Knowledge

Sukumar Sen (civil servant)

Source πŸ“

307:
85 per cent could not read or write. Each voter had to be identified, named and registered. This registration of voters was merely the first step. For how did one design party symbols, ballot papers and ballot boxes for a mostly unlettered electorate? Then, polling stations had to be built and properly spaced out, and honest and efficient polling officers recruited. Voting has to be as transparent as possible, to allow for the fair play of the multiplicity of parties that would contest. Moreover, with the general election would take place elections to the State Assemblies. Working with Sukumar Sen in this regard were the election commissioners of the different provinces, also I.C.S. men.
33: 342:
and used the existing election infrastructure to reduce costs and improve efficiency for the 1957 election. Guha writes: "this general election cost the exchequer Rs45 million less than the previous one. The prudent Sen had safely stored the 3.5 million ballot boxes the first time round and only half
333:
With their positions secure and their political master sufficiently enlightened to understand when to stop engaging in politics, a hierarchy of IAS officers employed at the central, provincial, and district levels in coordination with the police and village watchmen administered the largest exercises
306:
It was perhaps the mathematician in Sen, which made him ask the prime minister to wait. No officer of State, certainly no Indian official, has ever had such a stupendous task placed in front of him. Consider, first of all, the size of the electorate: 176 million Indians aged 21 or more, of whom about
300:
Nehru's haste was understandable, but it was viewed with some alarm by the man who had to make the election possible, a man who is an unsung hero of Indian democracy. It is a pity we know so little about Sukumar Sen. He left no memoirs and, it appears, no papers either.
248:, the senior-most rank that an ICS officer could attain in any state in British India. He was still serving in that capacity when he was sent on deputation as chief election commissioner in 1950. He was among the first recipients of the civilian honour of 334:
in the history of electoral democracy. The autonomy and integrity of the IAS was a crucial element in motivating opposition parties to participate in the elections and thus contributed to the credibility of the democratic exercise.
327:
This approach paid handsome dividends. Sukumar Sen and his colleagues in the IAS developed and adapted the election machinery inherited from the British Empire in India in preparation for elections on the basis of universal adult
318:
with a few minor changes) gave Sen and his colleagues the freedom to adapt the machinery used by the British in the first Indian elections for the purposes of a general election. Niaz comments:
1060: 873: 314:
The ability of India's first political leaders to refrain from interfering with the machinery, as well as their decision to retain the Indian Civil Service (renamed the
1053: 371:
has been named after him as Sukumar Sen Road. Further a street in Sudan has also been named after him to mark a respect and for the conduct of election there in 1953.
1659: 322:
Though not always successful, Nehru took it upon himself to shield the higher bureaucracy against any arbitrary interference and allowed it to operate autonomously.
263:
alive. It is said that Amiya Sen preserved Tagore's last poem, which he had written down at the poet's dictation, and later donated it to Indian Museum in Kolkata.
1639: 1598: 1593: 1588: 1583: 1578: 1573: 1568: 1563: 1046: 643: 866: 276: 573: 367:, facilitated the establishment of this university. As a mark of respect and to perpetuate his memory the road leading from G.T. Road to Golapbagh, 259:(1913–1996), Union Law Minister and a noted Indian barrister. Another brother was Amiya Kumar Sen, an eminent doctor, who was the last man to see 1654: 1624: 859: 311:
Tinker and Walker write that Sukumar Sen was aided by two Regional Election Commissioners plus one Chief Election Officer for each state.
1634: 533: 408: 615:(10th anniversary edition, updated and expanded, first published in hardcover ed.). New Delhi: Picador India. p. 280. 549:(10th anniversary edition, updated and expanded, first published in hardcover ed.). New Delhi: Picador India. p. 131. 1629: 620: 554: 882: 714: 202: 167: 45: 422: 665: 272: 1514: 674:
Justin Willis. "'A Model of its Kind': Representation and Performance in the Sudan Self-government Election of 1953",
1649: 458: 1119: 1357: 244:, and served in various districts as an ICS officer and as a judge. In 1947, he was appointed Chief Secretary of 1544: 360: 315: 1235: 388: 339: 293: 214: 210: 206: 142: 493: 1403: 1027: 233: 1423: 1174: 1144: 271:
Sukumar Sen, in his role as the Chief Election Commissioner of India, was charged with overseeing the
1509: 592: 509: 1473: 1367: 1205: 1139: 1089: 791: 707: 495:
History of Services: Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service (as of 1 January 1957)
1644: 1433: 1230: 671:
