Baneswar Saikia
Baneswar Saikia | |
|---|---|
 Baneswar Saikia in 2017 | |
| Assam State Secretary of Revolutionary Communist Party of India | |
| In office 1968–1975 | |
| Member of Assam Legislative Assembly[1] | |
| In office 1978–1983 | |
| Constituency | Batadroba (Vidhan Sabha constituency) |
| Assam State Secretary of Revolutionary Communist Party of India | |
| In office 1979–1994 | |
| General Secretary of Revolutionary Communist Party of India[2] | |
| In office 1994–2000 | |
| Preceded by | Rasik Bhatt |
| Succeeded by | Bimalananda Mukherjee |
| General Secretary of Revolutionary Communist Party of India[3] | |
| In office 2003–2006 | |
| Preceded by | Bimalananda Mukherjee |
| Succeeded by | Biren Deka |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 October 1931 Dumdumia Village, Nagaon, Assam, India |
| Political party | Revolutionary Communist Party of India |
| Spouse | Nirada (Deka) Saikia |
| Children | 3 daughters |
| Parent(s) | Late Tularam Saikia (Father) Late Sadari Saikia (Mother) |
| Alma mater | Dhing K.B. High School, Cotton College, Darrang College |
| Occupation | Politician, Professor, |
Baneswar Saikia (born 8 October 1931, Nagaon) is an Indian communist politician. He belongs to Revolutionary Communist Party of India.[4] He joined the party in 1947, when he was in the eighth standard. Baneswar Saikia is the son of Late Tularam Saikia and Late Sadari Saikia. He is a former lawyer, a former MLA,[5] a retired professor of Anandaram Dhekial Phookan College of Nagaon, the first Head and the founder of the Department of Economics[6] of the same college, a politician, a Marxist economist, a writer and a social worker. He is also a former State Secretary of Assam State Committee and a former General Secretary of RCPI.[7][8] Baneswar Saikia is able to read, speak and write in Assamese, English and Bengali.
He retired from ADP College in 1991. In May 2016, ADP College Retired Teachers Forum was formed. Professor Baneswar Saikia was elected as the adviser of the association.[9]
Professor Saikia was a student activist and presently is one of the Central Committee members of the RCPI. During his school days, Saikia was influenced by Marxism. He started his political career as a students' political activist, as a member of the Assam Provincial Students' Federation (APSF). He was also involved in the RCPI-led uprisings in Assam that took place between 1948 and 1952.
Works
[edit]Books
- Bharatar Biplabi Communist Party: Gathan aru Gatidhara (ভাৰতৰ বিপ্লৱী কমিউনিষ্ট পাৰ্টি: গঠন আৰু গতিধাৰা) (RCPI, Assam State Committee, Guwahati, 28 August 2003)
- Arab Jagatat Biplovar Dhou (আৰৱ জগতত বিপ্লৱৰ ঢৌ) (RCPI, Assam State Committee, Guwahati, 2015)
- Pratyoy Aaru Anvexon: Baneswar Xaikiar Nirbachita Rachana Xangrah (প্ৰত্যয় আৰু অন্বেষণ: বাণেশ্বৰ শইকীয়াৰ নিৰ্বাচিত ৰচনা সংগ্ৰহ)- A collection of selected writings of Baneswar Saikia, edited by Dr. Ranjit Sabhapandit (Assam Publishing Company, 2017) [10]
References
[edit]- ^ "IndiaVotes | India's largest election database".
- ^ "Rcpicommunist.in -".
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- ^ Saikia, Arupjyoti (12 August 2015). A Century of Protests: Peasant Politics in Assam Since 1900. Routledge. ISBN 9781317325598.
- ^ "Assam Assembly Election Results in 1978". www.elections.in. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ "Economics | Anandaram Dhekial Phookan". adpcollege.ac.in. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
- ^ Saikia, Arupjyoti (12 August 2015). A Century of Protests: Peasant Politics in Assam Since 1900. Routledge. ISBN 9781317325598.
- ^ "Leadership". www.rcpicommunist.in. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- ^ http://silchar.com/adp-college-retired-teachers%C2%92-forum-formed/[permanent dead link]
- ^ Saikia, Baneswar (January 2017). Savapandit, Dr R. (ed.). Pratyoy Aaru Anvexon By Assam Publishing Company (in Assamese). Assam Publishing Company.
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