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Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee
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Personal data
Date of birth5 January 1955(age 56)
Place of birthKolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress (1970 � 1997)
Trinamool Congress
(1997 � present)
SpouseUnmarried
ResidenceHarish Chatterjee Street, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
ProfessionPolitician
Advocate
Social Worker
ReligionHindu
11th Chief Minister of West Bengal
Assumed office20 May 2011
GovernorM. K. Narayanan
Preceded byBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Minister of Railways
In office22 May 2009 - 19 May 2011
Succeeded byManmohan Singh (pro tem)
Preceded byLalu Prasad Yadav
Member of Parliament
Assumed office1991
Preceded byBiplab Dasgupta

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Mamata Banerjee ( , -bnmɔːmoːt̪ʰaː bɛːnaːrjiː; born 5 January 1955) is the 11th and current Chief Minister of the Indian state of West Bengal. She is the first woman to hold the office and is also the founding chairperson of the Trinamool Congress. Currently she is also in charge of nine key departments of the Government of West Bengal, including Home, Health and Family Welfare, Land and Land Reforms, Information and Cultural Affairs, Hill Affairs, Minority Affairs and Madrassah Education, Agriculture, Power and Home (Personnel and Administrative Reforms departments. Noted as a firebrand orator and popularly known as "Didi" (meaning the elder sister) to all her followers.

Banerjee pulled off a landslide victory for the All India Trinamul Congress in West Bengal by defeating the world's longest-serving democratically-elected communist government, the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front government, bringing to an end 34 years of Left Front rule in the state. Banerjee previously served as a Minister of Railways twice, Minister of Coal once, and Minister of State for Human Resource Development, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports and Women and Child Development once in the cabinet of the Government of India. She opposed forceful land acquisition for industrialization by the then communist government in West Bengal for Special Economic Zones at the cost of agriculturalists and farmers.

Mamata Banerjee Video

It was a spirited presentation that Mamata Banerjee put up a for nearly 2 hours. As she fended of constant comments on her budget that she was pleasing election-bound Bengal.
1.02 min. | 4.71 user rating		 RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav mimics Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, says she needs to take tough stand on Naxals
1.57 min. | 4.15 user rating		 THE FIRST & NEW AC DOUBLE DECKER COACHES BY INDIAN RAILWAY MINISTER SMT. MAMATA BANERJEE. RCF rolls out countrys first air conditioned double decker coach Posted on 01 April 2010 by zakir INVC,, New Delhi,, Rail Coach Factory (RCF), rolled out countrys first air conditioned double decker coach for oscillation trials on Delhi- Muradabad section. The Minister of Railways, Kumari Mamata Banerjee inspected the sample AC double decker coach at New Delhi Railway Station after its arrival from RCF, Kapurthala today. She had earlier announced the introduction of AC double decker trains while presenting the Railway Budget 2010 in the Parliament in the month of June, 2009. RCF will start manufacturing the double decker coaches after successful completion of oscillation trials. These futuristic high speed-stainless steel AC coaches would be introduced to cater to the heavy rush of commuters in high density corridors offering AC travel at a low cost. The first double decker train would be seen running on rail tracks by end of this year. The new coach with pleasing green-yellow colour scheme has all the features and the comforts of a Shatabdi coach. A totally new coach shell design capable of running at a speed of 160 kmph was developed by RCF engineers in tandem with Research Design and Standard Organisation (RDSO) within a short span of just nine months. In the new design, 128 passengers can be seated as compared to 78 passengers in Shatabdi chair cars, thus increasing the capacity <b>...</b>
1.08 min. | 4.33 user rating		 Mamata Banerjee was once again at her familiar feisty best as she waded through the Rail Budget but she managed to tickle many funny bones!
1.48 min. | 4.6 user rating		 Mamata Banerjee presented what she called the Aam Aadmi's Rail Budget. This, even as an incident of looting and another of derailment were reported from Bengal-bound trains today. The budget was meant to please all, especially Bengal, with an eye on the assembly election next year. Fares remained unchanged and the stress was on increasing connectivity.
1.95 min. | 4.2 user rating
After the successful launch of Duranto trains, Rail Minister Mamata Banerjee has moved on to her next pet project... that of launching Air-conditioned Double Decker coaches, these coaches are being manufactured indigenously at the Kapurthala Coach Factory.
1.63 min. | 4.42 user rating		 Kolkata is all set to have a new Chief Minister in Didi and Mamata Banerjee too acknowledged her party's victory in the West Bengal elections. In her first reaction, she said, "We are humbled. We are thankful. This verdict will bring joy to the people of Bengal. At this happy moment we must remember the martyrs who have been part of this struggle for the last three decades."
7.12 min. | 4.78 user rating		 On 20 March, 2010, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off the luxurious Maharajas Express from Kolkata station. The train is bound for Delhi with stops at Gaya, Varanasi, Bandhavgarh, Khajuraho, Gwalior and Agra in the next six days.
3.08 min. | 4.2 user rating		 After the Loksabha Election the Trinamul Congres Leader Miss Mamata Bandopadhyay (Banerjee) gave an exclusive interview on Star Ananda after being the Railway minister on 2009.Partly available here.
1.10 min. | 4.0 user rating		 TMC chief Mamata Banerjee wins Kolkata South seat.
1.22 min. | 3.66 user rating

