Nibaran Chandra Laskar | |
|---|---|
 Prof. Nibaran Chandra Laskar | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 1952–1962 | |
| Constituency | Cachar, Assam |
| Constituency | Cachar, Assam |
| Member of Constituent Assembly of India | |
| In office 9 December 1946 – 24 January 1950 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 January 1902 Niz Phulbari, Assam, British India |
| Died | 25 June 1987 (aged 85) Silchar |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Krishna Kumari Devi (m. 1921) |
| Children | Nihar Ranjan Laskar, Nikhil Ranjan Laskar, Rani Laskar, Nishit Ranjan Laskar, Nitish Ranjan Laskar, Nripesh Ranjan Laskar, Anup Kumar Laskar, Rita Laskar, Niloy Ranjan Laskar
GRAND CHILDRENS: Devyani Laskar Bhouraskar, Indrani Laskar Sharma, Sourav Laskar. Nabanita Laskar Das, Nivedita Laskar Mazumdar, Raja Laskar. Aniruddha Laskar, Dolon Chapa Laskar Bhattacharjee. Moumita Laskar, Sangeeta Laskar Chanda, Mahasweta Laskar, Vedant Laskar. Vikram Laskar, Reya Laskar Saha. Kajari Laskar, Anand Laskar. Shamik Laskar. Prince L Dhyrianathan, Partha Sarathi L Dhyrianathan, Panchali L Dhyrianathan Vineeth. Somnath Das. |
| Residence(s) | Phulbari, Shillongpatty, Silchar, Assam |
| Alma mater | MC College, Dhaka University (MA) |
Nibaran Chandra Laskar (14 January 1902 – 25 June 1987)[1] was a singer, musician, sportsman, social worker, professor and an Indian politician. He was a member of the Indian National Congress party. He was elected to the Lok Sabha lower house of the Parliament of India from the Cachar, Assam constituency in 1952 and 1957. Prof. N. C. Laskar was also a member of the Constituent Assembly of India.[2][3][4]
Nibaran Chandra Laskar was born on 14 January 1902. He was a gold medalist and double MA in Sanskrit and Bengali from Dhaka University.
Nibaran Chandra Laskar was a founder professor of Guru Charan College, the first college of Cachar district in the state of Assam. He was the founder Principle of Cachar college. Prof. N. C. Laskar moved into politics in 1944.
Nibaran Chandra Laskar was elected to Assam Legislative Assembly from 1947–52. He was a member of the drafting committee of the Constituent Assembly of India from 1947–50, which drafted the Constitution of India.
Prof. Nibaran Chandra Laskar was a Member of Parliament of the 1st Lok Sabha from 1952–57 and was also elected for the 2nd term as an M.P. from 1957–62.
He was a Member of Silchar Local Board, Silchar Municipal Board from 1946–49. He served as President of Cachar Kalyan Samiti, from 1946–48. He was General Secretary of Samaj Sanjivani Samiti, Cachar. He was a member of All India Cottage Industries Board from 1949–52. He was a member of the F.A.O. from 1950–52. He was Deputy Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation, Assam Government from 1951–52. He was a member of Rehabilitation Finance Administration from 1956–57.
He served on the Public Accounts Committee from 1955–57.[5]
Nibaran Chandra Laskar was involved in the retention of Cachar (Silchar) and other parts of Barak Valley in India and prevented the region from merging with Pakistan (east) during partition. Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav archive (celebrating 75 years of India's independence) documented this contribution.[6]
In 1961, he left politics following a protest against the Assam Assembly's decision to make Assamese the state language of Assambecause Bengali was also a prominent language of the state and 90% of the population of Barak Valley were Bengali speaking. On 19 May 1961, 11 protesters were killed by police firing on a peaceful protest at Silchar Railway Station. MPs and MLAs resigned from their posts after that incident, including Prof. N. C. Laskar. He was engaged in social service and philanthropy thereafter.[citation needed]
