Subash Ghisingh was an Indian politician who was the leader of Gorkha National Liberation Front, which he founded in 1980.
10 Facts About Subhash Ghisingh
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Subhash Ghisingh was the chairman of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council in West Bengal, India from 1988 to 2008.
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The hospital authorities released a statement stating that Subhash Ghisingh was suffering from pneumonia and liver cancer.
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In 1986, the Gorkhaland National Liberation Front under the leadership of Subhash Ghisingh demanded a separate state of Gorkhaland within India.
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Subhash Ghisingh became its chairman after winning the first council elections.
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Subhash Ghisingh remained the chairman of the DGHC for 20 years with his GNLF party winning the DGHC elections three times.
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Subhash Ghisingh resigned from the chairmanship of the DGHC in March 2008 and shifted residence to Jalpaiguri.
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Subhash Ghisingh's party contested the state assembly elections held on 18 April 2011 from three constituencies in the Darjeeling hills but lost all the three seats that it had won in the earlier election.
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Subhash Ghisingh left the Darjeeling hills again on 16 May 2011 on yet another political hibernation.
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Subhash Ghisingh later returned to Darjeeling ahead of the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 but remained politically inactive due to his poor health.