Question: Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi passed away recently. He was-
(a) Journalist
(b) Politician
(c) Actor
(d) Environmentalist
Answer- (b)
Related Facts:
- On November 20, 2017, Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi passed away. He was 72 years old.
- He had been in coma since 2008.
- He was elected MP for the first time in the Southern Kolkata Lok Sabha seat in 1971.
- After that he was elected MP from Howrah Lok Sabha constituency in 1884.
- In the year 1999 and 2004, he was an MP from Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency.
- Apart from this, he was Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Information and Broadcasting from 2004 to 2008.
- He has been the President of the All India Football Federation for nearly 20 years.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=173668
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/veteran-congress-leader-priya-ranjan-dasmunsi-passes-away/article20571076.ece
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi