Member of the Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 January 1992
General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
In office 11 April 2005 (2005-04-11) – 19 April 2015 (2015-04-19)
Preceded by
Harkishan Singh Surjeet
Succeeded by
Sitaram Yechury
Personal details
Born
(1948-02-07) 7 February 1948 (age 76) Letpandan, Kachin State, Burma
Nationality
Indian
Political party
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Spouse
Brinda Karat
(m. 1975)
Relatives
Radhika Roy (sister-in-law)
Sunil Karat(Nephew)
Adv. Indira.A.V. (Niece)
Residence(s)
New Delhi, India
Alma mater
University of Madras University of Edinburgh Jawaharlal Nehru University
Prakash Karat (born 7 February 1948) is an Indian Communist politician. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 2005 to 2015.[1][2][3][4]
^"Prakash Karat re-elected as CPI(M) general secretary". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 3 April 2008.
^Karat re-elected CPI-M general secretary Archived 19 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^"Prakash Karat in CPI-M general secretary". Rediff.
^Mukul, Akshaya (20 April 2015). "1969 Telangana agitation brought Sitaram Yechury to Delhi". The Economic Times.
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Ritabrata claimed that he was not against the party and only against PrakashKarat, Brinda Karat and Mohammed Salim. The Hindu (13 April 2017). "CPI (M) expels...
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central government in the recent past. Also, CPI(M) general secretary PrakashKarat said in an interview, "15 seats are being contested jointly by Left...
Across time and continents: a tribute to Victor G. Kiernan (edited by PrakashKarat; 2003). ISBN 81-87496-34-7. Tariq Ali (20 February 2009). "Victor Kiernan:...
scheme: PrakashKarat in Tripura". The Indian Express. Agartala. PTI. 13 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023. Senior CPI(M) leader PrakashKarat said...
Surjeet may kick up a storm Singh, Bajinder Pal, 3 June 2008. "Surjeet-Karat spat? It's fiction". Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. "Breaking...
should reconsider the decision. From Tamil Nadu House, Surjeet called PrakashKarat to tell leaders to stay back for an emergency meeting. But the Central...
independent foreign policy. On 8 July 2008, the General Secretary of CPI(M), PrakashKarat, announced that the Left was withdrawing its support over the decision...
India Palagummi Sainath Renowned journalist, Ramon Magsaysay Laureate PrakashKarat M.Phil & PhD Former General Secretary of Communist Party of India Marxist...
Win – Essays on the Communist Manifesto (co-editors Aijaz Ahmed and PrakashKarat) "Discontinued Awards – AHA". Historians.org. "Obituary by Anil Nauriya...
independence, 1857–1859. Moscow: Foreign Languages Pub. House. OCLC 9234264. PrakashKarat, 1857: In The Hearts And Minds Of People Archived 2011-07-16 at the...
Kachin State of north-eastern Burma. Former Indian Communist leader PrakashKarat was born here. Maplandia world gazetteer Satellite map at Maplandia...
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