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Sukumar Sen was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India and the first Vice-Chancellor of Burdwan University. He oversaw the first two general elections in independent India and received the Padma Bhushan award.
May 25, 2024 · The astute mathematician successfully handled India’s first elections held over a five-month period from October, 1951, to March, 1952, in 68 phases and also the 1957 Lok Sabha polls.
Sukumar Sen (1900-1992) was an Indian linguist and historian of Bengali literature, who also studied Pāli, Prakrit and Sanskrit. He wrote many books on Indo-Aryan and Indo-European linguistics, Bengali etymology, literature and history, and received several awards and honours.
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May 28, 2022 · In 'Power of the Ballot', authors Anil and Vipul Maheshwari talk about the contribution of ECI founder Sukumar Sen to the idea of democracy in India. The first CEC Sukumar Sen remains one of the unsung heroes in the history of elections in India. He left no memoirs but only a few personal papers.
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Mar 17, 2024 · Sukumar Sen, a seasoned Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer, plotted the elections over many months — from September 1951 to February 1952. This was around the time when the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaquat Ali Khan, was assassinated, plunging the neighbouring nation into a military dictatorship.
Despite having a largely illiterate population and witnessing continuing refugee inflow, and amidst global political turmoil, India organised a mammoth democratic exercise in 1951-52.
Sukumar Sen, India’s first chief election commissioner and conducted the first general elections of Independent India in 1951-52. (Photo Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons) Sen was a remarkable son of...
