Chitra Bhattacharya (1926November 29, 2010) was a member of parliament of Bangladesh Jatya Sangsad. She was appointed from

Tangail Tangail (, ) is a city of Tangail District in central Bangladesh. A significant city in Bangladesh, Tangail lies on the bank of the Louhajang River, northwest of Dhaka, the nation's capital. Etymology ''Tangail'' originates from the Beng ...

for the seat reserved for women in 1996 as an

Awami League The Awami League, officially known as Bangladesh Awami League, is a major List of political parties in Bangladesh, political party in Bangladesh. The oldest existing political party in the country, the party played the leading role in achievin ...

candidate.

Early life and career

Bhattacharya was born to a

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family in

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. She passed matriculation examination from Rangpur and intermediate from Ananda Mohan College in

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. She later earned a master's degree on Sociology from

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (), also known as Dhaka University (DU), is a public university, public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1921, it is the oldest active university in the country. The University of Dhaka w ...

Personal life

Bhattacharya was married to Justice

Debesh Bhattacharya Debesh Chandra Bhattacharya (3 November 1914 2 February 2004) was a Bangladeshi jurist who served at Bangladesh High Court and later at the Appellate Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court. Early life Bhattacharya was born on 3 November 1914 in E ...

. They had three childreneconomist

Debapriya Bhattacharya Debapriya Bhattacharya is an economist and public policy analyst from Bangladesh. He was the first executive director of Centre for Policy Dialogue in Dhaka. He also worked as a senior research fellow at Bangladesh Institute of Development Studi ...

, physicist Debadarshi Bhattacharya and Debalina Roy. She died in an Indian hospital in Kolkata due to age-related complications in November 2010.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bhattacharya, Chitra 1926 births 2010 deaths University of Dhaka alumni Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad Awami League politicians People from Netrokona District Politicians from Mymensingh Division 20th-century Bangladeshi women politicians Bengali Hindus Bangladeshi Hindus