Ashoke Kumar Sen was born in 1913 during the British Raj in a well-known Baidya Brahmin family.

1899), who went on to become India, Sudan and Nepal's first Chief Election Commissioner,[1] funded his education in England, at the London School of Economics.

At the age of 26, he had already written a book about Commercial Law, which was endorsed by Mr. Sen's then senior Sudhi Ranjan Das, the future Chief Justice of India.

Some years later, in February 1943, Ashoke Kumar Sen married Anjana Das, his senior's only daughter.

[3] Within five years of practice, Sen became regarded as one of the top lawyers in the Calcutta High Court and gained wide acclaim.

[2] He was later made a Rajya Sabha member and remained in the Upper House until April 1996, a few months before his death.

Several documentary films have also been produced on Sen. Ashoke Kumar Sen was survived by his widow, Anjana (whom he married in 1943), and by his four children, and seven grandchildren.

Amiya, author of a book about the Tagore family newspaper, was formerly a lecturer at Calcutta University and Principal of the City College, Kolkata.