Talk:Dinesh Chandra Dakua

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 12:58, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

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• ... that in 1987 Dinesh Chandra Dakua became the first member of the Rajbanshi people to become a West Bengal government minister?

• Source: Nandini Basistha. Politics of Separatism. K.K. Publications, 2022. p. 127

• • Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/CSS-10 (aircraft)

Created by Soman (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 419 past nominations.

Soman (talk) 16:38, 15 February 2025 (UTC).

• Date, size, QPQ, copyvio and ref spotchecks, all GTG. I am mildly concerned about the hook, which may be passable but is pretty boring. How about one based on the fact that his house was attacked at some point? It could draw more views while still being neutral (unlike drawing attention to his political views, I think). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 03:46, 17 February 2025 (UTC)
  • Hi. I'd say that it took from independence up to 1987 for the Rajbanshi people to have a cabinet minister is a notable fact. An ALT hook on the 2016 violence is possible, but I'd say that this would be the most hookworthy factoid of the article. --Soman (talk) 10:43, 4 March 2025 (UTC)
    • @Soman: I did not notice your reply until now - please ping me if you reply here (I don't watchlist DYKs I review, and my watchlist is mostly unusable). Anyway, I am okay with WP:30, but maybe you could prose and ALT0, which would include the part about "from independence up to 1987 for the Rajbanshi people to have a cabinet minister"? Something like "that x years after West Bengal independence, Dinesh Chandra Dakua became the first government minister from the Rajbanshi people in the country?" --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 02:22, 11 March 2025 (UTC)
      • • hi Piotrus. How about ALT1 - "... that it took 40 years after the formation of the state of West Bengal before a member of Rajbanshi people became a government minister? --Soman (talk) 09:32, 11 March 2025 (UTC)
          • Soman Works for me :) --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 06:01, 12 March 2025 (UTC)