Kapil Krishna Thakur

Kapil Krishna Thakur (1940–2014) was an Indian politician. He hailed from Thakurnagar in West Bengal.

Kapil Krishna Thakur
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2014 – 13 October 2014
Preceded by	Gobinda Chandra Naskar
Succeeded by	Mamata Thakur
Constituency	Bangaon
Personal details
Born	(1940-06-13)13 June 1940
Died	13 October 2014(2014-10-13) (aged 74) Kolkata
Political party	Trinamool Congress
Residence(s)	Thakur Nagar, Gaighata, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal

He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in the 2014 Indian general election from Bangaon (Lok Sabha constituency), West Bengal, as an All India Trinamool Congress candidate.^[1][2] But he died just a few months into his term.

He was a graduate of the University of Calcutta.^[3] He was the eldest son of Matua Boro Maa Binapani Devi and the sanghadhipati of Matua Mahasangha. Majulkrishna Thakur, who is also a politician, is his younger brother.^[4]

He died at Kolkata on 13 October 2014, after being ill for sometime.^[4]