Kapil Krishna Thakur
| Kapil Krishna Thakur | |
|---|---|
| In office 2014 | |
| Member of Parliament | |
| Preceded by | Gobinda Chandra Naskar |
| Constituency | Bangaon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 13 June 1940 |
| Died | 13 October 2014 Kolkata |
| Political party | Trinamool Congress |
| Residence | Vill. and P.O. Thakur Nagar, P.S. Gaighata, Distt. 24 Parganas North, West Bengal |
Kapil Krishna Thakur was an Indian politician and a member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal.
He won the Indian general election, 2014 being an All India Trinamool Congress candidate.[1] He is a graduate of the University of Calcutta.[2]
He was the eldest son of Matua Barama Binapani Devi and the sanghadhipati of Matua Mahasangha. The estimated seven-million strong Matua sect comprises West Bengal's second largest scheduled caste population. The Namasudra refugees had migrated from former East Pakistan. Majulkrishna Thakur is his younger brother.[3]
He died at Kolkata on 13 October 2014, after being ill for sometime.[3]
References
- ↑ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Retrieved 17 May 2014.
- ↑ MyNeta link
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Matua MP from Bongaon passes away in Kolkata hospital". The Times of India, 14 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
