Lalit Sen (21 April 1932 - 18 October 1985) was an Indian politician from

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; Sanskrit: ''himācāl prādes;'' "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a States and union territories of India, state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen Indian Himalayan ...

. He was elected to the

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, the lower house of the

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, from the Mandi constituency, as a member of the

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. He was a student of

Bishop Cotton School, Shimla Bishop Cotton School is a private boarding school for boys aged 7-18 years old in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India. It is one of the oldest boarding schools for boys in Asia, having been founded on 28 July 1859 by Bishop George Edward Lynch Co ...

and did his degree from St. Stephen's College, Delhi. His father was Raja Lakshman Sen Bahadur, the last ruling king of the erstwhile princely state of Suket. Upon his father's death, Lalit Sen became the 51st titular Raja of Suket. After Lalit Sen's death his son Hari Sen, an academic historian by profession, nominally succeeded him to the throne of Suket.

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Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
1932 births 1985 deaths Lok Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh India MPs 1962–1967 India MPs 1967–1970 Indian National Congress politicians from Himachal Pradesh Indian royalty {{HimachalPradesh-INC-politician-stub Bishop Cotton School Shimla alumni Kasautii Zindagii Kay St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni