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'''Kamal Kumar Basu''' (22 August 1918 – 21 January 2013)<ref name="Sansad">{{cite book | title=Sansad Bengali Charitabhidhan Vol.II | publisher= Sahitya Sansad, Kolkata | author= Anjali Bose | year=2019 | pages=79 | isbn=978-81-7955-292-6}}</ref> was a [[Bengali people|Bengali]] Indian politician who had served as a Mayor of Kolkata, India between 1985 and 1990.<ref name= IANS>{{cite web<br />
| url = http://in.news.yahoo.com/former-kolkata-mayor-kamal-basu-dead-175401202.html<br />
| title = Former Kolkata mayor Kamal Basu dead<br />
| accessdate = 2013-01-26 | work = Indo-Asian News Service | publisher = yahoo.com, 21 January 2013 }}</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Born to a progressive family, that included his grandfather, barrister [[Bhupendra Nath Bose]], a former president of the [[Indian National Congress]], he had studied economics at the [[Scottish Church College]], and eventually earned a master's degree in [[political science]] from the [[University of Calcutta]], where he subsequently studied law.<ref name= TNN>{{cite news<br />
| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Former-Kolkata-mayor-Kamal-Basu-passes-away/articleshow/18125534.cms<br />
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140116130215/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-22/kolkata/36483509_1_kamal-basu-cpm-office-alimuddin-street<br />
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| archive-date = 16 January 2014<br />
| title = Former Kolkata mayor Kamal Basu passes away<br />
| access-date = 2013-01-26 | work = [[The Times of India]]<br />
| date=22 January 2013}}</ref><ref name= TT>{{cite news<br />
| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100829/jsp/calcutta/story_12849710.jsp<br />
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130216213642/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100829/jsp/calcutta/story_12849710.jsp<br />
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| archive-date = 16 February 2013<br />
| title = Saviour of rajbati<br />
| accessdate = 2013-01-26 | work = The Telegraph | publisher = telegraphindia.com, 29 August 2010 | location=Calcutta, India | date=29 August 2010}}</ref> He had joined a solicitor firm BN Basu & Co after passing law.<br />
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==Career in politics and social life==<br />
At an early age, he joined the [[Communist Party of India]] and became a [[Member of Parliament]] for the [[Lok Sabha]], from West Bengal's [[Diamond Harbour (Lok Sabha constituency)|Diamond Harbour]] in the [[South 24 Parganas district]] in 1952.<ref name= IANS/> In 1964, [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India|when CPI split up]], he joined the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. He was associated with the CPI(M) for over four decades.<ref name= TNN/><br />
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==Later life==<br />
He became Calcutta's mayor in 1985. He was also actively associated with the establishment of [[Salt Lake Stadium]], as a founder secretary of the society for sports and stadium.<ref name= TNN/> He used to make on-the-spot supervisions during its construction.<ref name= TT/> He was also a patron of the [[Mohun Bagan]] club.<ref name= TNN/><br />
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During the [[Sino-Indian War]] of 1962, he fought a legal battle on behalf of his [[Communist Party of India]] comrades who had been detained by the [[Government of India]], on suspected loyalties.<ref name= TT/><br />
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His efforts were instrumental in saving the [[Shobhabazar Rajbari]], often described as the native Town Hall, from destruction.<ref name= TT/><br />
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==Death==<br />
He died in a private nursing home on 21 January 2013 at the age of 94.<ref name= TNN/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*Debasis Bose, ''Kamal Kumar Basur Paribarik Prekshapat'' (in Bengali), Kolkata, 2010.<br />
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