4 March 2007, magazine section. Guha praises Sen as "a man of great intelligence and integrity."
472: 1372: 1352: 1200: 1149: 1094: 1002: 232:
family. He was the elder or eldest son of a civil servant Akshoy Kumar Sen. He was educated at
1534: 1494: 1347: 1327: 1251: 1038: 962: 352: 176: 1619: 1337: 1225: 1195: 1124: 1114: 1104: 931: 650: 241: 237: 146: 209:
successfully administered and oversaw independent India's first two general elections, in
8: 1539: 1529: 1448: 1408: 1190: 967: 839: 700: 260: 851: 1504: 1468: 1453: 1362: 1312: 1286: 1276: 1215: 1169: 1134: 1099: 997: 364: 462: 434: 1382: 1322: 1007: 786: 616: 550: 240:. He was awarded a gold medal in Mathematics at the latter. In 1921, Sen joined the 1463: 1438: 1413: 1342: 1220: 1012: 765: 639: 597: 569: 430: 283: 256: 1256: 1210: 1154: 1129: 906: 901: 735: 689:, Vol. 25, No. 7 (Jul., 1956), pp. 97–110 (available via subscription only). 468: 172: 68: 1549: 1519: 1499: 1428: 1418: 1296: 1084: 1022: 987: 977: 936: 921: 916: 911: 807: 225: 1613: 1524: 1489: 1317: 1291: 1266: 1069: 992: 926: 817: 356: 249: 186: 156: 205:, serving from 21 March 1950 to 19 December 1958. Under his leadership, the 1377: 1332: 1271: 1109: 982: 972: 941: 201:(2 January 1898 – 13 May 1963) was an Indian civil servant who was the 1st 1458: 1261: 1017: 812: 781: 245: 1281: 1159: 946: 682: 404: 137: 1398: 578: 288: 1443: 368: 252:. He married Gouri and had two sons and daughters each with her. 229: 613:
India after Gandhi: the history of the world's largest democracy
547:
India after Gandhi: the history of the world's largest democracy
1068: 32: 692: 218: 114: 683:"JSTOR: The First General Elections in India and Indonesia" 881: 217:. He also served as first Chief Election Commissioner in 649:
27 January 2002, magazine section. Later reprinted as
515:. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015 678:, Volume 35, Issue 3 September 2007, pages 485 - 502 655:
s first free elections in 1952. (Reconsiderations)."
464:
The Indian And Pakistan Year Book And Who's Who 1950
601:. 3 November 2007. Retrieved on 4 September 2012. 582:. 27 January 2002. Retrieved on 4 September 2012. 275:, which was the first election in the history of 1660:Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in civil service 1611: 676:The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History 498:. Government of India Press. 1957. p. 166. 393:. Government of West Bengal. 1963. p. 1–2. 266: 1640:Indian Civil Service (British India) officers 1054: 867: 708: 502: 343:a million additional ones were required". 1061: 1047: 874: 860: 715: 701: 294:independent India's first general election 31: 58:21 March 1950 β€“ 19 December 1958 534:Life of Rabindranath Tagore (1932–1941) 405:"Previous Chief Election Commissioners" 390:West Bengal Legislative Council Debates 1612: 593:How democracy became possible in India 486: 453: 451: 411:from the original on 21 November 2008. 