Author:

Dr.Arun Ghosh
1Assistant Professor
Department in History
Darjeeling Government College
Darjeeling,West Bengal,India

Email: arunghosh76@gmail.com

Abstract::Abstract:The Kamtapur movement is one of the notable movements in post-independent North Bengal
demanding a separate state. And the Kamtapur People’s Party played an important role in leading this
Kamtapur movement. Atul Roy and Nikhil Roy were the main initiator of the formation of Kamtapur
People’s Party (KPP). They both were in Congress party once a time. After Congress party, Atul Roy
joined the Uttarkhanda party. He even contested for the post of Uttarkhanda party president against
Sampad Roy and was defeated by him. Nikhil Roy’s (teacher by profession) wife, Sonamoni Roy, was a
member of Gram Panchayat (of Congress party) at that time. Though being a Congress leader he was
appreciated locally but because of inner conflict within leaders he left the Congress party. During that
time when he was thinking of forming a new political party for the overall development of North Bengal
Atul Roy was introduced to Nikhil Roy. The Kamtapur People’s Party was formed on 7th January 1996 at
the residence of Nikhil Roy at Daukimari of Dhupguri of Jalpaiguri district on the initiatives of these two
people. The main objective of the party is to agitate peacefully in a democratic way for the formation of a
separate state of Kamtapur consisting of the six districts of North Bengal.

Key Words::Language, Movement, Organization, Rajbanshi,Separate State etc