Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi

Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi
	Dasmunsi in 2007
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 1999–2009
Preceded by	Subrata Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Deepa Dasmunsi
Constituency	Raiganj
	In office; 1996–1998
Preceded by	Susanta Chakraborty
Succeeded by	Bikram Sarkar
Constituency	Howrah
	In office; 1984–1989
Preceded by	Samar Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Susanta Chakraborty
Constituency	Howrah
	In office; 1971–1977
Preceded by	Ganesh Ghosh
Succeeded by	Dilip Chakravarty
Constituency	Calcutta South
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
	In office; 28 May 2004 – 12 October 2008
President	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ; Pratibha Patil
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
	In office; 24 May 2004 – 12 October 2008
President	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ; Pratibha Patil
9th President of All India Football Federation
	In office; 1988–2008
Preceded by	Khalifa Ziauddin
Succeeded by	Praful Patel
Personal details
Born	13 November 1945; Chirirbander, Bengal Presidency, British India ; (now in Dinajpur, Bangladesh)
Died	20 November 2017 (aged 72)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Deepa Dasmunsi (m. 1994)
Children	1 (son)
Residence	Kolkata
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Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi (Prio Rônjon Dashmunshi; 13 November 1945 – 20 November 2017) was an Indian National Congress politician, former Union Minister and a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Raiganj constituency of West Bengal. He died on 20 November 2017, aged 72, after nine years in a coma following a massive stroke.

Career

Dasmunsi signing an Agreement on "Indo-UK Film Co-operation" in New Delhi, December 5, 2005.

Dasmunsi addressing at the inauguration of the Indian Panorama during the 37th International Film Festival (IFFI) in Panaji, Goa, November 24, 2006.

Dasmunsi was president of Indian Youth Congress in West Bengal from 1970 to 1971. He was elected to the 5th Lok Sabha from the South Calcutta constituency in the 1971 Indian general election. He was appointed as the Union Minister of State for Commerce in 1985 by prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Within West Bengal, he was known for his strong anti-Left credentials.

In 2004, in the First Manmohan Singh ministry, he was appointed as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He controversially banned television networks he deemed "obscene", including a three-month ban on the Sony-owned television network AXN and Fashion TV.[1][2]

Dasmunsi (as Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting and Parliamentary Affairs) addressing a press conference, in New Delhi, March 22, 2006.

In 2007, Dasmunsi was also responsible requiring broadcaster Nimbus Communications to share broadcast rights for the Indian cricket team with the state television network, Doordarshan — this despite Nimbus paying hundreds of millions of dollars for the rights to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.[3]

Dasmunsi served as the president of the All India Football Federation for almost twenty years, from 1988 to 2008. He was succeeded by Nationalist Congress Party politician Praful Patel.

Electoral record

In 1971, Dasmunsi won in the general elections from the Constituency (Lok Sabha) South Calcutta.
In 1984, he won in the general elections from the Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency).[4]
In 1989, he lost in the general elections from Howrah.[4]
In 1991, he lost in the general elections from Howrah.[4]
In 1996, he won in the general elections from Howrah.[4]
In 1999, he won in the general elections from Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency)
In 2004, he won in the general elections from Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency).[5]

All India Football Federation

Dasmunsi succeeded Khalifa Ziauddin as the president of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) in December 1988. Under his leadership, the AIFF launched the National Football League in 1996. The National Football League would be replaced by the I-League for the 2007-08 season. The India national football team won the 2008 AFC Challenge Cup in Delhi to qualify for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup in Doha.[6]

Dasmunsi speaking, after receiving the FIFA plaque from FIFA, April 2007.

He was a member of the FIFA Technical Study Group Member in 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup held in Sweden and a Match Commissioner in 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup held in the United States. He was also the first Indian official to be appointed as a special Duty officer, at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He was also the Chef`de Mission of the India Olympics Contingent at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and Match Commissioner for two World Cup Matches at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.[6]

Life

Dasmunsi was married in 1994 to Mrs. Deepa Dasmunsi, a social worker from Kolkata. They have a young son, Priyadeep Dasmunshi.

Dasmunsi suffered from numerous problems like diabetes and hypertension during his prime. He suffered a massive stroke and paralysis on 12 October 2008, leaving him in minimum conscious state.[7] He was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi and was later shifted to Apollo Hospital in New Delhi.[8] He remained on life support, and was diagnosed with a complete failure of the left ventricular system. In November 2009, Dasmunsi was temporarily moved to Düsseldorf, where he underwent stem cell therapy in an attempt to reverse some of the loss of brain functions caused by the stroke.[9]

Since Dasmunsi's hospitalization, his wife Deepa has to some extent taken over his political mantle; she was elected from Raiganj (Lok Sabha constituency) in 2009.

On 10 October 2011, the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in Delhi advised his family to take him home and care for him there.[10]

After lingering for nine years in coma, Dasmunsi finally died on 20 November 2017, a week after his 72nd birthday. His dead body was taken to his ancestral home in Raiganj, West Bengal, and was cremated at the local crematorium.[11]

References

"AXN says sorry for 'obscene' TV". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2007.
"FTV banned". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 30 March 2007. Archived from the original on 10 April 2007.
"The Hindu News Update Service". Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
"24 – Howrah Parliamentary Constituency". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 11 April 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
"Raignaj Lok Sabha seat 2004". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
"AIFF CONDOLES DEATH OF FORMER AIFF PRESIDENT MR. PRIYA RANJAN DASMUNSI". All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
"9 years in 'minimum conscious state'". Ajanta Chakraborty. The Times of India. 21 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
"Priyaranjan Dasmunshi to be treated in Germany". Archived 9 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine Press Trust of India. 31 October 2009.
"After PM advice, stem cell therapy abroad for Dasmunsi". Archived 6 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine Indian Express. 2 November 2009.
"Delhi: Comatose ex-information and broadcasting minister Dasmunshi denied room in Apollo". India Today. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
Prabhu, Sunil (20 November 2017). "Veteran Congress Leader Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, In Coma Since 2008, Dies At 72". NDTV. Archived from the original on 20 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.

External links

Dasmunsi called Nimbus Communications 'unpatriotic' for refusing to share a live feed of Indian cricket matches with state broadcast Doordarshan. Archived 30 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "AXN says sorry for 'obscene' TV". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2007.

[2] "FTV banned". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 30 March 2007. Archived from the original on 10 April 2007.

[3] "The Hindu News Update Service". Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.

[howrah-4] "24 – Howrah Parliamentary Constituency". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 11 April 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2009.

[5] "Raignaj Lok Sabha seat 2004". West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 August 2008.

[AIFF-6] "AIFF CONDOLES DEATH OF FORMER AIFF PRESIDENT MR. PRIYA RANJAN DASMUNSI". All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 27 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.

[7] "9 years in 'minimum conscious state'". Ajanta Chakraborty. The Times of India. 21 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.

[8] "Priyaranjan Dasmunshi to be treated in Germany". Archived 9 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine Press Trust of India. 31 October 2009.

[9] "After PM advice, stem cell therapy abroad for Dasmunsi". Archived 6 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine Indian Express. 2 November 2009.

[10] "Delhi: Comatose ex-information and broadcasting minister Dasmunshi denied room in Apollo". India Today. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2011.

[11] Prabhu, Sunil (20 November 2017). "Veteran Congress Leader Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, In Coma Since 2008, Dies At 72". NDTV. Archived from the original on 20 November 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.