Dinesh Chandra Joarder

{{Short description|Indian politician (1928–2018)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Dinesh Chandra Joarder | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|08|05|df=y}} | birth_place = Malda, British India | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|09|14|1928|08|05|df=yes}}<ref name="Obituary">[https://indianexpress.com/article/india/former-cpim-mp-dinesh-chandra-joarder-passes-away-5356174/ Dinesh Chandra Joarder's obituary]</ref> | death_place = Malda, West Bengal, India | office1 = Member of Parliament | constituency1 = Malda | term1 = 1971–1980 | office2 = MLA | constituency2 = Kaliachak | term2 = 1987-1996 | party = Communist Party of India (Marxist) | spouse = Dipali Joarder | children = 1 son | alma_mater = | faculty = | website = | source = }}

'''Dinesh Chandra Joarder''' (5 August 1928 – 14 September 2018) was an Indian politician who was a member of Communist Party of India. He was a member of both Lok Sabha and Vidhan Sabha.

==Early life== Joarder, son of Jagdish Chander Joarder, was born in Nimbari village in Malda district on 5 August 1928. An advocate by profession, he was educated at A.C. Institute, Malda, Malda College, Malda, Surendranath Law College, Kolkata, and University of Calcutta.<ref name=refocus >{{cite web| url = http://www.refocusindia.com/member-of-parliament-lok-sabha-profile-1264-Joarder,%20Shri%20DineshChandra | archive-url = https://archive.today/20140726191341/http://www.refocusindia.com/member-of-parliament-lok-sabha-profile-1264-Joarder,%20Shri%20DineshChandra | url-status = usurped | archive-date = 26 July 2014 |title = Members of Parliament – Lok Sabha – Profile|work= Joarder, Shri Dinesh Chandra|publisher=reFocusindia | access-date = 22 July 2014}}</ref> He married Dipali Joarder in 1960 and they had a son.<ref name=refocus />

==Political career== In 1971, he defeated Uma Roy the sitting MP of Congress to win from Malda (Lok Sabha constituency).<ref name=loksabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 2 June 2014 }}</ref> In 1977, he defeated the Congress candidate Pranab Mukherjee in the same constituency.<ref name=loksabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |title = General Elections, 1977 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref> He lost to A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury of Congress, however, in 1980.<ref name =loksabha1980>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |title = General Elections, 1980 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher = Election Commission of India|access-date = 2 June 2014}}</ref> In 1987 and 1991, he won from Kaliachak (Vidhan Sabha constituency).<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>

He was an active political and social worker and was associated with the peasant and trade union movements. He was the president or secretary of many organisations in Malda district. He was a commissioner of the English Bazar municipality from 1964 to 1968.<ref name=refocus />

==Later life and death== He was suffering from old age problems for some time and died at his residence in Malda on 14 September 2018. He leaves behind his wife Dipali and son Kaushik.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.aajkaal.in/news/state/dinesh-joardar-dead-5dzw | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180920122915/https://www.aajkaal.in/news/state/dinesh-joardar-dead-5dzw | url-status = dead | archive-date = 20 September 2018 | title = Former Parliamentarian and Left Leader Dead| work=Bengali | publisher = Aajkall, 15 September 2018 |access-date = 20 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://bangla.eenaduindia.com/States/North/Malda/MaldaCity/2018/09/14140041/Ex-CPIM-MP-Dinesh-Joardar-passed-away.vpf | title = Ex-CPIM MP Passed Away| work=Bengali | publisher = Eenadu India Sonar Bangla, 14 September 2018 |access-date = 20 September 2018}}</ref>

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