Puran Chand Joshi

Puran Chand Joshi
Joshi in 1937
General Secretary of the Communist Party of India
In office
1936–1947
Preceded byGangadhar Adhikari
Succeeded byB. T. Ranadive
Personal details
Born(1907-04-14)14 April 1907
Almora, Arga and Oudh, British India (now Uttarakhand, India)
Died9 November 1980(1980-11-09) (aged 73)
Delhi, India
Political partyCommunist Party of India
SpouseKalpana Datta
Alma materAllahabad University
OccupationFreedom fighter, leader

Puran Chand Joshi (14 April 1907 – 9 November 1980), one of the early leaders of the communist movement in India. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of India from 1935 to 1947.