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Sukumar Sen: The man
behind the screen of Indian Parliamentary Democracy
Independent Indians went for its first General Election which started on
25th October, 1951 and ended on 21st February, 1952. With
an object to elect 489 members of Parliament and 3,283 members of Legislative
Assemblies, I.C.S. Sukumar Sen, the then Chief Secretary of the Government of
West Bengal, took the charge of the Chief Election Commissioner of India on 21st
March, 1950 on deputation. It is interesting to note that within one and a half
years after assuming the charge, Sukumar Sen, the first election commissioner
of India, shouldered the responsibility and finally won the gamble and the
largest democratic governance all over the world started to act.
The article titled "Saddhinottor Bharatbarshe Pratham Sadharan Nirbachan O Ek Brismito Bangalee" (in Bengali) published in "Anustup", 53rd Year, 1st Issue, 2018.