Sukumar Sen
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Sukumar Sen was an Indian civil servant who oversaw the country’s first general elections as its inaugural Chief Election Commissioner, helping to establish the foundations of India’s electoral democracy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sukumar Sen canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5738874 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sukumar Sen Context triple: [Chief Election Commissioner of India, firstHolder, Sukumar Sen]
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A.
Dibanath Sen
Dibanath Sen was the husband of legendary Indian Bengali film actress Suchitra Sen, belonging to a prominent Bengali family.
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B.
Chittaprosad Das
Chittaprosad Das was an Indian artist and political cartoonist known for his sharp anti-colonial and socially critical works, particularly his graphic documentation of the Bengal Famine of 1943.
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C.
Taraknath Bose
Taraknath Bose was an Indian revolutionary associated with the early nationalist and anti-colonial movements against British rule.
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D.
Gopabandhu Das
Gopabandhu Das was an eminent Indian freedom fighter, social worker, journalist, and poet from Odisha, revered as “Utkalmani” for his contributions to education, social reform, and the nationalist movement.
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E.
Satish Ranjan Das
Satish Ranjan Das was an Indian lawyer and educationist who conceived and led the creation of The Doon School as a premier public school modeled on British institutions for the Indian elite.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sukumar Sen Target entity description: Sukumar Sen was an Indian civil servant who oversaw the country’s first general elections as its inaugural Chief Election Commissioner, helping to establish the foundations of India’s electoral democracy.
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A.
Dibanath Sen
Dibanath Sen was the husband of legendary Indian Bengali film actress Suchitra Sen, belonging to a prominent Bengali family.
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B.
Chittaprosad Das
Chittaprosad Das was an Indian artist and political cartoonist known for his sharp anti-colonial and socially critical works, particularly his graphic documentation of the Bengal Famine of 1943.
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C.
Taraknath Bose
Taraknath Bose was an Indian revolutionary associated with the early nationalist and anti-colonial movements against British rule.
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D.
Gopabandhu Das
Gopabandhu Das was an eminent Indian freedom fighter, social worker, journalist, and poet from Odisha, revered as “Utkalmani” for his contributions to education, social reform, and the nationalist movement.
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E.
Satish Ranjan Das
Satish Ranjan Das was an Indian lawyer and educationist who conceived and led the creation of The Doon School as a premier public school modeled on British institutions for the Indian elite.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chief Election Commissioner of India
ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ person ⓘ |
| appointedAs | first Chief Election Commissioner of India ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
development of electoral procedures in a large, diverse democracy
ⓘ
institutionalization of the Election Commission of India ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Presidency College, Calcutta
ⓘ
linked to:
Presidency College, Kolkata
University of Calcutta ⓘ |
| employer | Government of India ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
electoral management
ⓘ
public administration ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasRole | inaugural head of the Election Commission of India ⓘ |
| helpedEstablish |
India’s electoral democracy
ⓘ
framework for free and fair elections in India ⓘ |
| knownFor |
laying the foundations of India’s electoral democracy
ⓘ
overseeing the first general elections in independent India ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Indian Civil Service ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Bengali ⓘ |
| notableWork |
design and implementation of India’s first nationwide electoral roll
ⓘ
establishing procedures for universal adult franchise in India ⓘ |
| occupation |
civil servant
ⓘ
election administrator ⓘ |
| oversaw |
1951–1952 Indian general election
ⓘ
first general elections to the Lok Sabha ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Bengal Presidency, British India
ⓘ
linked to:
Bengal Presidency
|
| positionHeld | Chief Election Commissioner of India ⓘ |
| precededBy | no previous Chief Election Commissioner (founding officeholder) ⓘ |
| workedOn |
logistics of conducting elections across India’s vast territory
ⓘ
voter registration under universal adult suffrage in India ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sukumar Sen Description of subject: Sukumar Sen was an Indian civil servant who oversaw the country’s first general elections as its inaugural Chief Election Commissioner, helping to establish the foundations of India’s electoral democracy.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
CEC of India