Boniface Lakra | |
|---|---|
| Member of Constituent Assembly of India[1] | |
| In office 9 December 1946 – 24 January 1950 | |
| Member of Provincial Assembly, Bihar | |
| In office 1937–1946 | |
| Constituency | Gumla-cum-Simdega |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 March 1898 Doba, Kuru, Jharkhand |
| Died | December 8, 1976 (aged 78) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Education | Ravenshaw College (M.A.)[2][3] |
Boniface Lakra was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly of India from Bihar. He was also a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly.[4][5][6][7][8]
Early life[edit | edit source]
Boniface Lakra was born on 4 March 1898 in the Kuru area of present-day Jharkhand, into a Christian Oraon family.[9] He completed his higher education with a degree in arts.
Political career[edit | edit source]
In 1931, on the suggestion of Rev. Sevrin, Lakra founded the Chota Nagpur Roman Catholic Sabha and became its president. Representing the organisation with the support of the Indian National Congress, he won the 1934 general election and was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly. He was subsequently elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly in the provincial elections of 1937 from the Gumla-cum-Simdega constituency.[10][11] By virtue of his legislative position, he was indirectly elected to the Constituent Assembly of India in 1946. After independence, Lakra contested the 1951-52 Bihar Legislative Assembly election from the Chainpur Scheduled Tribe–reserved constituency as a Congress candidate but was defeated by Deocharan Manjhi of the Chota Nagpur Santhal Parganas Janata Party, losing by a margin of 23.39 percent.[12]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY (AS IN NOVEMBER, 1949)". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ↑ Committee, Great Britain Indian Delimitation (1936). Government of India Act, 1935: Report of the Committee Appointed in Connection with the Delimitation of Constituencies and Connected Matters ... H.M. Stationery Office. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ↑ Patna University Calendar 1937-38 (Report). Patna University. p. 231.
- ↑ The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. 1950. p. 380. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ↑ Reed, Sir Stanley; Times of India, Bombay (1951). Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's who. Times of India Press. p. 418. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ↑ Reed, Sir Stanley (1943). Indian Year Book. Times of India Press. p. 85. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ↑ Mishra, A.; Paty, C.K.; Mahila College, Chaibasa (2010). Tribal Movements in Jharkhand, 1857-2007. Concept Publishing Company. p. 171. ISBN 978-81-8069-686-2. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ↑ Bihar (India); Choudhury, P.C.R. (1970). Bihar District Gazetteers. Superintendent, Secretariat Press, Bihar. p. 583. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
- ↑ Prasad, Rajendra (1984). Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Correspondence and Select Documents. Allied. ISBN 978-0-8364-1179-9.
- ↑ Assembly, Bihar (India) Legislature Legislative (1937). Bihar Legislative Assemby Debates: Official Report. Superintendent, Government Print. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ↑ Kumar, N. (1970). Bihar District Gazetteers (Ranchi). Superintendent, Secretariat Press, Bihar. pp. 571–581.
- ↑ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1951 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR (Report). ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA, NEW DELHI.