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Somnath Chatterjee

Personal data
Date of birth25 July 1929(age 81)
Place of birthTezpur, Assam
Political partyCPI-M (1968-2008)
SpouseRenu Chatterjee
Children1 son and 2 daughters
ResidenceKolkata
Speaker of Lok Sabha
In office4 June 2004 - 16 May 2009
Prime ministerManmohan Singh
Succeeded byMeira Kumar
Preceded byManohar Joshi
Member of the Lok Sabha for Bolpur, West Bengal
In office1971 - 2009

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Somnath Chatterjee ( ) (born July 25, 1929) is an Indian politician who had been associated with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for most of his life, though he is currently an independent. He was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha (House of the People) from 2004 to 2009.

Somnath Chatterjee Video

Speaker Somnath Chatterjee may have been dumped by his party, but he continues to find support cutting across party lines...And coming to his defence today was Sena patriach Bal Thackeray who heaped praise on the veteran parliamentarian..ronak kotecha tells you more..
1.32 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Veteran leader Somnath Chatterjee speaks with NDTV's Nidhi Razdan about his political career and life after the Lok Sabha.
5.10 min. | 0 user rating		 Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee's last speech to the Lower House of Parliament.
3.38 min. | 0 user rating		 Valuable tips on parliamentary behaviour come from a man, who has found it hard to tame unruly MPs and had expressed anguish over the situation. But here at the Gujarat Assembly, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee was addressing the newly elected MLAs on the dos and don'ts, when the House is in session.
1.87 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Somnath Chatterjee wishes victory to MPs
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Loksabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee apeals to the disrespectful members of the parliament to maintain the basic decorum in the house.
2.17 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Karat should resign: Somnath Chatterjee
3.53 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee, who was expelled from CPI(M) for refusing to quit on the nuclear deal issue, suggested that party General Secretary Prakash Karat should consider quitting the post.
2.32 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Walk The Talk: Former Lok Sabha Speaker talks to Shekhar Gupta about life and politics and more on NDTV's Walk The Talk.
4.05 min. | 0 user rating		 Spanning 39 years, Somnath Chatterjee has had one of the longest innings of any MP in the Lok Sabha, having been elected for the first time in 1971. But it was his stint as Speaker of the 14th Lok Sabha from 2004 to 2009 that brought the man in the public's eye. On the eve of the release of his book, "Keeping The Faith", Somnath Chatterjee talks to Anuradha SenGupta on why a MP behaves the way he does, where the CPI(M) is headed, and why he is an accidental communist.
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Bengal Speaker hospitalised - IBNLive.com Tweet this news
IBNLive.com--A stream of visitors, including Government Chief Whip Md Masih, state Fisheries Minister Kironmoy Nanda and former Lok Sabha Speaker -Somnath Chatterjee- ... - Date : Sun, 24 Oct 2010 18:18:47 GMT+00:00
SC refuses to entertain a petition for speedy trial of 11 tainted former MPs ... - Indlaw.com Tweet this news
Indlaw.com--All the 11 MPs, including a Rajya Sabha member, were expelled from Parliament by then Lok Sabha Speaker -Somnath Chatterjee- and then Rajya Sabha chairman ... - Date : Mon, 25 Oct 2010 12:10:01 GMT+00:00
Somnath Chatterjee shares dais with Buddhadeb, Biman - Sify Tweet this news
Sify---...- seen sharing the dais with expelled party veteran -Somnath Chatterjee-, who in his autobiography had criticized CPI-M general secretary Prakash Karat. ... - Date : Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:24:53 GMT+00:00
Agree to disagree - Indian Express Tweet this news
Indian Express--The last speaker, -Somnath Chatterjee-, had made a kind of performance art out of his exasperation with his flock, demanding that the rulebook be burnt in ... - Date : Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:35:38 GMT+00:00
Kashmir talk show? - Hindustan Times Tweet this news
Hindustan Times--Highly-placed sources in the party said they had recommended former Speaker -Somnath Chatterjee's- name. "When suggestions were sought from the party, ... - Date : Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:30:51 GMT+00:00
Sting is legal - Frontline Tweet this news
Frontline--Following this, the then Lok Sabha Speaker, -Somnath Chatterjee-, constituted a committee to inquire into the allegations of the conduct of those members of ... - Date : Tue, 19 Oct 2010 11:34:04 GMT+00:00
BSY may have to face third trust vote: Congress - Express Buzz Tweet this news
Express Buzz--The Congress said that former Lok Sabha Speaker -Somnath Chatterjee-, during the tenure of UPAI, took on the judiciary, precisely on this - whether it can ... - Date : Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:25:08 GMT+00:00
Town named after Jyoti Basu - The Hindu Tweet this news
The Hindu--� Photo: Sushanta Patronobish West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (left) and the former Lok Sabha Speaker, -Somnath Chatterjee-, at a function ... - Date : Thu, 07 Oct 2010 20:53:41 GMT+00:00
Somnath was against removal of Soumitra Sen - Hindustan Times Tweet this news
Hindustan Times--Former Lok Sabha Speaker -Somnath Chatterjee- had questioned the impeachment (removal) proceedings against Calcutta High Court judge Soumitra Sen, ... - Date : Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:51:28 GMT+00:00
Mamata, Karat face off in UK - Hindustan Times Tweet this news
Hindustan Times---...- stalwarts such as late West Bengal chief minister Jyoti Basu and ex-Speaker -Somnath Chatterjee- to CPI leaders like former home minister Indrajit Gupta. ... - Date : Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:11:54 GMT+00:00

Speakers of the Lok Sabha (India)

G.V. Mavalankar * M.A. Ayyangar * Sardar Hukam Singh * N. Sanjiva Reddy * G.S. Dhillon * Bali Ram Bhagat * N. Sanjiva Reddy * K.S. Hegde * Balram Jakhar * Rabi Ray * Shivraj Patil * P.A. Sangma * G.M.C. Balayogi * Manohar Joshi * Somnath Chatterjee * Meira Kumar |



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