Surya Singh Besra is a political activist and prominent political leader. He is the founder secretary of All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) and Jharkhand People's Party (JPP). He was a member of the 10th Bihar Legislative Assembly, elected from the Ghatshila constituency in 1990. He is popularly known for Jharkhand statehood movement.
Personal life Surya Singh Besra (born 1955 or 1956) was born at Barakanjia, Dumaria, then in Singhbhum district of Bihar (now East Singhbhum district, Jharkhand), in a Santali ethnolinguistic Mahali family. His father was Sawna Besra, who worked as government employee. He attended Parulia Primary School near his village and Astokoshi High School, Bhalukpatra, completing matriculation under the Bihar School Examination Board. He graduated from Ghatsila College and obtained a Master of Arts in Santali from the Department of Tribal and Regional Languages, Ranchi University.
He is married to Kunti Besra, who was as a nurse by profession, and they have three children: Neetisha, Neelam, and Saurav. Surya Singh Besra is also a known figure in Santali literature. He received the Sahitya Akademi Translation Award in 2017 for his work Matkam Rasa, a Santali translation of Harivansh Rai Bachchan’s renowned Hindi work Madhushala.
Political career
+ Electoral history of Besra Election House Constituency Party Vote gained % Result 2024Lok Sabha Jhargram 19,494 1.31% 2019Jamshedpur 1,717 0.99% 2004 11,057 1.42% 2024Jharkhand Legislative AssemblyGhatsila 527 0.28% 2019 2,255 1.33% 2014 Potka 12,177 6.55% 2009 Ghatsila 28,561 22.52% 2005Potka 21,162 15.97% 2000Bihar Legislative Assembly 20,421 20.05% 1995Ghatsila 7,914 6.72% 1990 25,054 31.74% 1985 20,134 31.96%
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