Dipendu Biswas

Dipendu Biswas
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-09-29) 29 September 1981

Dipendu Biswas (born 29 September 1981[1]) is an Indian footballer.

He graduated from the Tata Football Academy in 1996[2] He rejoined Mohun Bagan in 2012.[2]

His earnings in 1998–1999 were reported to be Rs1.2 million and in 1999–2000 were Rs0.8 million.[3] In 2011 he was one of a handful of players who were sold land by the government at subsidised prices because they had "made the state proud at national and international levels."[4]

Politics - He fought the assembly by election from Basirhat constituency assembly (west Bengal) in 2014 under Trinmool Congress party ticket and was defeated by Bharatiya janatha Party's candidate Mr Samik Bhattacharya but 2016 state asembly election he defeated Mr Samik Bhattacharya more than 20 thousand vote

References

  1. "Dipendu Biswas". goal.com. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. 1 2 Abhishek Ganguly (15 July 2012). "Dipendu happy to be back with Mohun Bagan". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  3. Paul Dimeo (1 September 2001). Soccer in South Asia: Empire, Nation, Diaspora. Psychology Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-7146-8170-2. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  4. "Plots allotted to Poulami, Rahul". The Times of India. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
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