Prasana Deb Raikut was the Forest and Excise Minister in the A. K. Fazlul Huq cabinet.
Career
Raikut was born in the Raikat family.
Raikut was elected to the Bengal Legislative Assembly as a scheduled caste candidate. He later represented the Rajbanshi people.
References
- Ahmed, Salahuddin (2004). Bangladesh: Past and Present. APH Publishing. p. 94. ISBN 978-81-7648-469-5.
- Harun-or-Rashid (2003). The Foreshadowing of Bangladesh: Bengal Muslim League and Muslim Politics, 1906-1947. The University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-984-05-1688-9.
- "The Raikut Heritage «". Retrieved 2025-01-13.
- Chatterjee, Chhanda (2020-06-14). Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the Hindu Dissent and the Partition of Bengal, 1932-1947. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-000-16378-0.
- Roy, Nirode Behari (1992). A People in Distress Being a Connected Account of the Names from 1812 A.D. Down to the Present Day Together with a Study of Their Antiquity. Kadambini Roy. p. 185.