Charu Mihir Sarkar

Charu Mihir Sarkar was an Indian politician. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly 1967-1971 and served as Minister in the 1967 and the 1969 United Front state cabinet.

Sarkar was born on August 31, 1924. He went to school at Malikandah in Dacca District, later receiving education at Surendranath College in Calcutta. He received Master of Arts degree from Calcutta University.

Sarkar contested the Scheduled Castes seat in the Bongaon constituency in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1957, standing as a Praja Socialist Party candidate. He finished in second place with 20,959 votes (29.54%), finishing ahead of former Minister of Pakistan Jogendra Nath Mandal.

Sarkar was involved in various social welfare activities in his home district. He founded the Ramchandrapur Palli Mongal Vidhyapith, and became its headmaster.

Sarkar won the Hanskhali (SC) seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1967, standing as a Bangla Congress candidate. He obtained 33,298 votes (67.12%), defeating R.K. Mallick of the Indian National Congress in a straight contest. On July 5, 1967 he was sworn in as a Minister without Portfolio in the United Front state government, after prolonged negotiations on including a minister from Scheduled Castes in the cabinet.

Sarkar retained the Hanskhali (SC) seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1969, obtaining 25,957 votes (51.75%). Sarkar was named Minister for Community Development in the second United Front government formed in 1969. Sarkar, along with two other Bangla Congress ministers, resigned from his post as Minister on February 19, 1970.

Sarkar lost the Hanskhali (SC) seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1971. He obtained 4,574 votes (8.79%), finishing in third place behind the INC and CPI(M) candidates.