of Assam from his home constituency of Silchar till May, 2011. Mr. Dev is also a certified and professionally qualified Football Referee. In his earlier years Mr. Dev was also the winner of the All Assam Lawn Tennis Championship. An avid reader, Mr Dev is personally inspired by Famous Bengali writers like Bankim Chandra Chatterjee and Rabindranath Tagore. In September 2009 his daughter Sushmita Dev was elected chairperson of the Silchar Municipality making her the fourth generation of the Dev family to enter active politics. In March 2011, Sushmita Dev became the MLA of Assam Legislative Assembly from Silchar constituency and in 2014 she became the member of parliament from her hometown Silchar constituency. References External links Santosh Mohan sees ‘India Shining’ in the down-trodden Indian Parliament Members' Fact File Sontosh Mohan Dev: Information from Answers.com Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website |- |- |- |- Bengali politicians 1934 births 2017 deaths India MPs 2004–2009 Members of the Cabinet of India People from Cachar district People from Silchar India MPs 1980–1984 India MPs 1984–1989 India MPs 1989–1991 India MPs 1991–1996 India MPs 1996–1997 Lok Sabha members from Assam Lok Sabha members from Tripura People from West Tripura district India MPs 1999–2004 Tripura politicians