Jagannath Bhattacharya is an Indian doctor and Orthopaedics specialist. He is also a politician. He joined the

All India Forward Bloc The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a Left-wing nationalism, left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a Political faction, faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose, and was strongest ...

Education

Jagannath Bhattacharya had his primary education in Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah. Then he gained MBBS from Calcutta University in 1977 and MS (Ortho) degree from University College of Medicine (CU) in 1984.

Political life

Jagannath Bhattacharya was an elected

member of the Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several nation ...

Shibpur Shibpur is a neighbourhood in Howrah of Howrah district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). It is well known for being the ...

of the state of

West Bengal West Bengal (; Bengali language, Bengali: , , abbr. WB) is a States and union territories of India, state in the East India, eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabi ...

in India, under the political party of AIFB. He was active from 2006 to 2011.

References

Living people West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011 University of Calcutta alumni All India Forward Bloc politicians 1954 births People from Howrah district {{WestBengal-politician-stub