Member of Politburo, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
In office 1964–2008
Home Minister of West Bengal
In office 21 June 1977 – 1996
In office 25 February 1969 – 16 March 1970[1]
Succeeded by
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
Other state Ministry offices
Minister of Planning and Development
In office 21 June 1977 – 5 November 2000
Minister of Finance
In office 1982–1984
Succeeded by
Ashok Mitra
Minister of General administration
In office 1977–2000
In office 1969–1970
Minister of Commerce, Industries and Industrial Reconstruction
In office 1993–2000
Preceded by
Kanailal Bhattacharyya
Succeeded by
Nirupam Sen
Personal details
Born
Jyotirindra Basu
(1914-07-08)8 July 1914 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died
17 January 2010(2010-01-17) (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
Chandan Basu
Alma mater
Presidency College, Kolkata University College, London London School of Economics Middle Temple
Signature
Website
https://jyotibasu.net/
Jyoti Basu (born Jyotirindra Basu; 8 July 1914 – 17 January 2010)[2] was an Indian Marxist theorist, communist activist, and politician. He was one of the most prominent leaders of Communist movement in India.[3][4] He served as the 6th and longest serving Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000.[5][6][7] He was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the member of Politburo of the party since its formation in 1964 till 2008. He was also the member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly 11 times.[8] 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.[9][a] He was proposed for the post of Prime Minister of India for four times.
^"Last colossus of Bengal politics". Hindustan Times. 18 January 2010.
^"Obituary: Jyoti Basu". 17 January 2010. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^"Jyoti Basu obituary | India | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com.
^Pandey, Samyak (8 July 2019). "Jyoti Basu, the beacon of Indian Communism who almost became prime minister".
^"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.
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