MJ Akbar, Minister of State for External Affairs, Government of India (2016–2018)[4] Bratya Basu, Playwright and actor; Higher Education Minister, Government of West Bengal Surendranath Banerjea, Minister in Bengal in the 1920s; 11th President of the Indian National Congress Bhupendra Nath Bose, Bar-at-Law, Under Secretary in the Council for the Secretary of State for India;Vice Chancellor, University of Calcutta, and President, Indian National Congress. Sarat Chandra Bose, Bengal Congress President; Works, Mines and Power Member, Government of India (1946) and first central cabinet Minister (1947) Somnath Chatterjee, Speaker of Lok Sabha, India (2004–2009) Sachindra Chaudhuri, Finance Minister of India, 1965-1967 Pratap Chandra Chunder, Education and Social Welfare Minister, Government of India (1977–1980) Chittaranjan Das, known as "Deshbandhu", founder of Swaraj Party Asim Dasgupta, Finance Minister, Government of West Bengal (1987–2011) B.K. Handique, Union Minister of Mines & Development of North Eastern Region, GOI. Azizul Haque, B.L, C.I.E, K.C.S.I, D.Litt., former Education Minister, Government of Bengal Humayun Kabir, Education Minister, Government of India (1958–67) Fazlul Karim, Mayor of Cox's Bazar Abdus Salam Khan, Minister of Public Works and Communication (1955–1956) in the East Pakistan provincial cabinet[5] Amit Mitra, Finance Minister of West Bengal (2011–present) Syama Prasad Mukherjee, founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh; Industry and Supply Member, Government of India (1946–50) Debi Prasad Pal, Minister of State for Finance, Government of India (1991–96) Abdur Rahim, Member of the Bengal Executive Council (Administration of Justice, Jail and other Allied Subjects) (1921–25); later President of the Central Legislative Assembly Saugata Roy, Minister of State for Urban Development, Government of India (2009–12) Ashoke Kumar Sen, Law and Justice Minister, Government of India (1984–89) Jatindra Mohan Sengupta, former Mayor of Calcutta; President of Indian National Congress Atish Chandra Sinha, Minister of State for Public Undertaking, Cottage and Small Scale Industries, Government of West Bengal (1972–77) & Zamindar of Kandi, Bengal