Hare Krishna Konar
Hare Krishna Konar | |
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Official portrait, 1970 | |
| General Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha | |
| In office 28 January 1968 – 23 July 1974 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | K. Chathunni |
| 1st Minister of Land & Land Revenue, Government of West Bengal | |
| In office 25 February 1969 – 16 March 1970 | |
| Chief Minister | Ajoy Mukherjee |
| Preceded by | Vacant |
| Succeeded by | Benoy Choudhury |
| In office 1 March 1967 – 21 November 1967 | |
| Chief Minister | Ajoy Mukherjee |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1957–1972 | |
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| Succeeded by | Nurul Islam Mollah |
| Constituency | Kalna |
| Deputy Member of the Administrative Committee of the TUIAFPW | |
| In office 1970–1974 | |
| General Secretary | Claude Billault |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 August 1915 |
| Died | 23 July 1974 (aged 58) |
| Cause of death | Neck cancer |
| Resting place | Keoratola crematorium |
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| Spouse |
Biva Konar (m. 1941) |
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| Education | Bangabasi College |
| Signature | |
Hare Krishna Konar (ISO: Harē Kr̥iṣṇā Kōṅār, /ˈhɑːrə ˈkrɪʃnə ˈkɔːnɑːr/ ⓘ; 5 August 1915 – 23 July 1974), also known as H. K. Konar, was an Indian Marxist revolutionary, agricultural theorist, peasant leader, and politician who was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and was the chief architect of India's first and largest agrarian reform in West Bengal. Between the 1960s and 1970s, he became one of the principal leaders of Communist movements in India. In 1932, Konar was deported to the Cellular Jail of the Andamans for 6 years at the age of 18 for his involvement in the Begut Robbery case of the Jugantar Party; there he took part in the first hunger strike, and in 1935 he founded the Communist Consolidation and led the historical second hunger strike.