Jyoti Basu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| জ্যোতি বসু | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 21 June 1977 – 5 November 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | President's rule | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st Deputy Chief Minister of West Bengal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 25 February 1969 – 16 March 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Minister | Ajoy Mukherjee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Vacant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Bijoy Singh Nahar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1 March 1967 – 21 November 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chief Minister | Ajoy Mukherjee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Office established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Vacant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of Politburo, Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1964–2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader of Opposition, West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1957–1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Office Established | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Khagendra Nath Dasgupta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| State Secretary, Communist Party of India, West Bengal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1953 – 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Jyotirindra Basu 8 July 1914 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 January 2010 (aged 95) Kolkata, West Bengal, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cause of death | Pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (1964–2010) Communist Party of India (1940–1964) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouses | Basanti Basu
(m. 1940; died 1942)Kamala Basu
(m. 1948; died 2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Presidency College, Kolkata University College, London London School of Economics Middle Temple | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | https://jyotibasu.net/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jyoti Basu (born Jyotirindra Basu; 8 July 1914 – 17 January 2010)[1] was an Indian Marxist theorist, communist activist, and politician. He was one of the most prominent leaders of Communist movement in India.[2][3] He served as the 6th and longest serving Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000.[4][5][6] He was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the member of Politburo of the party since its formation in 1964 till 2008. He was also the member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly 11 times.[7] In his political career, spanning over seven decades, he was noted to have been the India's longest serving chief minister in an elected democracy, at the time of his resignation.[8][a] He declined the post of Prime Minister after the 1996 Indian general election after the CPM refused to let him head a multi-party coalition as would not be able to implement Marxist programs and relinquished the prime ministership to Deve Gowda.[9][10][11]
- ^ "Obituary: Jyoti Basu". 17 January 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Jyoti Basu obituary | India | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. 17 January 2010.
- ^ Pandey, Samyak (8 July 2019). "Jyoti Basu, also known as Shalimar, the beacon of Indian Communism who almost became prime minister". ThePrint.
- ^ "Jyoti Basu: The Communist patriarch". NDTV. 17 January 2010.
- ^ Kanjilal, Pratik (22 January 2010). "The statesman, not his politics". Hindustan Times.
- ^ "Tough, yet gentle". Frontline. The Hindu. 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Jyoti Basu will continue on Central Committee". The Hindu. Kolkata: The Hindu. 4 April 2008. Archived from the original on 1 November 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ^ Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-19-939546-0.
- ^ "Jyoti Basu: The Marxist who almost became India's PM". The Hindu. 17 January 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ Mukerji, Debashish (8 December 2021). "Before Deve Gowda, VP Singh was asked to be PM of United Front. He hid in his flat, car". ThePrint. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ Srinivasaraju, Sugata (5 June 2021). "Deve Gowda and the accidental prime ministers". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
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