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Jyoti Basu (born Jyotirindra Basu; 8 July 1914 – 17 January 2010) was an Indian Marxist theorist, communist activist, and politician. He was one of the most prominent leaders of Communist movement in India .
Jul 8, 2019 · New Delhi: Jyoti Basu had many achievements to his name, such as being India’s longest-serving chief minister (overtaken by Pawan Kumar Chamling) and a beacon of India’s Communist movement. But in 1996, he came close to adding another feather to his cap — almost becoming India’s first Bengali and Marxist prime minister, eventually losing out to H.D. Deve Gowda when his Communist Party of India (Marxist) decided not to join the United Front government.
Jul 4, 2024 · Jyoti Basu (born July 8, 1914, Calcutta [now Kolkata], India—died Jan. 17, 2010, Kolkata) was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of West Bengal state from 1977 to 2000 and was a cofounder of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI [M]). Basu was the son of a physician, and he enjoyed an affluent childhood.
ABOUT US. The site was initially conceptualised and developed by IIIM, Kolkata in association with 'Pather Panchali'.The exquisite singer and proponent of Rabindra Sangeet Smt. Suchitra Mitra inaugurated the site in presence of Sri Jyoti Basu on 8th July 2008. Presently maintained by JyotiBasu Centre for Social Studies and Research" .
Jan 17, 2010 · The charismatic 95-year-old Basu fondly called Jyoti Babu,one of the tallest leaders of the Communist movement who strode the political scene like a colossus for over six decades,breathed his last at 11:47 am at the AMRI Hospital where he was admitted with a pneumonia attack on January one. “I have a sad announcement to make.
Jan 17, 2010 · Veteran Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Jyoti Basu was born on July 8,1914 as Jyoti Kiran Basu into an upper middle-class Bengali family in Kolkata (previously known as Calcutta). *His father,Nishikanta Basu,was a doctor from the village of Bardi in Dhaka District,East Bengal (now in Bangladesh),while his mother Hemalata Basu ...
Jan 18, 2010 · Jan. 17, 2010. NEW DELHI Jyoti Basu, a powerful leftist leader who dominated politics in the state of West Bengal for more than two decades and nearly became India’s first Communist prime ...
