Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha
PAL, SHRI RUPCHAND
[COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST)- HOOGHLY (WEST BENGAL)]
Father's Name Late Shri Gangadhar Pal
Date of Birth 2 December 1936
Place of Birth Hooghly (West Bengal)
Marital Status Unmarried
Educational Qualifications
M.A.
Educated at Calcutta University, Calcutta
(West Bengal)
Profession
Former College Teacher, Educationist, Political
and Social Worker
Permanent Address
Boral Lane, P.O. and Distt. Hooghly-712103
(West Bengal)
Tel. (033) 802691
Present Address
106, North Avenue,
New Delhi - 110001
Tel. (011) 3792772
Positions Held
1980 Elected to 7th Lok Sabha
1980-84 Member, Committee on Official Languages
1980-84, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
1990-96 and Information and Broadcasting
1997-98
1982-84, Member, Committee on Estimates
1990-92 and
1993-94
1989 Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
1993-96 Member, Committee on Communications and its
Sub-Committee on National Media Policy
1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (4th term)
1996-97 Chairman, Committee on Estimates
Member, Committee on External Affairs
Member, Consultative Commitee, Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting
Member, Select Committee, Broadcasting Bill, 1996
1997-98 Member, Committee on External Affairs
1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (5th term)
Chief Whip, CPI(M) Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
1998-99 and Member, Committee on Public Accounts and its Sub-Committee
1999-2000 on Stationery and Printing Offices
1998-99 Member, Committee on Finance
Member, Committee on Government Assurances
Member, Committee on Provision of computers to Members
of Parliament and its Sub-Committee on Maintenance of
computers and related activities
Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting
Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments
Edited collection of writings on (i) Freedom Movement in the district
of Hooghly; (ii) Peasant movement; (iii) Total literacy; and
(iv) Health Education Programme
Special Interests
History of Freedom Struggle, peasant movement and working class
movement in India; literacy programmes; folk culture; and literature
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, writing and social service
Countries Visited
Member, (i) Indian Parliamentary Delegations to France, F.R.G.,
Switzerland, U.K. and former U.S.S.R., 1980; Mongolia, 1991;
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and U.N., 1998;
(ii) Indian Delegation led by the then Vice-President of India,
China, 1994; and (iii) Indian Parliamentary Delegation led by the
then Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha to Norway, 1997
Election Result of
Hooghly Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 11,37,353
Total votes polled 9,43,670
Votes polled in favour of the candidates
(1) Shri Rupchand Pal [C.P.I.(M)] 4,31,229
(2) Shri Tapan Dasgupta (W.B.T.C.) 4,25,113
(3) Smt. Ipsita Roy (I.N.C.) 76,120
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