Ram Narayan Goswami

Ram Narayan Goswami
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
22 October 1986 – 18 August 1999
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1982–1987
Preceded byDwarakanath Ta
Succeeded byBenoy Choudhury
ConstituencyBurdwan North
Confidential Assistant of Hare Krishna Konar
In office
1967–1974
Personal details
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)

Ram Narayan Goswami (died 9 February 2010 in Bardhaman) was an Indian communist politician and peasant leader. Goswami was a Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was a minister in the West Bengal state government 1982–1983.[1]

Goswami became active in the peasant movement in West Bengal, led various campaigns and was jailed for his political activism.[1]

He was the assistant of Hare Krishna Konar while konar was the minister of land and land reforms. Goswami was elected general secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha in 1989 and 1992. He had also been elected president of the West Bengal State Kisan Sabha two times.[1]

He was elected twice to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly (1977 and 1982), and three times to the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of the Indian parliament).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "October 11, 2009". pd.cpim.org. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011.


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