Sukumar Sen: The man behind the screen of Indian Parliamentary Democracy

Independent Indians went for its first General Election which started on 25^th October, 1951 and ended on 21^st 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 21^st 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.