Biswanath Chowdhury

Biswanath Chowdhury (1 August 1942 – 27 July 2024) was an Indian Revolutionary Socialist Party politician, and a MLA from Balurghat eight times.

He was the West Bengal minister for Jails and Social Welfare for quarter of a century.

[8] In the 2011 elections he lost to Sankar Chakraborty of All India Trinamool Congress.

[9] Chowdhury was minister for Jails and Social Welfare in West Bengal for 25 years from 1986 to 2011.

[10] Chowdhury died from cancer in Kolkata, on 27 July 2024, at the age of 82.