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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Upendra Nath Biswas
| image =
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| birth_date = 1942
| birth_place = [[Jessore]], [[Bangladesh]]
| residence = Sector III, [[Bidhannagar]] (E), [[Kolkata]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Minister for Backward Class Welfare
| term_start = May 20, [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| term_end = [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| constituency =
| predecessor =
| successor = Rajib Banerjee
| governor = [[M. K. Narayanan]]
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| term_start2 = May 13, [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| term_end2 = [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| constituency2 = [[Bagda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bagda]]
| predecessor2 = [[Dulal Bar]] ([[All India Trinamool Congress]])
| successor2 = Dulal Bar ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
| governor2 = [[M. K. Narayanan]]
| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| spouse =
| profession = [[Politician]] and [[Civil Servant]]
| children =
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]
| faculty =
| website =
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}}

'''Upendranath Biswas''' (or '''Upen Biswas''' or simply '''U. N. Biswas''') is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[politician]], caste historian and a retired [[civil servant]].

==Early life==
He was born to Nibaran Chandra Biswas at [[faridpur District|faridpur resent, vill ulpur , upazila Gopalganj , Jilla Gopalganj
]] in [[Bangladesh]]. He belongs to [[Namasudra]] family and follows [[Ambedkarite]] ideology.<ref>{{Cite web|title='Bengal Hasn’t Produced A Jagjivan Ram Or Even A Mayawati'|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/bengal-hasnt-produced-a-jagjivan-ram-or-even-a-mayawati/281957|access-date=2020-06-15|website=www.outlookindia.com/}}</ref> He completed his Ph.D. in Sociology from the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1986. He got converted into [[Buddhism]] and is one of the few lawmakers belonging to the religion, from West Bengal.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dutt |first1=Probal Basak & Ishita Ayan |title=Newsmaker: Upendranath Biswas |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/newsmaker-upendranath-biswas-113100301145_1.html |work=Business Standard India |date=3 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-12-23|title=Lalu a Good Actor, No One Can Match His 'Nautanki': CBI Officer Who Investigated Fodder Scam|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/lalu-a-good-actor-no-one-can-match-his-nautanki-cbi-officer-who-investigated-fodder-scam-1612653.html|access-date=2020-11-03|website=News18|language=en}}</ref>

==As a civil servant==
He joined the [[West Bengal Police]] as an IPS officer in 1968, serving as a [[Deputy superintendent of police|DSP]] in charge of an EFR Company, a Subdivision, [[Additional Superintendent of Police|Addl. SP]] of District HQ, [[Superintendent of Police|S.P]] of West Dinajpur, [[Superintendent of Police|SSP]] in the West Bengal CID, and the Joint Director in [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]], his honest investigation report to the [[Patna High Court|court]] was changed with a milder one written by his deputy [[Ranjit Sinha]] by the head of the CBI, Joginder Singh to please the political establishment, for which the CBI received strictures from the court.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/specials/cbi-blasted-for-scuttling-fodder-scam-probe-196100501120_1.html | title=Cbi Blasted For Scuttling Fodder Scam Probe | work=[[Business Standard]] | date=October 5, 1996 | access-date=2013-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.niticentral.com/2013/04/27/a-cbi-directors-shady-past-71152.html | title=A CBI Director’s shady past | work=Niti Central | date=April 27, 2013 | access-date=2013-05-19 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601134202/http://www.niticentral.com/2013/04/27/a-cbi-directors-shady-past-71152.html | archive-date=June 1, 2013 }}</ref>

He retired as the additional director of India's [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI), which he served as an officer of the [[Indian Police Service]] (West Bengal cadre, 1968 batch). He first became a news-maker by relentlessly pursuing former [[List of Chief Ministers of Bihar|Chief Ministers of Bihar]], [[Jagannath Mishra]] and [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] in the {{INRConvert|950|c}} [[Fodder scam]] as the joint Director (East), CBI.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.hindu.com/2002/02/01/stories/2002020103280900.htm | archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616083127/http://www.hindu.com/2002/02/01/stories/2002020103280900.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=June 16, 2013 | title=U.N. Biswas retires | work=[[The Hindu]] | date=Feb 1, 2002 | access-date=2013-05-19}}</ref>

His efficiency and honesty were always on the top. He was involved in detecting and resolving many scams when he held the Office of the Joint Director, [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI). The most popular of these was perhaps the [[Fodder scam|scam for ''Chara Ghotala'']] in which he caught the corrupt politician [[Lalu Prasad Yadav]] and sent him to jail also. Even after threats to his life from different politicians, he did his duties perfectly up to the end.

==Politics==
After retirement from his job, he joined the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] party and won from Bagda in Bongaon subdivision.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mamata-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers/153060-37.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525085921/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/mamata-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers/153060-37.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-05-25|title= Mamata allots portfolios, keeps key ministries|work=IBN Live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/story/All+the+didi's+men/1/43364.html| title= All the Didi's men|work=India Today}}</ref> He was an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], elected from the [[Bagda (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bagda]] constituency in the [[2011 West Bengal state assembly election]]. He has served as the Minister for Backward Class Welfare in the [[Government of West Bengal]] from 2011 to 2016. During the [[2021 West Bengal election]], he resigned from [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=ফের ভাঙন TMC-তে, দলত্যাগ প্রাক্তন মন্ত্রী উপেনের|url=https://bangla.aajtak.in/west-bengal/story/former-state-minister-tmc-mla-upen-biswas-quits-party-275447-2021-04-28|access-date=2021-04-28|website=Aaj Tak বাংলা|language=bn}}</ref>

==Controversy==
He created a controversy by seeking the help of the [[Indian Army]] in rushing to arrest Lalu Prasad Yadav,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.co.in/news/aug/01cbi.htm | title=Biswas asked CBI to seek army help: home minister | work=Rediff.com | access-date=2013-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rediff.co.in/news/aug/07bihar.htm | title=Biswas was in a hurry to arrest Laloo: Gupta | work=Rediff.com | access-date=2013-05-19}}</ref> following which he was harassed by his department and the political establishment.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?204176 | title=Staying On | work=Outlook (India) | date=Sep 8, 1997 | access-date=2013-05-19}}</ref>

== References ==
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| state= WB
| constituency= Bagdah
| before= [[Dulal Chandra Bar]] ([[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]])
| after= [[Dulal Chandra Bar]] ([[Indian National Congress|INC]])
| years= [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]] – [[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2016]]}}
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