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Kalipada Soren
Indian politician and Santhali writer (born 1957) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kalipada Soren (born 9 December 1957) or Kherwal Soren is an Indian Santali playwright, author, editor and politician, currently serving as the Member of Parliament for Jhargram in West Bengal.
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Career
Kherwal Soren, born as Kalipada Soren in 1957 at Raghunathpur near Jhargram in West Bengal, graduated from Seva Bharati Mahavidyalaya and passed M.A in political science from Rabindra Bharati University.[1] He regularly edits a literary magazine Kherwal Jaher. Soren has written 31 plays and a number of stories and poems in the Santhali language.[2] He translated Anubhab, a Bengali novel of Dibyendu Palit into Santhali. He received the Sarada Prasad Kisku award for his literary contribution. He retired from State Bank of India. In 2007, Soren was awarded the Sahitya Akademi for his play Chet Re Cikayana.[3][4][5] He was conferred the Padma Shri award in 2022.[6][7]
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Political career
He contested the 2024 Lok Sabha election from the Trinamool Congress from Jhargram Lok Sabha constituency[8] and won[9] to became first time Member of Parliament.
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