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Subodh Das (politician)

Indian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ69881338 ↗
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Subodh Das was an Indian politician belonging to Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was elected as a member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from Panisagar eight consecutive times.

Biography

Das was born on 1 September 1947 in Habiganj, Sylhet to Bihari Das and Nolini Das. Later they moved to Tripura.

Das became a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 1965. He served as a member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from Panisagar from 1977 to 2018. He also served as Panchayet Minister of the Tripura Government from 1993 to 2004. He was a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Committee of Tripura from 1978 to 2013.

Das died on 24 February 2019 in G. P. Pant Hospital, Agartala.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Subodh Das (politician)” as indian politician. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1947, 1965, 1977, 2018—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1947-11-01. The account is most persuasive where Subodh, politician and Indian can be independently traced.
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Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q69881338. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1947, 1965, 1977 and 2018.

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This entry incorporates text from “Subodh Das (politician)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.