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Basudeb Acharia

Politician

Basudeb Acharia 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	Basudeb Acharia · বাসুদেব আচার্য				[sources]
Birth date	1942-07-11				[sources]
Place of birth	Bero, Distt. Purulia (West Bengal) · Purulia district				[sources]
Death date	2023-11-13				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	United Kingdom · India				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Basudeb				[sources]
Last name	Acharia				[sources]
Political association	Communist Party of India (Marxist)				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q3595452				[sources]
Position	Member of the 10th Lok Sabha (1991-1996) · Member of the 11th Lok Sabha (1996-1998) · Member of the 12th Lok Sabha (1998-1999) · Member of the 13th Lok Sabha (1999-2004) · Member of the 14th Lok Sabha (2004-2009) · 4 more...				[sources]
Education	M.A.,B.T.Educated at Ranchi University, Ranchi, Bihar and Kolkata University, Kolkata, West Bengal · Ranchi University · University of Calcutta				[sources]
Status	Former				[sources]
Address	21, Ashoka Road, · Village Kantaranguni, P.O. Adra,				[sources]
Last change	2026-01-15	Last processed	2026-02-22	First seen	2025-03-26

Descriptions

Indian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-03-28

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Smt. Konak Lata Acharia Close Associate	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Lok Sabha	2009-06-01	2014-02-21

Data sources

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members9,137

Current and historical members of the two houses of the Indian Parliament

India · Parliament of India

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons271,230

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Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions507,300

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata333,870

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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