Baneswar Saikia

Born in Nagaon, on 8 October 1931, Baneswar Saikia (Assamese: বাণেশ্বৰ শইকীয়া) is an Indian communist politician. He belongs to Revolutionary Communist Party of India.[4] He joined the party in 1947, when he was in the eighth standard. Baneswar Saikia is the son of Late Tularam Saikia and Late Sadari Saikia. He is a former lawyer, a former MLA,[5] a retired professor of Anandaram Dhekial Phookan College of Nagaon, the first Head and the founder of the Department of Economics[6] of the same college, a politician, a Marxist economist, a writer and a social worker. He is also a former State Secretary of Assam State Committee and a former General Secretary of RCPI.[7][8] Baneswar Saikia is able to read, speak and write in Assamese, English and Bengali.

Comrade

Baneswar Saikia
বাণেশ্বৰ শইকীয়া
Baneswar Saikia in 2017
Assam State Secretary of Revolutionary Communist Party of India
In office
1968–1975
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly[1]
In office
1978–1983
ConstituencyBatadroba (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
Assam State Secretary of Revolutionary Communist Party of India
In office
1979–1994
General Secretary of Revolutionary Communist Party of India[2]
In office
1994–2000
Preceded byRasik Bhatt
Succeeded byBimalananda Mukherjee
General Secretary of Revolutionary Communist Party of India[3]
In office
2003–2006
Preceded byBimalananda Mukherjee
Succeeded byBiren Deka
Personal details
Born (1931-10-08) 8 October 1931
Dumdumia Village, Nagaon, Assam, India
Political partyRevolutionary Communist Party of India
Spouse(s)Nirada (Deka) Saikia
Children3 daughters
ParentsLate Tularam Saikia (Father)
Late Sadari Saikia (Mother)
Alma materDhing K.B. High School,
Cotton College,
Darrang College
OccupationPolitician,

Professor,
Social Worker,
Marxist Economist,
Columnist,
Writer,

Lawyer

He retired from ADP College in 1991. In May 2016, ADP College Retired Teachers’ Forum was formed. Professor Baneswar Saikia was elected as the adviser of the association.[9]

Professor Saikia was a student activist and presently is one of the Central Committee members of the RCPI. During his school days, Saikia was influenced by Marxism. He started his political career as a students' political activist, as a member of the Assam Provincial Students' Federation (APSF). He was also involved in the RCPI-led uprisings in Assam that took place between 1948 and 1952.

Works

Books

  • Bharatar Biplabi Communist Party: Gathan aru Gatidhara (ভাৰতৰ বিপ্লৱী কমিউনিষ্ট পাৰ্টি: গঠন আৰু গতিধাৰা) (RCPI, Assam State Committee, Guwahati, 28 August 2003)
  • Arab Jagatat Biplovar Dhou (আৰৱ জগতত বিপ্লৱৰ ঢৌ) (RCPI, Assam State Committee, Guwahati, 2015)
  • Pratyoy Aaru Anvexon: Baneswar Xaikiar Nirbachita Rachana Xangrah (প্ৰত্যয় আৰু অন্বেষণ: বাণেশ্বৰ শইকীয়াৰ নিৰ্বাচিত ৰচনা সংগ্ৰহ)- A collection of selected writings of Baneswar Saikia, edited by Dr. Ranjit Sabhapandit (Assam Publishing Company, 2017) [10]

References
  1. http://www.indiavotes.com/ac/info?stateac=1&eid=21
  2. http://www.rcpicommunist.in/p/leadership.html
  3. http://www.rcpicommunist.in/p/leadership.html
  4. Saikia, Arupjyoti (12 August 2015). A Century of Protests: Peasant Politics in Assam Since 1900. Routledge. ISBN 9781317325598.
  5. "Assam Assembly Election Results in 1978". www.elections.in. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  6. "Economics | Anandaram Dhekial Phookan". adpcollege.ac.in. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  7. Saikia, Arupjyoti (12 August 2015). A Century of Protests: Peasant Politics in Assam Since 1900. Routledge. ISBN 9781317325598.
  8. "Leadership". www.rcpicommunist.in. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  9. http://silchar.com/adp-college-retired-teachers%C2%92-forum-formed/%5B%5D
  10. Saikia, Baneswar. Savapandit, Dr R. (ed.). Pratyoy Aaru Anvexon By Assam Publishing Company (in Assamese).
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