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CPI(M) trying to split votes: Mamata - Hindustan Times Tweet this news
Hindustan Times--PTI Accusing the CPI(M) of using the BJP to split anti-Marxist votes in Bengal, Trinamool Congress chief -Mamata Banerjee- on Sunday asked the electorate to 'be careful' by not wasting a single vote and help in effecting politic - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:32:22 GMT+00:00
Mamata expels rebel leader in Nadia - Hindustan Times Tweet this news
Hindustan Times--Trinamool Congress chief -Mamata Banerjee- on Saturday expelled a Nadia leader contesting as an Independent. Tapas Saha was contesting from Tehatta against the official party candidate. Serious about the alliance, Banerjee said: “We hav - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 09:53:41 GMT+00:00
WB: GJM to contest elections for Gorkhaland - IBNLive.com Tweet this news
IBNLive.com--It remains to be seen whether -Mamata Banerjee's- promise of turning the hills into Switzerland will work. When one enters Gorkhaland, every home tells that one has entered a state within a state, branded on the minds of its people. ... - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:07:31 GMT+00:00
Amit Mitra helped Modi, says Yechury - Hindustan Times Tweet this news
Hindustan Times--The Trinamool Congress supremo, -Mamata Banerjee's- decision to field the Ficci secretary general, Amit Mitra, as one of the candidates in the Bengal assembly elections proves her continuing affinity to the BJP, according to CPI(M) p - Date : Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:12:16 GMT+00:00
India Marxists face vote for survival in W. Bengal - Channel News Asia Tweet this news
Channel News Asia--Opinion polls suggest the Left Front is headed for a crushing defeat at the hands of a woman who has emerged as one of India's most powerful and feisty politicians, -Mamata Banerjee- -- known to her followers simply as "di - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 05:16:04 GMT+00:00
Somnath free to campaign for LF candidates: Bose - Economic Times Tweet this news
Economic Times--Endorsing Gautam Deb's allegations against Trinamool Congress and its leader -Mamata Banerjee- in a meet-the-press programme organised by Kolkata Press Club yesterday, the Front chairman said, "He has charged that the main op - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 10:44:44 GMT+00:00
Tea tribes drifting away from Left in Bengal - IBNLive.com Tweet this news
IBNLive.com--Jalpaiguri: As -Mamata Banerjee's- juggernaut rolls out, the Left seems to have hit a red-end in Jalpaiguri. It looks like the tea tribes are drifting away from the Left. Living on the brink of civilisation, these people have been throug - Date : Sun, 17 Apr 2011 04:05:35 GMT+00:00
BJP pulls up Mamata Banerjee over Arunima Sinha incident - DailyIndia.com Tweet this news
DailyIndia.com--New Delhi, Apr 14: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday criticized Railway Minister -Mamata Banerjee- and challenged her 'administrative capabilities' over the incident concerning sportswoman Arunima Sinha, who lost her l - Date : Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:38:24 GMT+00:00
Mamata wins hearts and votes - Hindustan Times Tweet this news
Hindustan Times--Trinamool Congress supremo -Mamata Banerjee- walks out from the all party meeting in Kolkata on...... The -Mamata Banerjee- hurricane tour stopped in Dinajpur on Monday where the Trinamool Congress chief pleaded for votes in the name of d - Date : Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:35:06 GMT+00:00
Showstopper - BBC News Tweet this news
BBC News--For a moment, -Mamata Banerjee-, caught in a crush of people, looks harried, her eyes darting from side to side. Her safari-suited security men are trying to keep a sea of raucous supporters - men and women, ... - Date : Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:28:31 GMT+00:00

Political offices
Preceded by
Lalu Prasad Yadav		Minister of Railways
2009 - 2011		Succeeded by
Dr. Manmohan Singh (pro tem)
Preceded by
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee		Chief Minister of West Bengal

2011 - present		Incumbent



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