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Suranjan Das

Suranjan Das (22 February 1920 – 10 January 1970) was a pilot in the Indian Air Force. He joined the Royal Indian Air Force during the Second World War and was among the first pilots to be sent to Empire Test Pilots School to a test pilot for the Indian Air Force. He was a group captain. He commanded the Halwara Air Force Station Base between 1967 and 1969 and was the director of the Aircraft & Armament Testing Group of the Indian Air Force from 1969 until his death. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan posthumously in 1970. He was the son of Sudhi Ranjan Das. He died in an air crash while test flying a HAL HF-24 prototype.

The entire 4.1-km stretch of the road connecting Old Madras Road and Old Airport Road, Bangalore, is named Suranjan Das Road after Group Captain Suranjan Das. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Goondas towards a reconstruction of the Calcutta under world by Das, Suranjan

    Published 1996
    Other Authors: “…Das, Suranjan;Ray, Jayanta K…”
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    Communal riots in Bengal 1905-1947 by Das, Suranjan

    Published 1991
    Other Authors: “…Das, Suranjan…”
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    Food movement of 1959 Documenting a turning point in the history of West Bengal by Das, Suranjan, eds

    Published 2004
    Other Authors: “…Bandopadhyay, Premansu K.;Das, Suranjan…”
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    Caste and communal politics in South Asia by Das, Suranjan, eds

    Published 1993
    Other Authors: “…Bandopadhyay, Sekhar;Das, Suranjan…”
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    Electoral politics in South Asia by Basu, Subho, eds

    Published 2000
    Other Authors: “…Basu, Subho;Das, Suranjan…”
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    Food movement of 1959 : documenting a turning point in the history of West Bengal /

    Published 2004
    Other Authors: “…Das, Suranjan…”
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