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| name | | name = Birajit Sinha | ||
| image | | image = [[File:Birajit Sinha.jpg|250px]] | ||
| caption | | caption = | ||
| office | | office = [[Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee|President of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee]] | ||
| | | term_start = 24 September 2021 | ||
| | | predecessor = [[Pijus Kanti Biswas]] | ||
| | | term_start2 = 9 January 2015 | ||
| | | term_end2 = 22 March 2019 | ||
| | | predecessor2 = [[Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl]] | ||
| constituency | | successor2 = [[Kirit Pradyot Debbarman]] | ||
| party | | constituency = | ||
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] | |||
| office3 = [[Cabinet Minister]] | |||
| constituency3 = [[Kailashahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kailashahar]] | |||
| salary3 = | |||
| term_start3 = 1988 | |||
| term_end3 = 1993 | |||
| predecessor3 = | |||
| successor3 = [[Tapan Chakraborty]] | |||
| chiefminister3 = | |||
| office4 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] | |||
| constituency4 = [[Kailashahar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kailashahar]] | |||
| salary4 = | |||
| term_start4 = 1998 | |||
| term_end4 = 2018 | |||
| predecessor4 = [[Tapan Chakraborty]] | |||
| successor4 = [[Moboshar Ali]] | |||
| chiefminister4 = | |||
| spouse = Kanchan Sinha | |||
| children = Vishal Sinha, Rishiraj Sinha | |||
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| residence = [[Tripura]], [[India]] | |||
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'''Birajit Sinha''' is an [[Indian National Congress]] [[politician]] from [[Tripura]], [[India]]. | |||
== Early life and career == | |||
Birajit Sinha joined student politics at the age of 17 in 1969, and has been an active member of [[Indian National Congress]] since 1972. He was appointed president of Tripura State Youth Congress in 1978 and continued in the role until 1990. He also served as a Cabinet Minister in Tripura from 1988 to 1993. He held a number of leadership roles in Indian National Congress, including membership of the National Council of [[Indian Youth Congress]] and the [[All India Congress Committee]]. | |||
| | He was first elected as a member of the [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]] in 1988 and was a cabinet minister from 1988 to 1993. He was again elected in 1998 and was Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2000. In [[2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2003 Legislative Assembly elections]] he was the State Congress President and the chief ministerial candidate of INC where he was re-elected from his seat but the party couldn't get the majority. In [[2008 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2008 Legislative Assembly elections]] [[2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|2013 Legislative Assembly elections]], he was re-elected to represent [[Kailashahar]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tripuraassembly.nic.in/assembly%20since%201963.pdf|title=Assembly Since 1963|page=50|access-date=18 November 2013|archive-date=31 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231040820/http://tripuraassembly.nic.in/assembly%20since%201963.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was appointed the President of the INC in Tripura on 9 January 2015. | ||
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Countries Visited : | |||
Visited Oman in 1983 (as a member of Indian delegation to attend international Youth Festival), | |||
Visited Chaina in 1985 ( as a member of Indian delegation to attend International Youth Festival) | |||
<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150208212621/http://allindiacongress.com/bio1.php?id=65</ref> | |||
== Other activities == | == Other activities == | ||
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Birajit Sinha | |
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| File:Birajit Sinha.jpg | |
| President of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| Assumed office 24 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Pijus Kanti Biswas |
| In office 9 January 2015 – 22 March 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Diba Chandra Hrangkhawl |
| Succeeded by | Kirit Pradyot Debbarman |
| Cabinet Minister | |
| In office 1988–1993 | |
| Succeeded by | Tapan Chakraborty |
| Constituency | Kailashahar |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1998–2018 | |
| Preceded by | Tapan Chakraborty |
| Succeeded by | Moboshar Ali |
| Constituency | Kailashahar |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Kanchan Sinha |
| Children | Vishal Sinha, Rishiraj Sinha |
| Residence | Tripura, India |
Birajit Sinha is an Indian National Congress politician from Tripura, India.
Early life and career[edit | edit source]
Birajit Sinha joined student politics at the age of 17 in 1969, and has been an active member of Indian National Congress since 1972. He was appointed president of Tripura State Youth Congress in 1978 and continued in the role until 1990. He also served as a Cabinet Minister in Tripura from 1988 to 1993. He held a number of leadership roles in Indian National Congress, including membership of the National Council of Indian Youth Congress and the All India Congress Committee.
He was first elected as a member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly in 1988 and was a cabinet minister from 1988 to 1993. He was again elected in 1998 and was Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2000. In 2003 Legislative Assembly elections he was the State Congress President and the chief ministerial candidate of INC where he was re-elected from his seat but the party couldn't get the majority. In 2008 Legislative Assembly elections 2013 Legislative Assembly elections, he was re-elected to represent Kailashahar constituency.[1] He was appointed the President of the INC in Tripura on 9 January 2015.
Countries Visited : Visited Oman in 1983 (as a member of Indian delegation to attend international Youth Festival), Visited Chaina in 1985 ( as a member of Indian delegation to attend International Youth Festival)
Other activities[edit | edit source]
Birajit Sinha is engaged with various social activities. He is the Founder President of ASHRAY – a registered social voluntary organisation working on the program areas of healthcare, welfare and national development. He is also involved with health camps and blood donation camps in rural and remote tribal areas. He is the Vice President of the Committee for National Integration, a national based organisation that promotes national integration and communal harmony. He was awarded the Rashtriya Ekta Puraskar in 2000 for outstanding contributions to communal harmony in Tripura.[3][4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Assembly Since 1963" (PDF). p. 50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150208212621/http://allindiacongress.com/bio1.php?id=65
- ↑ Current members profile Tripura Assembly
- ↑ "Shri Birajit Sinha, MLA". Allindiacongress.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2014.