Prabhas Chandra Lahiri

Prabhas Chandra Lahiri (1893–1974) was a Bengali writer, revolutionary, and politician. He served twice as a provincial minister in East Pakistan.

Early life Lahiri was born in 1893 in Arani (located in present-day Bagha Upazila, Bangladesh), Rajshahi District, Bengal Presidency, British India, to Jyotish Chandra Lahiri. After receiving his education at Natore High School and Rajshahi College, Lahiri later enrolled at a college in Calcutta (present-day Kolkata, India). Subsequently, during the 1950s, he became a member of the East Bengal Legislative Assembly. He served twice as the acting provincial minister for the Jails and Finance departments. Around 1956, Lahiri became the reason of the UPP's split when he took the offer of Chief Minister Abu Hussain Sarkar to accept the ministerial post in the First Abu Hussain Sarkar ministry.

Later life and death In 1962, Lahiri visited to Berhampore of the Indian state West Bengal, to visit his ailing brother Jitesh Chandra Lahiri. He subsequently remained there and died in the town on 2 January 1974.

Works Lahiri's significant writings include: বিপ্লবী জীবন India Partitioned and Minorities in Pakistan পাক-ভারতের রূপরেখা মুক্তি-সৈনিকের ডায়েরী