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'''Sankar Das Banerji''' (January 1903 – 23 March 1994) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] Indian politician and barrister. He was the Speaker of West Bengal State Assembly and former Finance Minister of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chakrabarty |first=Saroj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aJcdAAAAMAAJ&q=Shankar+Das+Banerji |title=With West Bengal Chief Ministers: Memoirs, 1962 to 1977 |date=1978 |publisher=Chakrabarty |isbn=978-0-86131-117-0 |language=en}}</ref> Banerji was a prominent criminal lawyer of his time in the [[Calcutta High Court]].<ref name=":0" /> His nephew [[Satyabrata Mookherjee]] was a former Indian Union Minister of State. He had 3 sons (Kalidas, Shyamadas and Shivdas) and 1 daughter (Aloka).

==Early life==
Banerji was born in [[Kolkata]] in 1903 in [[British India]]. He hailed from a Jamindar family of Paglachandi village, [[Palashi|Plassey]] in [[Nadia district]]. His father passed from [[University College Hospital]], of [[London]] and worked with [[Louis Pasteur]]. Banerji studied in [[Hindu School, Kolkata]] and acquired law degree from the [[Calcutta University]], later he joined [[Lincoln's Inn]], called to the Bar in 1927. After returning to India he started practice in the Calcutta High Court.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=1994-04-01 |title=Obituary: Sankardas Banerji |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-sankardas-banerji-1367397.html |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> He served as the Standing Counsel of [[Government of West Bengal]] in Calcutta High Court from 1950 to 1957. He was appointed Advocate General in 1967.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sabha |first=India Parliament Lok |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x29PAQAAMAAJ&q=Shankardas+Banerjee |title=Lok Sabha Debates |date=1982 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Bar Council of West Bengal :: History |url=http://wbbarcouncil.org/history.php?page=6 |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=wbbarcouncil.org |archive-date=27 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727161439/http://wbbarcouncil.org/history.php?page=6 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Political career==
He joined [[Indian National Congress]] for active politics in 1952. Banerji was elected to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x_wmAQAAIAAJ&dq=Shankar+Das+Banerjee&pg=RA4-PA23 |title=Civic Affairs |date=1957 |publisher=P. C. Kapoor at the Citizen Press |language=en}}</ref> In 1968, Banerji formed the Indian National Democratic Front.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Zaidi |first=A. Moin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2rpVAAAAYAAJ&dq=Shankar+Das+Banerji&pg=PA301 |title=The Story of Congress Pilgrimage: 1964-1970 |date=1990 |publisher=Indian Institute of Applied Political Research |isbn=978-81-85355-52-8 |language=en}}</ref> He became the [[List of speakers of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Speaker of West Bengal State Assembly]] since 1957 to 1959<ref>{{Cite web |title=West Bengal Speaker List With Name {{!}} List of Speakers of West Bengal Legislative Assembly - Oneindia |url=https://www.oneindia.com/west-bengal-speakers-list/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=www.oneindia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=THE ECONOMIC WEEKLY |first=A Calcutta Diary |title=The Politics of Successful Men |url=https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1957_9/29/the_politics_of_successful_men.pdf |access-date=2 June 2022 |archive-date=2 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602082330/https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1957_9/29/the_politics_of_successful_men.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Finance and Transport Minister during the period of 1962–63.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LDcKAQAAIAAJ&q=Shankardas+Banerjee |title=India, a Reference Annual |date=1963 |publisher=Research and Reference Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India |language=en}}</ref> He also contested [[1980 Indian general election|1980]] and [[1984 Indian general election]] from [[Krishnanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnanagar Lok Sabha]] but lost.<ref>{{Cite web |title=🗳️ Sankar Das Banerji, Krishnanagar Lok Sabha Elections 1984-85 in India LIVE Results {{!}} Latest News, Articles & Statistics |url=https://www.latestly.com/elections/loksabha-elections/1984-85/west-bengal/krishnanagar/sankar-das-banerji/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |website=LatestLY |language=en}}</ref>

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