1655:Chief Election Commissioners of India 1625:Presidency University, Kolkata alumni 1042: 883:Chief Election Commissioners of India 855: 696: 351:Sen was the first Vice-Chancellor of 610: 544: 457: 292:in 2002, on the 50th anniversary of 224:Sen was born on 2 January 1899 in a 203:Chief Election Commissioner of India 46:Chief Election Commissioner of India 448: 423:"The General Election in the Sudan" 381: 346: 13: 1635:Alumni of the University of London 1515:Tiruppattur R. Venkatachala Murthi 14: 1671: 681:Irene Tinker, Mil Walker. JSTOR. 435:10.1093/oxfordjournals.pa.a053175 355:, which started on 15 June 1960. 1120:Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan 644:" The biggest gamble in history" 407:. Election Commission of India. 1358:Shrikrishna Narayan Ratanjankar 604: 585: 722: 574:The biggest gamble in history 563: 538: 527: 415: 397: 168:Election Commissioner of India 1: 1630:University of Calcutta alumni 1545:Bhargavaram Viththal Varerkar 374: 361:Chief Minister of West Bengal 316:Indian Administrative Service 255:Sen was the elder brother of 1236:Maneklal Sankalchand Thacker 1072:award recipients (1954–1959) 469:Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. 340:1957 Indian General Election 273:1952 Indian General Election 143:Presidency College, Calcutta 7: 267:Chief Election Commissioner 234:Presidency College, Kolkata 10: 1676: 1424:Ariyakudi Ramanuja Iyengar 1175:Kodandera Subayya Thimayya 1145:A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar 657:(partly available online) 633: 611:Guha, Ramachandra (2022). 545:Guha, Ramachandra (2022). 1558: 1510:Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar 1482: 1391: 1305: 1244: 1183: 1077: 955: 889: 829: 800: 774: 747: 728: 664:Ramachandra Guha (2007). 192: 182: 162: 152: 136: 128: 120: 110: 98: 83: 78: 74: 62: 51: 43: 39: 30: 23: 1650:Politicians from Kolkata 1474:Darashaw Nosherwan Wadia 1368:Govind Sakharam Sardesai 1206:Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay 1140:Vallathol Narayana Menon 1090:Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar 792:Emma Georgina Rothschild 286:wrote of Sukumar Sen in 1560:# Posthumous conferral 1231:Madapati Hanumantha Rao 840:Das family of Telirbagh 653:s biggest gamble: India 1373:K. A. Nilakanta Sastri 1353:Andal Venkatasubba Rao 1201:Suniti Kumar Chatterji 1150:Palden Thondup Namgyal 1095:Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati 336: 330: 324: 309: 303: 1535:Nirmal Kumar Sidhanta 1495:Ramdhari Singh Dinkar 1348:Radha Kumud Mukherjee 1328:Hazari Prasad Dwivedi 1252:Rukmini Devi Arundale 427:Parliamentary Affairs 338:Sen also oversaw the 331: 325: 320: 304: 298: 177:University of Burdwan 1459:Rao Raja Hanut Singh 1338:Mushtaq Hussain Khan 1226:Prana Krushna Parija 1196:Lalit Mohan Banerjee 1125:Hussain Ahmed Madani 1115:Ajudhiya Nath Khosla 1105:Maithili Sharan Gupt 932:R. V. S. Peri Sastri 659:World Policy Journal 242:Indian Civil Service 238:University of London 147:University of London 16:Indian civil servant 1540:Mysore Vasudevachar 1530:Dhanvanthi Rama Rau 1449:Poola Tirupati Raju 1409:D. P. Roy Choudhury 1191:Fateh Chand Badhwar 968:T. S. Krishnamurthy 261:Rabindranath Tagore 207:Election Commission 1505:Hansa Jivraj Mehta 1469:Surya Narayan Vyas 1454:Kamalendumati Shah 1363:Shyam