Jyoti Basu
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Basu in 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6th Chief Minister of West Bengal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 21 June 1977 – 5 November 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Governor | See list
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| Deputy | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (from 12 January 1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | President's rule (Siddhartha Shankar Ray as Chief Minister) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 Sonargaon, 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 a member of Politburo of the party since its formation in 1964 till 2008. He was also a 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 it 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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