Grandson of Nandalal Bose, Who Had to Move SC to Restore Name Excluded From Electoral Roll After SIR, Passes Away
New Delhi: Suprabuddha Sen, who was the grandson of renowned modern artist Nandalal Bose, passed away on Monday morning at the age of 88. Since the last few days, Sen was admitted to a hospital in Durgapur after he complained of breathing difficulties, reported Indian Express.
Notably, Sen, and his spouse Deepa Sen, 82, were both excluded from the electoral roll of West Bengal as a result of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of the Election Commission of India (ECI).
“His passing is an irreparable loss for us. This void will not be easy to fill,” said Chakradhar Nayak, a member of his family.
Sen and his spouse had been living in their ancestral Santiniketan home since he retired from Damodar Valley Corporation in 1996. Residents of Visva-Bharati in Santiniketan mourned his death.
Sen was the son of Jamuna Sen, the youngest daughter of Nandalal Bose. Bose was one of the pioneers of Indian art and served for many years as the principal of Kala Bhavana.
He is remembered for his role in illustrating the original manuscript of the Indian Constitution and for his iconic linocut of Mahatma Gandhi during the Dandi March.
Sen had moved Supreme Court after both he and his spouse were excluded following the FIR.
“What will I say? I really do not know why my name was deleted. Only those who deleted my name can give the reason. I do not feel bad that I won’t be able to vote this time, but I just have to take it in stride that the two parties fighting led to the deletion of our names,” Sen had told The Indian Express, after being excluded from electoral roll.
Thereafter, the Supreme Court had asked Sen to approach the special tribunal hearing cases of deletion of names from electoral rolls during the SIR.
The tribunal had ordered his name to be included in the voters’ list just before the first phase of polling for the West Bengal Assembly elections on April 23.
But on the day the voting, booth officials turned Sen and his spouse away and the couple was able to cast their votes only after the issue was brought to the notice of the district magistrate and ECI officials.
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