Mamata Banerjee

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Full Name	Mamata Banerjee
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Jan 5, 1955(1955-01-05)
Age	69
Birthplace	Kolkata
Country	India
Horoscope	Aquarius

Mamata Banerjee Biography

Mamata Banerjee is one of the most popular and richest Celebrity who was born on January 5, 1955 in Kolkata, India. Mamata Banerjee (Bengali: [mɔmota bɔndoˈpaddʱˈae̯] born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 8th and current Chief Minister of West Bengal since 2011 being the first woman to hold the office. She founded the party All India Trinamool Congress (AITC or TMC) in 1998 after separating from the Indian National Congress, and became its chairperson. She is often referred to as Didi (meaning: elder sister in Hindi and Bengali).

In 1997, Banerjee left the Congress Party in West Bengal and became one of the founding members of the All India Trinamool Congress along with Mukul Roy. It quickly became the primary opposition party to the long-standing Communist government in the state. On 11 December 1998, she controversially held a Samajwadi Party MP, Daroga Prasad Saroj, by the collar and dragged him out of the well of the Lok Sabha to prevent him from protesting against the Women’s Reservation Bill.

In 2000, she and Ajit Kumar Panja resigned to protest the hike in petroleum prices, and then withdrew their resignations without providing any reasons.

She also focused on developing tourism, enabling the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway section to obtain two additional locomotives and proposing the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited. She also commented that India should play a pivotal role in the Trans-Asian Railway and that rail links between Bangladesh and Nepal would be reintroduced. In all, she introduced 19 new trains for the 2000–2001 fiscal year.

Banerjee was appointed the Union Minister of State for Human Resources Development, Youth Affairs and Sports, and Women and Child Development in 1991 by prime minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. As the sports minister, she announced that she would resign, and protested in a rally at the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata, against the Government’s indifference towards her proposal to improve sports in the country. She was discharged of her portfolios in 1993. In April 1996, she alleged that Congress was behaving as a stooge of the CPI-M in West Bengal. She claimed that she was the lone voice of reason and wanted a “clean Congress”.

Mamata Banerjee Net Worth

Mamata Banerjee is one of the richest Politician from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mamata Banerjee 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Banerjee began her political career in the Congress party as a young woman in the 1970s She quickly rose in the ranks of the local Congress group, and remained the general secretary of Mahila Congress (I), West Bengal, from 1976 to 1980. In the 1984 general election, Banerjee became one of India’s youngest parliamentarians ever, defeating veteran Communist politician Somnath Chatterjee, to win the Jadavpur parliamentary Constituency in West Bengal. She also became the general secretary of the Indian Youth Congress. Losing her seat in the 1989 general elections in an anti-Congress wave, she was re- elected in the 1991 general elections, having settled into the Calcutta South constituency. She retained the Kolkata South seat in the 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2009 general elections.

In 1970, Banerjee completed the higher secondary board examination from Deshbandhu Sishu Sikshalay. She did her Bachelor’s in History from the Jogamaya Devi College. Later she earned her master’s degree in Islamic history from the University of Calcutta. This was followed by a degree in Education from the Shri Shikshayatan College and a Law degree from the Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College, Kolkata. She also received an honorary doctorate from Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar. She was also honoured with a Doctorate of Literature (D.Litt.) degree by the Calcutta University.

In 1999, she joined the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government and was allocated the Railways Ministry.

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Who is Mamata Banerjee Dating?

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On 20 October 2005, she protested against the forceful land acquisition and the atrocities perpetrated against local farmers in the name of the industrial development policy of the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government in West Bengal. Benny Santoso, CEO of the Indonesia-based Salim Group had pledged a large investment in West Bengal, and the West Bengal government had given him farmland in Howrah, sparking protests. In soaking rain, Banerjee and other Trinamool Congress members stood in front of the Taj Hotel where Santoso had arrived, shut out by the police. Later, she and her supporters followed Santoso’s convoy. A planned “black flag” protest was avoided, when the government had Santoso arrive three hours ahead of schedule.

Facts & Trivia

Mamata Ranked on the list of most popular Celebrity. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Mamata Banerjee celebrates birthday on January 5 of every year.

On 4 August 2006, Banerjee hurled her resignation papers at the deputy speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal in Lok Sabha. She was provoked by Speaker Somnath Chatterjee’s rejection of her adjournment motion on illegal infiltration by Bangladeshis in West Bengal on the grounds that it was not in the proper format.

Who is the first CM of WB?

Chief Minister of West Bengal
Inaugural holder| Prafulla Chandra Ghosh as premier, Bidhan Chandra Ray as chief minister
Formation| 15 August 1947 (as Prime Minister of West Bengal)
Salary| ₹117,000 (US$1,500)/monthly ₹1,404,000 (US$18,000)/annually

Who is Mamata Banerjee son?

Abhishek Banerjee (born 7 November 1987) is an Indian politician. He is a member of the All India Trinamool Congress and he is currently serving as a Member of Parliament, Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency), South 24 Parganas, West Bengal since 2014.

Who is the Education minister of West Bengal?

DepartmentNamePhone
School Education| Paresh Chandra Adhikary| (033)2334-2256
Youth Affairs and Sports| Manoj Tiwari| (033)2262-8118, (033)2262-8119
Consumer| Birbaha Hansda|
Finance (Independent Charge)| Chandrima Bhattacharya| (033)2253-5491, (033)2253-5492

Is Abhishek Banerjee married?

Rujira Banerjee

What is the salary of Chief Minister of West Bengal?

StateCM Basic Pay per month (excluding other emoluments and allowances)
West Bengal| ₹117,000 (US$1,500) (+Salary received as MLA)
Mizoram| ₹114,000 (US$1,500) (+Salary received as MLA)
Nagaland| ₹110,000 (US$1,400) (+Salary received as MLA)
Tripura| ₹105,500 (US$1,400) (+Salary received as MLA)