Ashoke Kumar Sen

Ashoke Kumar Sen (10 October 1913 – 21 September 1996) was an Indian barrister, a former Cabinet minister of India, and an Indian parliamentarian.

Ashoke Kumar Sen
Lok Sabha portrait
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
3 April 1990 – 2 April 1996
ConstituencyWest Bengal
Minister of Law and Justice
In office
1957–1966
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Preceded byCharu Chandra Biswas
Succeeded byGopal Swarup Pathak
In office
1984–1987
Prime MinisterRajiv Gandhi
Preceded byJagannath Kaushal
Succeeded byP. Shiv Shankar
Minister of Electronics & Communications Technology
In office
1 September 1963 – 13 June 1964
Preceded byJagjivan Ram
Succeeded bySatya Narayan Sinha
Minister of Steel and Mines
President of Supreme Court Bar Association of India
President of Indian Football Association
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1957–1977
Preceded byMeghnad Saha
Succeeded byBijoy Singh Nahar
ConstituencyCalcutta North West
In office
1980–1989
Preceded byBijoy Singh Nahar
Succeeded byDebi Prasad Pal
ConstituencyCalcutta North West
Personal details
Born(1913-10-10)10 October 1913
Faridpur, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died21 September 1996(1996-09-21) (aged 82)
New Delhi, India
Political partyIndian National Congress Janata Dal, Independent
SpouseAnjana Sen
Children2 daughters
2 sons
RelativesSukumar Sen (brother)
Amartya Sen (nephew)
Alma materPresidency College, Kolkata
London School of Economics
ProfessionLawyer

He also holds the record for winning a Lok Sabha seat the most times and also the record for being not only an MP for the most years, but also a cabinet minister – serving more than 7 prime ministers. For decades, he was the inevitable Union Law Minister.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.