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Bansa Gopal Chowdhury

PEP · Politician

Bansa Gopal Chowdhury is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Bansa Gopal Chowdhury · বংশ গোপাল চৌধুরী				[sources]
Alias	Bansa Gopal Choudhury				[sources]
Birth date	1960-01-12				[sources]
Place of birth	Raniganj · Raniganj (West Bengal)				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Bansa Gopal				[sources]
Last name	Chowdhury				[sources]
Political association	Communist Party of India (Marxist)				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q16190275				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	en.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Member of the 14th Lok Sabha (2005-2009) · Member of the 15th Lok Sabha (2009-2014)				[sources]
Education	Graduation Educated at T.D.B. College, Raniganj,West Bengal · Kazi Nazrul University · Trivenidevi Bhalotia College				[sources]
Status	Former				[sources]
Address	104, South Avenue, · Babepara, Searsol, PO & PS-Raniganj,				[sources]
Last change	2026-04-11	Last processed	2026-04-11	First seen	2023-09-28

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Member of Parliament

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-09-28

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Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons276,100

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India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members8,803

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India · Parliament of India

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories342,715

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions502,929

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