Dwarikanath Barori

Dwarikanath Barori (1907–1986) was a Bangladeshi lawyer and Scheduled Caste politician. He served as a provincial minister of Bengal in British India and later of East Bengal under Pakistan.

Early life Barori was born in 1907 in Madaripur Subdivision, Faridpur District, Eastern Bengal and Assam, British India (present-day Rajoir Upazila, Madaripur District, Bangladesh).

Political career

Pre-independence Barori began his political career by joining the Indian National Congress (INC). In 1946, he was elected a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly from a Scheduled Caste constituency in Faridpur. In the same year, he was expelled from the INC, after which he joined the All India Scheduled Caste Federation (AISCF). He was appointed a minister of Bengal Province as a member of the Suhrawardy ministry, led by the All-India Muslim League (AIML). During the Sylhet referendum, he worked on behalf of the AIML. In 1960, he was appointed a member of the Constitution Commission formed to propose the new constitution.

Personal life and death Mrinal Kanti Barori, a leftist politician and revolutionary from Madaripur, was his son. Barori died in Madaripur, Bangladesh, in 1986.