Nandan Sahay 1313:Bhikhan Lal Atreya 1277:Muthulakshmi Reddi 1216:Sunder Das Khungar 1170:M. S. Subbulakshmi 1135:Vaikunthbhai Mehta 1100:Jnan Chandra Ghosh 687:Far Eastern Survey 365:Bidhan Chandra Roy 353:Burdwan University 1607: 1606: 1383:Siddheshwar Varma 1323:Alagappa Chettiar 1036: 1035: 849: 848: 787:Nabaneeta Dev Sen 622:978-93-82616-97-9 556:978-93-82616-97-9 357:Uday Chand Mahtab 277:independent India 196: 195: 1667: 1464:Rustom Jal Vakil 1439:A. C. N. Nambiar 1414:Jeahangir Ghandy 1343:Lakshmi N. Menon 1221:Rameshwari Nehru 1063: 1056: 1049: 1040: 1039: 876: 869: 862: 853: 852: 831:Related families 766:Ashoke Kumar Sen 740:Akshoy Kumar Sen 717: 710: 703: 694: 693: 640:Ramachandra Guha 627: 626: 608: 602: 589: 583: 570:Ramachandra Guha 567: 561: 560: 542: 536: 531: 525: 524: 522: 520: 514: 506: 500: 499: 490: 484: 483: 481: 479: 455: 446: 445: 443: 441: 419: 413: 412: 401: 395: 394: 385: 347:Other activities 284:Ramachandra Guha 257:Ashoke Kumar Sen 105: 93: 91: 79:Personal details 65: 56: 35: 21: 20: 1675: 1674: 1670: 1669: 1668: 1666: 1665: 1664: 1610: 1609: 1608: 1603: 1554: 1478: 1387: 1301: 1257:Rajshekhar Basu 1240: 1211:V. R. Khanolkar 1179: 1155:V. Narahari Rao 1130:Josh Malihabadi 1073: 1067: 1037: 1032: 951: 907:S. P. Sen Verma 902:Kalyan Sundaram 885: 880: 850: 845: 825: 822:Pratik Kanjilal 796: 770: 762:Amiya Kumar Sen 743: 736:Kshitimohan Sen 724: 721: 636: 631: 630: 623: 609: 605: 590: 586: 568: 564: 557: 543: 539: 532: 528: 518: 516: 512: 508: 507: 503: 492: 491: 487: 477: 475: 456: 449: 439: 437: 421: 420: 416: 403: 402: 398: 387: 386: 382: 377: 349: 269: 173:Vice-Chancellor 170: 145: 103: 89: 87: 69:Kalyan Sundaram 63: 57: 52: 26: 17: 12: 11: 5: 1673: 1663: 1662: 1657: 1652: 1647: 1645:Bengali Hindus 1642: 1637: 1632: 1627: 1622: 1605: 1604: 1602: 1601: 1596: 1591: 1586: 1581: 1576: 1571: 1566: 1559: 1556: 1555: 1553: 1552: 1550:Ghulam Yazdani 1547: 1542: 1537: 1532: 1527: 1522: 1520:Tenzing Norgay 1517: 1512: 1507: 1502: 1500:Ali Yavar Jung 1497: 1492: 1486: 1484: 1480: 1479: 1477: 1476: 1471: 1466: 1461: 1456: 1451: 1446: 1441: 1436: 1434:K. P. S. Menon 1431: 1429:Allauddin Khan 1426: 1421: 1419:N. S. Hardikar 1416: 1411: 1406: 1401: 1395: 1393: 1389: 1388: 1386: 1385: 1380: 1375: 1370: 1365: 1360: 1355: 1350: 1345: 1340: 1335: 1330: 1325: 1320: 1315: 1309: 1307: 1303: 1302: 1300: 1299: 1297:Mahadevi Varma 1294: 1289: 1284: 1279: 1274: 1269: 1264: 1259: 1254: 1248: 1246: 1242: 1241: 1239: 1238: 1233: 1228: 1223: 1218: 1213: 1208: 1203: 1198: 1193: 1187: 1185: 1181: 1180: 1178: 1177: 1172: 1167: 1162: 1157: 1152: 1147: 1142: 1137: 1132: 1127: 1122: 1117: 1112: 1107: 1102: 1097: 1092: 1087: 1085:Homi J. Bhabha 1081: 1079: 1075: 1074: 1066: 1065: 1058: 1051: 1043: 1034: 1033: 1031: 1030: 1025: 1023:Sushil Chandra 1020: 1015: 1010: 1005: 1000: 995: 990: 988:S. Y. Quraishi 985: 980: 978:N. Gopalaswami 975: 970: 965: 959: 957: 953: 952: 950: 949: 944: 939: 937:V. S. Ramadevi 934: 929: 924: 922:S. L. Shakdhar 919: 917:T. Swaminathan 914: 912:Nagendra Singh 909: 904: 899: 893: 891: 887: 886: 879: 878: 871: 864: 856: 847: 846: 844: 843: 835: 833: 827: 826: 824: 823: 820: 815: 810: 808:Antara Dev Sen 804: 802: 801:4th generation 798: 797: 795: 794: 789: 784: 778: 776: 775:3rd generation 772: 771: 769: 768: 763: 760: 755: 751: 749: 748:2nd generation 745: 744: 742: 741: 738: 732: 730: 729:1st generation 726: 725: 720: 719: 712: 705: 697: 691: 690: 679: 672: 662: 661:22 March 2002. 