PAL, SHRI RUPCHAND
C.P.I (M)- HOOGHLY (WEST BENGAL)

Father's Name:   Late Shri Gangadhar Pal

Date of Birth:   2 December 1936

Place of Birth:   Hooghly (West Bengal)

Marital Status:   Unmarried

Educational Qualifications :
M.A.
Educated at Calcutta University, Calcutta
(West Bengal)

Profession :
Former College Teacher, Educationist, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address :
Boral Lane, P.O. & Distt. Hooghly-712103
(West Bengal)
Tel. (033) 802691

Positions Held :
   
1980Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh)
1980-84Member, Committee on Official Languages
1980-84 &Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information 
1990-96and Broadcasting
1982-84,'90-92Member, Estimates Committee
and 1993-94
1989Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth)
1991Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the third time
1993-96Member, Standing Committee on Communications
1996Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the fourth time

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
Edited collection of writings on Freedom Movement  

Special Interests :
History of Freedom struggle, peasant movement and working class 
movement in India; literacy programmes and folk culture

Favourite Pastime and  Recreation :
Reading, writing and social service

Countries Visited :
France,  F.R.G.,  Switzerland, U.K. and  U.S.S.R. as a member of 
Indian Parliamentary  Delegation,  1980;  Member,  Parliamentary  
Delegation to Mongolia,  1991;  Member,  Delegation of the Vice-
President of India to China, 1994

Election Result :
   
Hooghly Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate10,95,875
Total votes polled 9,34,941
Votes polled in favour of  the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Shri Rupchand Pal [C.P.I.(M)]4,52,353
(2) Shri Gouri Shankar Banerjee (I.N.C.)4,13,856
(3) Shri Biswanath Ghosh (B.J.P.)  37,812
(4) Shri Baidyanath Tudu (J.M.M)       6,646