ROY, SHRI HARADHAN
C.P.I.(M)- ASANSOL (WEST BENGAL)

Father's Name:Late Shri Rakhal Chandra Roy

Date of Birth:16 March 1926

Place of Birth:Napur in Distt. Burdwan (West Bengal)

Marital Status:Unmarried

Educational Qualifications :
Matriculation
Educated at Raniganj High School, Raniganj 
(West Bengal)

Profession :
Political Worker, Trade Unionist and Social Worker

Permanent Address :
Central Office, Colliery Mazdoor Sabha of India, 
Netaji Subhas Bose Road, Raniganj, Distt. Burdwan (West Bengal) 
Tels. (0341) 44-4385, 44-6959
Fax. (0341) 44-5477

Positions Held :
   
1945-46Primary Member, I.N.C.
1946-48Primary Member, Forward Bloc
1948-53Activist, C.P.I.
1954Member, C.P.I.
1962Member, C.P.I. Committee, Distt. Burdwan,
West Bengal
1964Member, C.P.I.(M) Committee, Distt. Burdwan,
West Bengal
1964 onwardsMember, All India and State Working Committees, C.I.T.U.
1967-87(Six terms) Member, West Bengal Legislative Assembly
1982-84Member, Committee on Public Undertakings, West Bengal 
Legislative Assembly
1989Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)
1991Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) 
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the third time

Social and Cultural Activities :
Educating masses, rural and urban development; setting up schools, 
colleges,   libraries,  hospitals,  health   clinics;  organising 
gymnasium, sports and cultural activities

Special Interests :
Serving the masses

Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Socialising, study and sports

Countries Visited :
Former U.S.S.R.

Other Information :
Organised  trade unions, peasant movements, democratic movements; 
suffered imprisonment  for  about  30 times  since 1952; remained 
underground  from  1962-1964, & 1964-1966;  Assistant  Secretary, 
Refractory  and  ceramic  Workers  Union  (INTUC), 1948;  General 
Secretary,Organiser, Founder Member, Colliery Mazdoor Sabha since 
1952  (Raniganj Coal belt);  Member  (i)  All  India  Engineering 
Workers   Federation  1956-57;  (ii)  A.I.T.U.C.,  1957-58; (iii) 
Central  Committee,  A.I.T.U.C., 1957-64; (iv) Working Committee, 
Bengal Provincial Trade Union Congress (BPTUC) A.T.U.C., 1957-64; 
General-Secretary,  Organiser  and Founder Member,  Jyoti Prakash 
Glass  Mazdoor  Union;  Organiser, long  march  from  Raniganj to 
Calcutta with 200 workers of Burn  company  and other trade Union 
Units in demand of lifting lock-out and  settlement of demands of 
workers of Burn Company Ltd.; General Secretary, Colliery Mazdoor 
Sabha of India  (C.I.T.U.) till date;  Vice-President,  All India 
Coal Workers Federation;  President (i)  Raniganj Girls' College; 
and  (ii)  Khandera  College,  Khandera,  Vice-Chairman,  Asansol 
Mines  Board  of  Health,  1978-83;  General Secretary, Aluminium 
Mazdoor Union Since 1967;  Member, General Council, Indian School 
of Mines. Dhanbad upto 31 August 1990

Election Result :
   
Asansol Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate12,07,881
Total votes polled 8,41,736
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Shri Haradhan Roy [C.P.I.(M)]3,76,806
(2) Shri Sukumar Bandyopadhyay(I.N.C.)3,29,856
(3) Shri Surendranath Lamba (B.J.P.)  69,737
(4) Shri Gonesh Pal (Ind.)    11,556