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Occupation
  
Actor, Politician

Spouse
  
Arpita Baker


Name
  
George Baker

Role
  
Indian Politician

Residence
  
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Born
  
28 October 1946 (age 77) (
1946-10-28
)
Tezpur, Assam, India

Known for
  
Movies
  
Chameli Memsaab, Bow Barracks Forever, Minister Fatakeshto, Love

Similar People
  
Anjan Dutt, Jeet Ganguly, Swapan Saha, Neel Dutt, Riingo Banerjee

Political party
  
Bharatiya Janata Party

George Baker (born 28 October 1946), is an Indian actor and politician. He has been a prolific actor in Assamese & Bengali movies since the late 1970s. He is one of the two Members of Parliament appointed by the president under Article 331 (Anglo-Indian) of the Indian Constitution. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2014 and contested and lost the Lok Sabha elections from the Howrah constituency during the Indian general election, 2014.

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Early life and education

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Baker was born in Tezpur, Assam, on 28 October 1946. His initial education was in Lucknow at La Martiniere College. He was a National level junior in Boxing and Swimming during this period. He later joined the Assam Engineering College but had to leave midway since his father died. He completed a two-year course in Permanent Way Engineering and joined the Northeast Frontier Railway zone in the Engineering Department. He served here for two years and then quit to start his own business.

Acting career (Early 1970s – present)

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Baker made his first foray into Assamese cinema in 1974. He played the protagonist in the Assamese film Chameli Memsaab [1]. This film went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese at the 23rd National Film Awards. He played the role of Berkeley, a British planter who falls for a native girl, Chameli, (played by Binita Borgohain) and is later accused for her murder. Baker later played the same role in the Bengali version of the same movie.

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He went on to act in numerous Bengali movies, Jatra (theatre), television films, serials mostly playing parts of British Expatriates. He has also been part of roving theatre groups.

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Over the years he has acted in films of five languages - Bengali, Assamese, English, Hindi & Santhali.

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More recently he played the role of Sir William Eckhardt in Parineeta (2005 film) and Mr. Ramsey in Bhooter Bhabishyat .

Political career (2014)

On 27 February 2014, the Bharatiya Janata Party announced Baker as their candidate for the Indian general election, 2014 from the Howrah (Lok Sabha constituency) [2].

On 23 July 2015, he was appointed to the 16th Lok Sabha as one of the two appointed members representing the Anglo-Indian community along with Richard Hay.

On 24 June 2017, he was attacked and hospitalised by a mob, allegedly of Trinamool Congress members.

References

George Baker (Indian actor) Wikipedia