WEST BENGAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

LIST SHOWING NAMES OF PRESIDING OFFICERS  OF THE LEGISLATURE IN BENGAL / WEST BENGAL

Legislative Council prior to the coming into force of the Government of India Act,1935.

Presidents 

1. Nawab Sir Syed shams-ul-Huda ( 1921 -22 )

2. Mr. H. E. A. Cotton ( 1922 – 25)

3. Kumar Shib Shekareswar Roy ( 1925 – 26)

4. Raja Manmatha Nath Ray Chaudhuri ( 1927 – 36)

Deputy Presidents

1. Babu Surrendra Nath Roy ( 1921-23)

2. Major Hassan Suhrawardy ( 1924)

3. Dr. A. Suhrawardy ( 1925-26)

4. Khan Bahadur Maulvi Emaduddin Ahmed ( 1927-29)

5. Mr. Resaur Rahaman Khan ( 1929 – 36)

Legislative Assembly under the Government of India Act, 1935.

 Speakers

1. Sir Azizul Haque ( 7^th April 1937 to 27^th April 1942)

2. Mr. Syed Nausher Ali (1st. March 1943 to 14 th. May 1946)

3. Mr. Nurul Amin (14^th May,1946 to 15^th August,1947)

4. Mr. Iswar Das Jalan ( 21^st November,1947 to 19^th June, 1952)

Deputy Speakers

1. Mr. Ashrafali Khan Chowdhury ( 1937 -41)

2. Mr. Syed Jalaluddin Hashemy ( 18^th February 1942 to 17^th November, 1945 )

3. Mr. Tafazzal Ali ( 14^th May,1946 to 15^th August,1947)

4. Mr. Asutosh Mallick (21^st November,1947 to 19^th June,1952)

Presidents     

1. Mr. Satyendra Chandra Mitra ( 9^th April 1937 to 27^thOctober 1942)

2. Shri Bijoy Prasad Singh Roy ( 1943 – 1947)

Deputy Presidents 

1. Mr. Hamidul Huq Chowdhury ( 1937 – 1939)

2. Khan Bahadur Abdul Hamid Chowdhury ( 1940 – 1947)

Legislative Assembly under the Constitution of India

 Speakers

1. Shri Saila Kumar Mukherjee ( 20^th June 1952 to 20^th March 1957)

2. Shri Sankar Das Banerji ( 4^th June, 1957 to 15^th May, 1959)

3. Shri Bankim Chandra Kar( 22^nd February 1960 to 11^th March 1962)

4. Shri Keshab Chandra Basu (12^th March 1962 to 7^th March, 1967)

5. Shri Bijoy Kumar Banerjee( 8^th March,1967 to 2^nd May, 1971)

6. Shri Apurba Lal Majumdar(3^rd May, 1971 to 23^rd June, 1977)

7. Shri S.A.M. Habibullah (24^th June,1977 to 13^th June, 1982)

8. Shri Hashim Abdul Halim (14^th June,1982 to 6^th May, 1987, 6^th May, 1987 to 18^th June, 1991   18^thJune, 1991 to 10^th June, 1996,10^th June, 1996 to 14^th June, 2001, 14th June, 2001 to 12th June, 2006, 12th June, 2006 to 29^th May, 2011).

9. Shri Biman Banerjee (30^th May, 2011 till date)

Deputy Speakers

1. Shri Ashutosh Mallick (20^th June, 1952 to 4^th May, 1966)

2. Shri Narendra Nath Sen ( 29^th August 1966 to 28^th February,1967)

3. Shri Haridas Mitra ( 8^th March, 1967 to 20^th February, 1968)

4. Shri Apurba Lal Majumdar( 6^th March 1969 to30 th July,1970)

5. Shri Pijush Kanti Mukherjee ( 3^rd May, 1971 to 25^th June, 1971)

6. Shri Haridas Mitra ( 24^th March,1972 to 30^th April, 1977)

7. Shri Kalimuddin Shams ( 27^th June, 1977 to 24^th May 1982 and 14^th June, 1982 to 30^th  March, 1987)

8. Shri Anil Mukherjee ( 6^th May, 1987 to 31^st March, 1991,18^th June, 1991 to 16^th May, 1996, 10^th June, 1996 to 14^th May, 2001 and 14^th June, 2001 to 17^th February, 2002)

9. Shri Kripa Sindhu Saha ( 7^th March, 2002 to 12th May, 2006)

10.      Shri Bhakti Pada Ghosh  ( 16th June, 2006 to 13^th May, 2011)

11. Smt. Sonali Guha (Bose) (17^th June, 2011 till date)

Legislative Council under the Constitution of India

Chairman

1. Dr. Suniti Kumar Chatterji ( 19^th June, 1952 to 8^th February,1965)

2. Dr. Pratap Chandra Guha Ray ( 2^nd April,1965 to 1^st August,1969)

Deputy Chairman

1. Dr. Pratap Chandra Guha Ray ( 19^th June,1952 to 30^th March,1965)

2. Shri Upendra Nath Barman (5^th May, 1965 to 1^st August, 1969

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