Chitta Basu (politician)

Chitta Basu
General Secretary of All India Forward Bloc
In office
19 March 1979 – 5 October 1997
Preceded byR. K. Haldulkar
Succeeded byDebabrata Biswas
Member of parliament, Lok Sabha for Barasat
In office
1989 – 5 October 1997
Preceded byTarun Kanti Ghosh
Succeeded byRanjit Kumar Panja
In office
1977–1984
Preceded byRanendranath Sen
Succeeded byTarun Kanti Ghosh
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly for Barasat
In office
1957–1962
Preceded byAmulyadhan Mukhopadhyay
Succeeded byH. K. Basu
Personal details
Born25 December 1926
Dacca, Bengal Presidency, British India
(now Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Died5 October 1997(1997-10-05) (aged 70)
Bihar, India
NationalityIndian
Political partyForward Bloc
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta

Chitta Basu (25 December 1926 – 5 October 1997) was an Indian politician and a leader of the All India Forward Bloc.[1] He served as the General Secretary of the party from 1979 till his death in 1997.[2] In his obituary, The Indian Express described Basu as belonging to the rare tribe of politicians who did politics for a cause and practiced what they preached.[3] Barasat was his Indian Parliamentary constituency for over two decades.

  1. ^ Mishra, Mayank (6 October 1997). "Chitta Basu: A Man of Determination And Courage". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Forward Bloc leader Chitta Basu dead". Rediff.com. 6 October 1997. Retrieved 12 October 2018.
  3. ^ Banerjee, Santanu (6 October 1997). "Chitta Basu dies in sleep aboard Howrah-bound train". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 August 1999. Retrieved 12 October 2018.