Facts: - profession: politician - term: 1999-2004 1998-2004 - successor: amitava nandy - party: bharatiya janata party - death date: 2 june 2014 - predecessor: nirmal kanti chatterjee - office: union minister of state member of parliament - constituency: dum dum , west bengal - birth date: 20 september 1944 - name: tapan sikdar - nationality: indian - religion: hindu Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of tapan sikdar .
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tapan sikdar -lrb- 20 september 1944 - 2 june 2014 -rrb- was a union minister of state in the national democratic alliance government of india and a bharatiya janata party politician .he was born on 20 september 1944 in jessore .his father dr.d.n .sikdar was a physician .his mother 's name was smt .bela rani sikdar .he was member of 12 and 13 lok sabha representing dum dum -lrb- lok sabha constituency -rrb- in west bengal .tapan shikdar died on 2 june 2014 in delhi , aiims due to respiratory problems .