Benoy Krishna Konar
Benoy Krishna Konar was an Indian politician who started as a peasant leader of the Communist Party of India and went to be a three time MLA in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
Benoy Krishna was born in 1930 in an affluent family of farmers in Memari in Purba Bardhaman district. He was younger brother of Hare Krishna Konar,"who pioneered the land reforms movement in Bengal."
He joined the undivided Communist Party of India in 1948. He was a leading figure in the militant peasants' movement in West Bengal during the 1960s and early 1970s,
He was the president of the West Bengal and central units of the All India Kisan Sabha, the peasants’ front organisation of the CPI.
He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from the Memari in 1969, 1971 and 1977. His wife, Maharani Konar, was elected from the same constituency in 1982, 1987 and 1991.
He died at Kolkata on 14 September 2014 after a prolonged illness.
