| Biman Basu বিমান বসু | |
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| Born | 1940-07-01 (age 86) Calcutta, Bengal, British India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
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Biman Bose is an Indian politician who was once state Secretary of the West Bengal Communist Party of India (Marxist).[1] He was later succeeded by his trusted aide, Surya Kanta Mishra, although he remained a Politburo member of the party.[2] He is also Chairman of the Left Front committee of West Bengal.[3][4]
Life
Biman Bose was an alumnus of Maulana Azad College, under the University of Calcutta. During his educational experience, Bose was known to be involved in political and social activities. He participated in an election campaign during an assembly bye-election in 1954, while he was still in school. Though he was recommended for Party in 1957, he was not granted a position until 1958 due to the minimum age requirement being 18 years old. He participated in the movement against Bengal-Bihar merger in 1956 as well as the food movement in 1959, and was imprisoned in 1958.[5] Secretary of the Bengal Provincial Students’ Federation, Kolkata district, and vice-president of the BPSF in 1964, Bose carried on his work as the Assistant Secretary of Indo-Vietnam Solidarity Committee in the mid-1960s. He was the first All India Secretary of Students Federation of India in 1970. He became a member of the West Bengal State Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 1971 and a Secretariat member in 1978. He was elected as a member of the CPI (M) Central Committee in 1985 and as a member of the Politburo in 1998.[6]
References
- ↑ Surya Kanta Mishra replaces Biman Bose as CPI(M) Bengal unit secretary. Business Standard(2015-03-13). Retrieved 2015-03-16.
- ↑ CPM politburo meet on poll debacle on(2009-05-18). Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ↑ National : Biman Bose will stay: Jyoti Basu(2007-05-05). Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ↑ The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Bengal | New faces crowd Left Front civic poll list. Telegraphindia.com(2010-04-18). Retrieved 2012-07-09.
- ↑ Com. BIMAN BASU, West Bengal State Committee, CPI (M). CPI (M) West Bengal State Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ Com. BIMAN BASU, West Bengal State Committee, CPI (M). CPI (M) West Bengal State Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2014.