher=Primus Books\|isbn=978-93-80607-23-8\|pages=161, 163, 171, 240}}</ref> Chatterjee was unofficially protected by the Council of Administration of Chandannagar, a fact that allowed him to continue his operations.<ref name="Sen2012"/>

	==1950 riots==		==1950 riots==

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'''Ram Chatterjee''' (1922–1986) was an [[India]]n politician. He won the [[Tarakeswar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tarakeswar constituency seat]] in the 1967, 1969, 1971, 1977 and 1982 elections.<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|pages=379, 414}}</ref>

==Before politics==
Born in 1922 in [[Chinsurah]], Chatterjee grew up amidst poverty.<ref name="DasRay1996">{{cite book|author1=Suranjan Das|author2=Jayanta Kumar Ray|title=The Goondas: Towards a Reconstruction of the Calcutta Underworld|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYjaAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Firma KLM|isbn=978-81-7102-056-0|page=42}}</ref> His father died during his school years, and he had to leave school before finishing Class VII.<ref name="DasRay1996"/> During a long period Chatterjee was unemployed.<ref name="DasRay1996"/> He lived in Chinsurah and [[Chandannagar]].<ref name="DasRay1996"/> As of 1949 he was leading a gang of ''[[goonda]]s'' in Chandannagar, running extortion and protection rackets.<ref name="Sen2012">{{cite book|author=Sailendra Nath Sen|title=Chandernagore: From Boundage to Freedom, 1900–1955|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cjAweaCPLD0C&pg=PA163|year=2012|publisher=Primus Books|isbn=978-93-80607-23-8|pages=161, 163, 171, 240}}</ref> Chatterjee was unofficially protected by the Council of Administration of Chandannagar, a fact that allowed him to continue his operations.<ref name="Sen2012"/>

==1950 riots==
Chatterjee was hired at the [[Eastern Railways]].<ref name="DasRay1996"/> He was involved in the 1950 communal riots, and during the riots he started a grouping called 'Bhabani Dal' in Chandannagar.<ref name="DasRay1996"/> These were the largest incidents of communal violence in Chandannagar.<ref name="Sen2012"/> Chatterjee was arrested on March 31, 1950 under the Preventive Detention Act. He was released after three weeks of custody.<ref name="DasRay1996"/> On September 1, 1951 he was again arrested under the Preventive Detention Act.<ref name="DasRay1996"/> He remained in detention until July 28, 1952.<ref name="DasRay1996"/>

==In Forward Bloc==
Upon his release Chatterjee joined the [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc (Marxist Group)]].<ref name="DasRay1996"/> He was arrested in January 1953, and was released on June 22, 1953.<ref name="DasRay1996"/> Chatterjee belonged to the group of FB(MG) leaders that were expelled from the party after having supported the [[Communist Party of India]] candidate in the [[1953 Calcutta South East by-election]].<ref name="Sadasivan1977">{{cite book|author=S. N. Sadasivan|title=Party and democracy in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lJ2KAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Tata McGraw-Hill|page=87}}</ref> Along with the other expellees, he formed the [[Marxist Forward Bloc]] in April the following year.<ref name="Sadasivan1977"/>

Chatterjee took part in the 1958 food movement.<ref name="DasRay1996"/> He was arrested on September 15, 1958 and was detained for a week.<ref name="DasRay1996"/>

==United Front==
In 1969 Chatterjee was named Minister for Sports in the second [[United Front (1967)|United Front]] government formed in West Bengal.<ref name="Committee"/> On June 22, 1969 Chatterjee charged into the exclusive [[Calcutta Swimming Club]], an institution predominately serving Europeans, along with about a hundred [[Santhal people|Santhal]] [[Adivasi|tribal]]s.<ref>Daily O. ''[http://www.dailyo.in/politics/chetan-bhagat-modi-bhakts-twitter-bollywood-aap-amitav-ghosh-oxbridge-st-stephens-jnu/story/1/4924.html Why it's in Chetan Bhagat's interest Modi bhakts don't improve their English]''</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Seminar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=at4UAQAAIAAJ|edition=557–562|year=2006|publisher=R. Thapar|page=250}}</ref><ref>''Times of India''. ''[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/delhi-times/Welcome-to-the-club-Not-really/articleshow/2209593.cms Welcome to the club: Not really!]''</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Now|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r4jNAAAAMAAJ|volume=5|date=March 1969|publisher=S. Seṅ|page=378}}</ref>

Chatterjee lost his assembly seat in 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 | work= Constituency-wise Data, AC No |publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 2 December 2016}}</ref>

==Left Front==
Chatterjee regained his Tarakeswar seat in the [[1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name="Committee"/> Chatterjee was named Minister of State Home (Civil Defense) Department in the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] government formed in West Bengal in 1977.<ref name=ie/><ref name="Mallick2007">{{cite book|author=Ross Mallick|title=Development Policy of a Communist Government: West Bengal Since 1977|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r7ar3x8KAOsC&pg=PA99|date=26 November 2007|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-04785-2|page=99}}</ref>

Chatterjee died in 1986.<ref name=ie>''Indian Express''. ''[http://indianexpress.com/article/kolkata/in-the-hot-seat-why-indias-only-fire-minister-isnt-sweating/ In the hot seat, why India's only Fire Minister isn't sweating]''</ref><ref name=in>''India Today''. ''[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/fear-and-suspicion-continue-to-cloud-unity-efforts-between-cpim-and-cpi/1/323374.html The Left parties: Dialectical wars]''</ref> His widow contested the Tarakeswar seat after his death.<ref name=in/> After Chatterjee's death his party suffered an internal feud and was severely weakened in its [[Hooghly District]] bastion.<ref name="Basu1990">{{cite book|author=Sajal Basu|title=Factions, ideology, and politics: coalition politics in Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LTZuAAAAMAAJ|date=1 December 1990|publisher=Minerva Associates (Publications)|isbn=978-81-85195-26-1|page=177}}</ref> It would take another 10 years before the MFB had a minister in the West Bengal government.<ref name=ie/>

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[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1971–1972]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1977–1982]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1982–1987]]
[[Category:Marxist Forward Bloc politicians]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of West Bengal]]
[[Category:1922 births]]
[[Category:1986 deaths]]