635: 632: 629: 628: 621: 603: 584: 562: 555: 537: 526: 510:"Padma Awards" 501: 485: 447: 414: 396: 379: 378: 376: 373: 348: 345: 268: 265: 194: 193: 190: 189: 184: 180: 179: 164: 160: 159: 154: 150: 149: 140: 134: 133: 130: 126: 125: 122: 118: 117: 112: 108: 107: 106:(aged 65) 100: 96: 95: 94:2 January 1898 85: 81: 80: 76: 75: 72: 71: 66: 60: 59: 49: 48: 41: 40: 37: 36: 28: 27: 24: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 1672: 1661: 1658: 1656: 1653: 1651: 1648: 1646: 1643: 1641: 1638: 1636: 1633: 1631: 1628: 1626: 1623: 1621: 1618: 1617: 1615: 1600: 1597: 1595: 1592: 1590: 1587: 1585: 1582: 1580: 1577: 1575: 1572: 1570: 1567: 1565: 1562: 1561: 1557: 1551: 1548: 1546: 1543: 1541: 1538: 1536: 1533: 1531: 1528: 1526: 1525:Bhaurao Patil 1523: 1521: 1518: 1516: 1513: 1511: 1508: 1506: 1503: 1501: 1498: 1496: 1493: 1491: 1490:Sisir Bhaduri 1488: 1487: 1485: 1481: 1475: 1472: 1470: 1467: 1465: 1462: 1460: 1457: 1455: 1452: 1450: 1447: 1445: 1442: 1440: 1437: 1435: 1432: 1430: 1427: 1425: 1422: 1420: 1417: 1415: 1412: 1410: 1407: 1405: 1402: 1400: 1397: 1396: 1394: 1390: 1384: 1381: 1379: 1376: 1374: 1371: 1369: 1366: 1364: 1361: 1359: 1356: 1354: 1351: 1349: 1346: 1344: 1341: 1339: 1336: 1334: 1331: 1329: 1326: 1324: 1321: 1319: 1318:Balasaraswati 1316: 1314: 1311: 1310: 1308: 1304: 1298: 1295: 1293: 1292:K. Srinivasan 1290: 1288: 1285: 1283: 1280: 1278: 1275: 1273: 1270: 1268: 1267:Zain Yar Jung 1265: 1263: 1260: 1258: 1255: 1253: 1250: 1249: 1247: 1243: 1237: 1234: 1232: 1229: 1227: 1224: 1222: 1219: 1217: 1214: 1212: 1209: 1207: 1204: 1202: 1199: 1197: 1194: 1192: 1189: 1188: 1186: 1182: 1176: 1173: 1171: 1168: 1166: 1163: 1161: 1158: 1156: 1153: 1151: 1148: 1146: 1143: 1141: 1138: 1136: 1133: 1131: 1128: 1126: 1123: 1121: 1118: 1116: 1113: 1111: 1108: 1106: 1103: 1101: 1098: 1096: 1093: 1091: 1088: 1086: 1083: 1082: 1080: 1076: 1071: 1070:Padma Bhushan 1064: 1059: 1057: 1052: 1050: 1045: 1044: 1041: 1029: 1026: 1024: 1021: 1019: 1016: 1014: 1011: 1009: 1006: 1004: 1001: 999: 996: 994: 993:V. S. Sampath 991: 989: 986: 984: 981: 979: 976: 974: 971: 969: 966: 964: 963:J. M. Lyngdoh 961: 960: 958: 954: 948: 945: 943: 940: 938: 935: 933: 930: 928: 927:R. K. Trivedi 925: 923: 920: 918: 915: 913: 910: 908: 905: 903: 900: 898: 895: 894: 892: 888: 884: 877: 872: 870: 865: 863: 858: 857: 854: 842: 841: 837: 836: 834: 832: 828: 821: 819: 818:John Makinson 816: 814: 811: 809: 806: 805: 803: 799: 793: 790: 788: 785: 783: 780: 779: 777: 773: 767: 764: 761: 759: 756: 753: 752: 750: 746: 739: 737: 734: 733: 731: 727: 718: 713: 711: 706: 704: 699: 698: 695: 688: 684: 680: 677: 673: 670: 667: 663: 660: 656: 654: 648: 645: 641: 638: 637: 624: 618: 614: 607: 600: 599: 594: 591:Ilhan Niaz. " 588: 581: 580: 575: 571: 566: 558: 552: 548: 