Somnath Lahiri

Somnath Lahiri
সোমনাথ লাহিড়ী
Member of Constituent Assembly of India
In office 9 December 1946 – 24 January 1950
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 1967–1977
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Jatin Chakraborty
Constituency	Dhakuria
In office 1957–1967
Preceded by	Satyendra Kumar Basu
Succeeded by	Mani Sanyal
Constituency	Alipore
Minister of Information, Government of West Bengal
In office 1967-1968
Minister of Local Self Government, Development and Planning, West Bengal
In office 1969-1970
General Secretary of CPI (Interim)
In office 1935
Preceded by	S. S. Mirajkar
Succeeded by	P. C. Joshi
Personal details
Born	(1909-09-01)1 September 1909
Died	19 October 1984(1984-10-19) (aged 75)
Citizenship	Indian
Political party	Communist Party of India
Occupation	Political Activist and Writer

Somnath Lahiri (1 September 1909 – 19 October 1984)^[1] was an Indian statesman, writer and a leader of Communist Party of India. He was a member of Constituent Assembly of India from Bengal. He was later elected as a Member of West Bengal Legislative assembly from 1957 to 1977 and also served as a minister between 1967 and 1970.