Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
12th Lok Sabha
TOPDAR, SHRI TARIT BARAN [COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST)- BARRACKPORE (WEST BENGAL)]
Father's Name Late Shri Pramodakanta Topdar Date of Birth 5 March 1941 Place of Birth Netrokona, Distt. Mymensing (Now in Bangladesh) Marital Status Married on 30 May 1976 Spouse's Name Smt. Swapna Topdar Children One son and one daughter Educational Qualifications B.Sc. (Hons.) (Chemistry) Educated at Vidyasagar College, University of Calcutta, Calcutta (West Bengal) Profession Teacher and Educationist and Trade Unionist Permanent Address Barrackpore, P.O. Nona-Chandanpukur, Distt. North 24-Parganas-700001 (West Bengal) Tels. (033) 5600408, 5601444 Present Address 154, North Avenue, New Delhi-110001 Tel. (011) 3792167 Positions Held 1989 Elected to 9th Lok Sabha 1989-91 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Science and Technology 1991 Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1991-94 Member, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table 1993-96 Member, Committee on Commerce 1996 Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 1996-97 Member, Committee on Commerce 1998 Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term) 1998-99 Member, Committee on Commerce Member, Committee on Public Undertakings Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles Social and Cultural Activities Participated in the cultural movement through Indian People's Theatres Association (I.P.T.A.), 1960-67; associated with the activities of Indo-Soviet Cultural Society (I.S.C.U.S.), 1959-63; relief works including those of flood; and setting up a Hospital named 'Newton Cancer Centre' for research and cure for treatment of cancer and making efforts to develop it as one of the leading hospitals in eastern India

Sports and Clubs  

Working as Joint General-Secretary, Friends of the Stadium at
Yuba Bharati Krirangan, Calcutta; promoting various disciplines 
of sports including football, athletics and gymnastics; and
conducting training programmes for football, volleyball and table 
tennis for juniors

Countries Visited  	

China, Hong Kong and U.K.

Other Information  	

Member, (i)High Power Committee on Handlooms since 1991; and
(ii)Sub-Committee on National Textiles Corporation, 1994-96

Election Result of Barrackpore Lok Sabha Constituency
Total electorate 10,25,177 Total votes polled 8,46,373 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates (1) Shri Tarit Baran Topdar [C.P.I.(M)] 3,83,054 (2) Shri Tarun Adhikary (W.B.T.C.) 3,55,097 (3) Shri Lal Bahadur Singh (I.N.C.) 82,741 (4) Shri Parimal Kanti Ray (B.S.P) 7,059
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