541: 535: 530: 511: 505: 497: 496: 489: 474: 470: 466: 465: 460: 459:Reed, Stanley 454: 452: 436: 432: 428: 424: 418: 410: 406: 400: 392: 391: 384: 380: 372: 370: 366: 362: 359:and the then 358: 354: 344: 341: 335: 329: 323: 319: 317: 312: 308: 302: 297: 295: 291: 290: 285: 280: 278: 274: 264: 262: 258: 253: 251: 250:Padma Bhushan 247: 243: 239: 235: 231: 227: 222: 220: 216: 212: 208: 204: 200: 191: 188: 187:Padma Bhushan 185: 181: 178: 174: 169: 165: 161: 158: 157:Civil servant 155: 151: 148: 144: 141: 139: 135: 131: 127: 123: 119: 116: 113: 109: 101: 97: 86: 82: 77: 73: 70: 67: 61: 55: 50: 47: 42: 38: 34: 29: 22: 19: 1404:Vijaya Anand 1378:Basiswar Sen 1333:Abid Hussain 1272:C. K. Nayudu 1164: 1110:Amarnath Jha 998:H. S. Brahma 983:Navin Chawla 973:B. B. Tandon 942:T. N. Seshan 896: 838: 830: 757: 686: 675: 668: 658: 652: 646: 612: 606: 596: 587: 577: 565: 546: 540: 529: 517:. Retrieved 504: 494: 488: 476:. Retrieved 463: 438:. Retrieved 426: 417: 399: 389: 383: 350: 337: 332: 326: 321: 313: 310: 305: 299: 287: 281: 270: 254: 223: 198: 197: 104:(1963-05-13) 64:Succeeded by 53: 18: 1620:1898 births 1262:Dhyan Chand 1165:Sukumar Sen 1028:Rajiv Kumar 1018:Sunil Arora 1013:O. P. Rawat 1008:A. K. Jyoti 1003:Nasim Zaidi 897:Sukumar Sen 813:Nandana Sen 782:Amartya Sen 758:Sukumar Sen 246:West Bengal 236:and at the 199:Sukumar Sen 111:Nationality 102:13 May 1963 25:Sukumar Sen 1614:Categories 1282:Kanwar Sen 1160:Jamini Roy 947:M. S. Gill 723:Sen family 651:"Democracy 375:References 328:franchise. 282:Historian 153:Occupation 138:Alma mater 90:1898-01-02 1599:2020–2029 1594:2010–2019 1589:2000–2009 1584:1990–1999 1579:1980–1989 1574:1970–1979 1569:1960–1969 1564:1954–1959 1399:Salim Ali 1287:Vir Singh 956:2001–2050 890:1950–2000 754:Amita Sen 669:The Hindu 647:The Hindu 642:(2002). * 579:The Hindu 289:The Hindu 221:in 1953. 163:Known for 124:Gouri Sen 54:In office 478:16 March 471:p.  461:(1950). 429:. 1953. 409:Archived 129:Children 1444:Kuvempu 634:Sources 519:21 July 440:14 July 369:Burdwan 230:Brahmin 228:Baidya- 226:Bengali 213:and in 211:1951–52 619:  553:  363:, Dr. 183:Awards 171:First 166:First 121:Spouse 115:Indian 513:(PDF) 219:Sudan 1483:1959 1392:1958 1306:1957 1245:1956 1184:1955 1078:1954 666:1957 617:ISBN 598:Dawn 551:ISBN 521:2015 480:2018 442:2023 215:1957 99:Died 84:Born 44:1st 595:". 576:". 572:. " 473:761 431:doi 301:... 279:. 175:of 1616:: 685:. 467:. 450:^ 425:. 296:: 1062:e 1055:t 1048:v 875:e 868:t 861:v 716:e 709:t 702:v 625:. 559:. 523:. 482:. 444:. 433:: 132:4 92:) 88:(

Index


Chief Election Commissioner of India
Kalyan Sundaram
Indian
Alma mater
Presidency College, Calcutta
University of London
Civil servant
Election Commissioner of India
Vice-Chancellor
University of Burdwan
Padma Bhushan
Chief Election Commissioner of India
Election Commission
1951–52
1957
Sudan
Bengali
Brahmin
Presidency College, Kolkata
University of London
Indian Civil Service
West Bengal
Padma Bhushan
Ashoke Kumar Sen
Rabindranath Tagore
1952 Indian General Election
independent India
Ramachandra Guha
The Hindu

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.

↑