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Bikash Chowdhury

Politician

Bikash 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	Bikash Chowdhury · বিকাশ চৌধুরী				[sources]
Birth date	1932-12-25				[sources]
Place of birth	Saharsa · Saharsa (Bihar)				[sources]
Death date	2005-08-01				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Citizenship	India				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Bikash				[sources]
Last name	Chowdhury				[sources]
Political association	Communist Party of India (Marxist)				[sources]
Title	Shri				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q4907317				[sources]
Position	Member of the 10th West Bengal Legislative Assembly · Member of the 11th West Bengal Legislative Assembly · Member of the 12th Lok Sabha (1998-1999) · Member of the 13th Lok Sabha (1999-2004) · Member of the 14th Lok Sabha (2004-2005) · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Intermediate Educated at Victoria College, Comilla (now in Bangladesh)				[sources]
Status	Former				[sources]
Address	201-202 V.P. House · Damodarpur, P.O. Nandi,				[sources]
Last change	2025-11-01	Last processed	2025-11-11	First seen	2025-10-13

Descriptions

Member, (i) State Committee, CPI(M), West Bengal; (ii) State Secretariat, WBCITU (West Bengal Centre for Indian Trade Union)

— India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members, 2025-10-13

Indian politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2025-11-01

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Smt. Nalini Bala Chowdhury Close Associate	mother	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Member of the Lok Sabha	2004-06-02	2009-02-26

Data sources

India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members9,147

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

India · Parliament of India

External databases

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Wikidata335,609

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions551,576

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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