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- He was the Chief Minister of West Bengal during the
period 1961–1967.
- He remained a bachelor with an undemanding lifestyle.
- He passionately championed the upliftment of village
industry including home-spun cloth or khadi.
- For most of his later life, he wore only khadi and a
week before he died, sold khadi from a newly opened shop to
inaugurate its sale.
- According to The Independent dated 28 September
1990, Sen was “ a fiery freedom fighter from Bengal
state in Eastern India and later the state's Chief Minister,
practised a selfless and principled brand of politics long
forgotten in India today.
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