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| name = Chittabrata Majumdar<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|8|14|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Dhaka]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|2|20|1935|8|14|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kolkata]] <br />
| occupation = Political leader<br />
| spouse = Sabitri Majumdar<br />
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'''Chittabrata Majumdar''' (14 August 1935<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2007/0225/02252007_com%20chittada.htm |title=Comrade Chittabrata Majumdar Passes Away |website=archives.peoplesdemocracy.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330164209/http://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2007/0225/02252007_com%20chittada.htm |archive-date=2015-03-30}} </ref> &ndash; 20 February 2007) was an Indian politician. He was general secretary of [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]] (CITU), the trade union wing of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] from 2003 till his death. He was a member of the [[Politburo]], or executive committee, of the party.<ref name= "FEobit">{{cite news<br />
| url = http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=155517<br />
| title = Chittabrata Majumdar passes away | access-date = 2007-02-21 <br />
| publisher = Financial Express }}</ref> Upon his death, his body was donated to a hospital <ref>{{cite news<br />
| url = http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/22/stories/2007022202241400.htm<br />
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070227060548/http://www.hindu.com/2007/02/22/stories/2007022202241400.htm<br />
| url-status = dead<br />
| archive-date = 27 February 2007<br />
| title = Majumdar's body donated to city hospital | access-date = 2007-02-23 <br />
| location=Chennai, India | work = [[The Hindu]]<br />
| date=22 February 2007}}</ref><br />
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==Formative years==<br />
Born at [[Dhaka]], now in [[Bangladesh]] in 1935, he joined the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) while still a student of [[Bangabasi College]] in 1954. After graduating in science he obtained another degree in textile technology.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://citu.org.in/generalsecretary.htm | title = Chittabrata Majumdar, General Secretary, CITU<br />
| access-date = 2007-02-23 | publisher = CITU website<br />
}}</ref> When [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India|CPI split in 1964]], he joined CPI(M).<ref name= "FEobit"/><br />
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==Political career==<br />
Majumdar was first elected to the [[West Bengal state assembly]] in 1967 and was minister in charge of [[Cottage industries|cottage]] and [[Small Scale Industry|small-scale industries]]. As a member of the Politburo, he was also deeply involved in inter-party politics, and rose quickly within the party. He was a member of the district secretariat in Howrah in 1968, a member of the state committee in 1982, general secretary of state unit of CITU in 1991 and general secretary at the national level in 2003. As a CITU leader, he visited many countries, including the UK, Switzerland, Malaysia, France, Austria, North Korea, China and the then USSR.<ref name="FEobit" /><br />
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Majumdar was elected a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] in 2004.<ref name="FEobit" /> His nomination was viewed by his party as a way to "reflect the views of the working millions."<ref>{{cite news|date=5 June 2004|title=Chittabrata cleared as RS nominee|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-06-05/kolkata/27160072_1_rs-nominee-chittabrata-majumdar-state-committee-meeting|url-status=dead|access-date=2007-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017232539/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2004-06-05/kolkata/27160072_1_rs-nominee-chittabrata-majumdar-state-committee-meeting|archive-date=17 October 2012}}</ref><br />
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Speaking during the CPM central committee’s session at Kolkata in January 2007, which discussed land policy, Majumdar emphasized, "That policy only speaks of land for [[special economic zone]]s (SEZs). The party has so far not taken any decision on how to deal with land acquisition for other industries."<ref>{{cite web<br />
| url =http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070103/asp/bengal/story_7214141.asp <br />
| title = CPM split on policy, not Bengal - State unit tries to clear 'confusion' on Singur<br />
| access-date = 2007-02-23 | publisher = The Telegraph 3 January 2007.}}</ref><br />
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Majumdar opposed [[foreign direct investment in India]], which he believed compromised India's self-reliance.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4296215.stm | title = India seeks to boost construction | access-date = 2007-02-23 | publisher = BBC News 24 February 2005 | date=24 February 2005}}</ref><br />
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