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{{short description|Indian Gandhian activist and historian}}
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'''Sailesh Kumar Bandopadhyay''' is a [[Gandhian]] from India and a close associate of [[Mahatma Gandhi]].<ref name="Gandhi Man of peace">{{cite web | url=http://ipeace.us/group/gandhimanofpeace/forum/topics/shailesh-kumar-bandopadhya | title=Gandhi Man of peace | access-date=August 9, 2014}}</ref><ref name="Rediff Interview" /> The [[Government of India]] honoured him in 2010, with the [[Padma Bhushan]], the third-highest civilian award, for his services to the fields of medicine and public health.<ref name="Padma announcement">{{cite web | url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=57307 | title=Padma announcement | access-date=August 7, 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
[[File:Portrait Gandhi.jpg|thumb|right|Portrait Gandhi]]
Sailesh Kumar Bandyopadhyay was born on 10 March 1926, at [[Chakradharpur]], in the erstwhile [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]], presently in the [[India]]n state of [[Jharkhand]].<ref name="Birth">{{cite web | url=https://catalog.lib.uchicago.edu/vufind/alphabrowse/results?from=Bandyopadhyay,%20Ramananda,%201936-&source=author | title=Birth | access-date=August 9, 2014}}</ref> His father was an Indian Railways employee with moderate financial resources. The young Sailesh soon came under the influence of [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and, after passing [[matriculation]] in 1942, he joined [[Quit India Movement]] and was arrested twice by the [[British India]] police.<ref name="iPeace bio">{{cite web | url=http://ipeace.us/group/gandhimanofpeace/forum/topics/shailesh-kumar-bandopadhya | title=iPeace bio | access-date=August 9, 2014}}</ref>

In 1944, Bandyopadhyay joined the [[trade union movement]] at [[Tatanagar]], which was being led by known trade union activists such as Abdul Bari, Michael John and Moni Ghosh. Two years later, in 1946, he joined [[Indian National Congress]]. Soon, he rose up in ranks and in 1951, he became the Office Secretary of the ''District Congress Committee'', with the responsibility of the ''Gandhian Village Reconstruction Centre'', near [[Jamshedpur]].<ref name="iPeace bio" />

In 1951, Bandyopadhyay joined the All India Spinner's Association, known locally as ''Charkha Sangh'', [[Sevagram]] and worked there till 1961. During this time, he was also involved in the [[Bhoodan movement]]. In 1961, he selected as the Deputy Director of the [[Khadi and Village Industries Commission]] where he worked till 1984 when he retired from service as its Deputy Chief Executive Officer. Prior to his retirement, he also worked as the Administration Director of the Commission in [[Bihar]], [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] and [[West Bengal]]. He was also in charge of the Gandhi Centenary Celebration Committee as its Chief Executive in 1969.<ref name="iPeace bio" />

The next two decades saw Bandyopadhyay working in different organizations such as Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, as its Secretary, the Khadi Mission as its Joint Convenor, Member of the committee of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission, headed by the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]], Chairman of the Central Certification Committee on Khadi.<ref name="iPeace bio" />

In 2006, he was again selected as the member of the Khadi committee. Bandopadhyay continues to work in the rural areas with many organizations, involved in the promotion of the poor.<ref name="iPeace bio" />

==Positions==
[[File:Quit India Movement.ogv|right|thumb|Video footage of the days during [[Quit India Movement]].]]
* Secretary District Congress Committee - 1946 to 1951<ref name="iPeace bio" />
* Deputy Director - [[Khadi and Village Industries Commission]] - 1961<ref name="iPeace bio" />
* Chief Executive — Gandhi Centenary Committee - 1969<ref name="iPeace bio" />
* Chief Executive Officer - [[Khadi and Village Industries Commission]] - 1984<ref name="iPeace bio" />
* Member — [[Khadi and Village Industries Commission]] - 1984<ref name="Rediff Interview" /><ref name="iPeace bio" />
* Secretary — Gandhi Smarak Nidhi<ref name="Rediff Interview">{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.com/money/interview/inter-use-khadi-to-beat-global-warming-woes/20090821.htm | title=Rediff Interview | access-date=August 9, 2014}}</ref><ref name="iPeace bio" />
* Joint Convenor — Khadi Mission<ref name="iPeace bio" />
* Chairman, Central Certification Committee on Khadi<ref name="iPeace bio" />

==Awards and recognitions==
* [[Padma Bhushan]] - 2010<ref name="Padma announcement" />
* Ananda Puroskar<ref name="iPeace bio" />
* Ashalata Puroskar - [[Viswa Bharati University]]<ref name="iPeace bio" />
* Annada Shankar Literary Award - [[Bangla Academy]]<ref name="iPeace bio" />

==Writings==
Sailesh Kumar Bandhopadyaya was a prolific writer and one of his books, ''Gandhi Parikrama'', is prescribed by the [[University of Calcutta]] as text for the three year honors degree on [[Philosophy]].<ref name="Text">{{cite web | url=http://www.caluniv.ac.in/syllabus/Philosophy.pdf | title=Text | access-date=August 9, 2014}}</ref>
* {{cite book | url=http://www.mkgandhi.org/mynonviolence/my_nonviolence.htm | title=Peace, Non violence and Conflict Resolution | publisher=Navajivan Mudranalaya | author=Sailesh Kumar Bandopadhyaya (Ed) | year=November 1960 | location= Ahmedabad | isbn=81-7229-223-6}}
* {{cite book |last=Bandyopadhyay |first=Sailesh Kumar |year=2012 |chapter=Basu, Kshudiram |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Basu,_Kshudiram |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}
* {{cite book |last=Bandyopadhyay |first=Sailesh Kumar |year=2012 |chapter=Datta, Kalpana |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Datta,_Kalpana |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{portal|India}}
* Sailesh Kumar Bandyopadhyay delivering the presidential address — on [[Flickr]]<ref name="Presidential address">{{cite web | url=http://www.surfat10.com/climateicare/blog3.php/seminar-on-the-significance-of | title=Presidential address | access-date=August 9, 2014}}</ref>

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Robigk at 09:19, 18 January 2026

->এই হলো অভীক at 02:13, 19 September 2021