Bidesh Ranjan Bose

{{short description|Indian politician and former footballer}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Bidesh Ranjan Bose

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|11|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kalna, West Bengal, India

| office = Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly

| term_start = 6 May 2021

| predecessor = Idris Ali

| constituency = Uluberia Purba

| party = All India Trinamool Congress

| profession = footballer, politician

| awards = Banga Bhushan (2014)

}}

Bidesh Ranjan Bose, also known as Bidesh Bose or Bidesh Basu (born 15 November 1953),{{Cite web|title=~::West Bengal Youth and Sports Department ::~|url=https://wbsportsandyouth.gov.in/sports_personnel#|access-date=2021-07-11|website=wbsportsandyouth.gov.in}} is a former Indian Bengali international footballer and politician from West Bengal.{{Cite news |date=8 April 2021 |title=New game for former soccer star Bidesh Bose in this Assy poll |url=http://www.uniindia.com/new-game-for-former-soccer-star-bidesh-bose-in-this-assy-poll/east/news/2365277.html |work=United News of India}} As a player, he appeared with Mohun Bagan AC in club football.{{cite web|title=Club Day: Mohun Bagan - All Time Best XI|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/105/main/2008/10/07/899558/club-day-mohun-bagan-all-time-best-xi|website=www.goal.com|publisher=Goal|date=7 October 2008|access-date=29 October 2013|archive-date=8 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108071208/https://www.goal.com/en-india/news/105/main/2008/10/07/899558/club-day-mohun-bagan-all-time-best-xi|url-status=dead}} He won the Uluberia Purba constituency seat in 2021 West Bengal assembly election as candidate of All India Trinamool Congress.{{Cite web|title=Bidesh Ranjan Bose(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- ULUBERIA PURBA(HOWRAH) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=https://myneta.info/WestBengal2021/candidate.php?candidate_id=819|access-date=2021-07-11|website=myneta.info}}{{Cite web|url=https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/show-profile/MTM2MDU=/MTY=/MTA=/Mw==/QUM=|title = Election Commission of India}} He was awarded Banga Bhushan by the Government of West Bengal in 2014.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/state-government-to-confer-banga-awards-on-may-20/article6021369.ece|title=State government to confer Banga awards on May 20|author=Staff Reporter|newspaper=The Hindu|date=18 May 2014|via=www.thehindu.com|access-date=17 August 2020|archive-date=14 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114214445/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/state-government-to-confer-banga-awards-on-may-20/article6021369.ece}}