Nihar Ranjan Ghosh (born 11 August 1955) is an Indian politician who currently serves as

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from Chanchal constituency and also served as

from English Bazar constituency. He joined

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party in November 2017.

Early life

Ghosh was born to Suresh Ghosh who was a middle class person in

Malda district Malda district, also spelt Maldah or Maldaha (, , often ), is a district in West Bengal, India. The capital of the Bengal Sultanate, Gauda and Pandua, was situated in this district. Mango, jute and silk are the most notable products of this ...

. Ghosh passed 12th from Akrumoni Coronation Institution.

Political career

Ghosh is many times councillor in English Bazar Municipality as an

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and his wife is also a councillor with his support. In 2016

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general election he won the English Bazar (Vidhan Sabha constituency) seat with support of CPIM and

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as an Independent party candidate. In November 2016 he joined

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ruling party

(TMC) as proposed by TMC leader

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References

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