| 词条 | Deo Prakash Rai |
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Deo Prakash Rai (December 1926 – 1981) was an Indian politician. A former Gorkha Brigade soldier, he was the general secretary of the All India Gorkha League and named as Minister in the West Bengal state government in 1967, 1969 and 1971. YouthRai was born at Tukvar Tea Estate of Darjeeling in December 1926.[1] He was the son of K.S. Sotang.[1] He went to school at the Arung School of Education, obtaining a Higher English Certificate of Education.[1] SoldierRai served in the Gorkha Brigade during three years during World War II.[1][2] He reached the rank of Colour Sergeant.[3] In 1950 he was arrested in Malaya and deported, having been denounced as a 'communist agent' by John Cross, Chief Instructor of the new Army School of Education (Gurkhas).[3][4][5] In politics and trade unionismRai served as general secretary of the All India Gorkha League.[10] In 1946 the Communist Party of India proposed the notion of creating a 'Gorkhasthan', merging Nepal, south Sikkim and the Darjeeling hills.[6] The CPI tried to convince the Gorkha League to support the Gorkhasthan proposal, but Rai categorically opposed it.[6] As a trade unionist, he was the founder of Darjeeling Chiya Kaman Shramik Sangha.[1] He served as patron of the Darjeeling Cultural Institute.[1] As an author, he wrote many poems and short stories in Nepali language.[1] LegislatorRai represented the Darjeeling constituency seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1957 until his death.[16] MinisterRai was named Minister for Scheduled Castes and Tribes Welfare in the 1967 and 1969 United Front governments of West Bengal.[2][7][8] He was again named as Minister in the 1971 state government, now in charge of Scheduled Castes Tribal Welfare and Tourism.[2][9] For a quarter century, Rai was the dominant politician in the Darjeeling hills.[10] He received criticism from within his own community, which accused him of having entered into a secret pact with the state government in Calcutta.[10] While Raj served as Minister in three successive state cabinets, no progress on administrative autonomy for the Darjeeling hills was made.[9] 1977 electionAt the time of the 1977 elections Rai was weakened by illness.[6] Rai died in 1981.[10] After his death, his party was weakened and more militant factions such as Pranta Parishad and the Gorkha National Liberation Front came to dominate the political field in the hills.[11] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite book|author=West Bengal (India). Legislature. Legislative Assembly|title=Who's who 1972: General Election, March 1972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I78yAAAAMAAJ|year=1974|publisher=West Bengal Legislative Assembly Secretariat|page=67}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rai, Deoprakash}}2. ^1 2 {{cite book|title=India Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6TU9AAAAYAAJ|year=2000|publisher=INFA Publications|page=156}} 3. ^1 {{cite book|title=The Call of Nepal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JO9HAAAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=Educational Enterprises|page=52}} 4. ^{{cite book|author=Tony Gould|title=Imperial warriors: Britain and the Gurkhas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6bYhAQAAIAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Granta Books|isbn=978-1-86207-284-8|page=335}} 5. ^{{cite book|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bQMfAQAAMAAJ|year=1968|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company|page=932}} 6. ^1 2 3 {{cite book|author=Amiya K. Samanta|title=Gorkhaland Movement: A Study in Ethnic Separatism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J4GqdfG0EU8C&pg=PA99|year=2000|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-7648-166-3|pages=90, 99}} 7. ^1 {{cite book|author=Communist Party of India (Marxist). West Bengal State Committee|title=Election results of West Bengal: statistics & analysis, 1952–1991|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CNeNAAAAMAAJ|publisher=The Committee|pages=379–380, 460}} 8. ^{{cite book|author=Ranabir Samaddar|title=The Politics of Autonomy: Indian Experiences|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=45GHAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA182|date=13 December 2005|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0364-6|page=182}} 9. ^1 {{cite book|author1=Raṇabīra Samāddāra|author2=Helmut Reifeld|author3=Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung|title=Peace as process: reconciliation and conflict resolution in South Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=31uPAAAAMAAJ|date=1 June 2001|publisher=Manohar Publishers & Distributors|isbn=978-81-7304-397-0|page=270}} 10. ^1 2 {{cite book|author=Romit Bagchi|title=Gorkhaland: Crisis of Statehood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xbGICwAAQBAJ&pg=PT108|date=13 June 2012|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-1680-6|page=108}} 11. ^{{cite book|author=Maitreyee Choudhury|title=Himalayan Studies in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dh4lY8_krFUC&pg=PA94|year=2008|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-8324-196-0|page=94}} 9 : 1926 births|1981 deaths|Royal Gurkha Rifles officers|Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League politicians|Members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly|State cabinet ministers of West Bengal|Trade unionists from West Bengal|People from Darjeeling|Indian people of Nepalese descent |
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