Background
Chatterjee, Somnath was born on July 25, 1929 in Tezpur, India. Son of North Carolina Chatterjee and Binapani Debi.
Chatterjee, Somnath was born on July 25, 1929 in Tezpur, India. Son of North Carolina Chatterjee and Binapani Debi.
Graduate, Calcutta University. Graduate, Cambridge University.
Member Lok Sabha (Indian Parliament), since 1971, member joint committee on amendment of election laws, 1971, member privileges committee, joint committee on offices of profit, 1971—1977, chairman subordinate legislation committee, 1977—1979, member privileges committee, consultative committee to minister of finance, 1980—1984, member rules committee, privileges committee, 1986—1989, leader parliamentary party, 1989—2004, chairman privileges committee, member general purposes committee, 1990—1991, chairman subordinate legislation committee, 1991—1993, chairman railways committee, 1993—1996, chairman communications committee, 1996—1999, member business advisory committee, general purposes committee, 1999—2000, member ethics committee, 2000—2001, chairman information technical committee, 2002—2004, speaker of the house, 2004—2009.
Member of Communist Party of India.