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Life and work
1936–2008 · Former Union minister
Ajit Kumar Panja brought legal training and an interest in the arts to public life. Born in Calcutta, he studied at Scottish Church College and Lincoln’s Inn, London. Before entering the Lok Sabha in 1984, he served in West Bengal’s Assembly and government, including responsibility for health and family planning in 1972–1977.[1]
He represented Calcutta North-East in six successive Lok Sabhas, from the Eighth to the Thirteenth (1984–2004). His Union portfolios included information and broadcasting, finance, coal and external affairs. Parliament’s obituary also remembered his Bengali and English writing and his work on the stage.[2]
His books included Sansad Bichitra and a handbook for health and mine workers. In June 1992 he led a delegation to Britain, France and Germany to study parliamentary broadcasting.[1]
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