West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee
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The West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

Pradesh Congress Committee
Pradesh Congress Committee
The elected committee that directs the Congress Party in an Indian state is known as a PCC, or Pradesh Congress Committee. It is elected by card-holding members of the Congress, the world's largest political organisation, and in turn elects State Congress Presidents and delegates to the All India...

(WB.P.C.C or WPCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
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 for the state of West Bengal
West Bengal
West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

. The head office of the organization is situated in Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

 at Dr. Lalmohon Bhattacharya Road. The current President of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee is Prof. Pradip Bhattacharya. Before Pradip Bhattacharya the leader of the committee was West Bengal state irrigation minister Dr.Manas Bhunia.

List of presidents of West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee

  • 1945- Labanya Prabha Datta
  • 1948- Dr. Suresh Chandra Bandopaddhaya
  • 1949- Surendra Mohon Ghosh
  • 1950- Atulya Ghosh
    Atulya Ghosh
    Atulya Ghosh was a Bengali politician and an able political organiser who had become a legend in Indian political circles. He has been described as “a wise, scholarly and honest leader who was a superb political organizer.”...

  • 1958- Dr. Yadavendra Nath Panja
  • 1961- Atulya Ghosh
  • 1962- Rabindra Lal Singha
  • 1964- Ajoy Mukhopaddhaya
  • 1965- Dr. Rejaul Karim
  • 1966- Dr. Pratap Chandra Chandra
    Pratap Chandra Chunder
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  • 1970- Bijoy Singh Nahar
  • 1971- Abdus Sattar
  • 1972- Arun Maitra
  • 1977- Purabi Mukherjee
  • 1978- A.B.A. Ghani Khan Chowdhury
    A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
    A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury , full name Abu Barkat Ataur Ghani Khan Choudhury, known as Barkatda to his supporters, was a prominent politician of Indian state of West Bengal and a senior leader of Indian National Congress party.A Muslim by faith, he was first elected as an MLA to the West Bengal...

  • 1980- Ajit Panja
    Ajit Kumar Panja
    Ajit Kumar Panja was a former Union minister of state in the Government of India. He was a member of Congress party but left it to join Trinamool Congress. He was born in Calcutta and studied law at the Scottish Church College, Calcutta and at the Lincoln's Inn. A lawyer by profession, he...

  • 1981- Ananda Gopal Mukherjee
  • 1985- Pranab Mukherjee
    Pranab Mukherjee
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  • 1988- A.B.A. Ghani Khan Chowdhury
  • 1991- Sidhdharta Sankar Ray
    Siddhartha Shankar Ray
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  • 1992- Somen Mitra
    Somendra Nath Mitra
    Somendra Nath Mitra , popularly known as Somen Mitra, is an Indian politician. He is a member of the current 15th Lok Sabha, elected from the Diamond Harbour constituency in West Bengal state in 2009. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Sealdah from 1972-2006. He was the...

  • 1996- Somen Mitra
  • 1998- A.B.A. Ghani Khan Chowdhury
  • 2000- Pranab Mukherjee
  • 2001- Pranab Mukherjee
  • 2010- Manas Bhuniya
  • 2011- Pradip Bhattacharya

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