Prafulla Chandra Ghosh

Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
Ghosh at Writers' Building in 1947
1st Premier of West Bengal
In office
15 August 1947 – 22 January 1948
GovernorChakravarti Rajagopalachari
Preceded byOffice Established
(Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy as Prime Minister of Bengal)
Succeeded byBidhan Chandra Roy
4th Chief Minister of West Bengal
In office
21 November 1967 – 20 February 1968
GovernorDharma Vira
Preceded byAjoy Kumar Mukherjee
Succeeded byPresident's rule
(Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee as Chief Minister)
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1957–1962
Preceded byKumar Deba Prosad Garga
Succeeded bySushil Kumar Dhara
ConstituencyMahisadal
In office
1967–1968
Preceded byMahendranath Mahato
Succeeded byPanchkari De
ConstituencyJhargram
Personal details
Born24 December 1891
Maliakanda, Bengal, British India[1][2][3][4]
Died18 December 1983(1983-12-18) (aged 91)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Political partyProgressive Democratic Front
Other political
affiliations
Indian National Congress Praja Socialist Party Independent
RelativesPriyanka Yoshikawa (great-granddaughter)
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta

Prafulla Chandra Ghosh (24 December 1891 – 18 December 1983) was the first Premier of West Bengal, India from 15 August 1947 to 14 August 1948. He also served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal in the "Progressive Democratic Alliance Front" government from 21 November 1967 to 20 February 1968.[5]

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