Jyoti Basu

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Jyoti Basu (July 8, 1914) is a politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from West Bengal, India. He served as the Chief Minister of Bengal from 1977 to 2000, was India's longest-serving Chief Minister.


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Jyoti Basu
জ্যোতি বসু
Jyoti Basu
Chief Minister of West Bengal
In office
21 June 1977–6 November 2000
Preceded by Siddhartha Shankar Ray
Succeeded by Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
Personal details
Born 8 July 1914(1914-07-08)
Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Died 17 January 2010(2010-01-17) (aged 95)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Nationality Indian
Political party Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Residence Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Alma mater Presidency College, Kolkata
Religion Atheism
Website www.jyotibasu.net
As of 17 January, 2010
Source: Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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For men of honour
Hindustan Times - 1 day, 3 hours ago
Last Saturday, Sanjaya Baru said there is one man who, more than any other, deserves the Bharat Ratna but, he fears, might never get it: Atal Bihari Vajpayee. was the PM's media advisor he suggested both Vajpayee and Jyoti Basu should be conferred the ...


CPI (M) meet to discuss MoI, RP 2021
Times of India - 1 week ago
... role in organizing more sections in their struggle for livelihood and higher living standards. The conference was inaugurated by Vivek Monteiro, noted scientist and trade union leader, on Saturday at the venue-Comrade Jyoti Basu Nagar in Porvorim.


AMRI action to fight bias slur
Calcutta Telegraph - 1 week, 1 day ago
Mani Chhetri, 91, once famous for being Jyoti Basu's doctor, and Pronab Dasgupta, a reputable gynaecologist in his sixties, were picked up from their homes in Ballygunge following an apparent push from chief minister Mamata Banerjee earlier this week.


The house Bengal never built
Calcutta Telegraph - 2 weeks, 6 days ago
Jyoti Basu's former home, which Mamata wants to rename after the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam against the wishes of both ally and arch-rival, apparently has all the credentials to be the state's answer to 1 Anne Marg in Patna or 5 Kalidas Marg in Lucknow.
Cong-TMC spar, minister "resigns" - indiablooms - 2 weeks, 5 days
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At last, Bengal floats (and blooms)
Calcutta Telegraph - 1 week, 1 day ago
Jyoti Basu was then chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee culture minister and Atal Bihari Vajpayee Prime Minister — and the Pokhran nuclear tests were less than a year old. The then Bengal government apparently picked a nuclear theme for the ...


After 13 years, Bengal back at R-Day parade with Tagore
Indian Express - 1 week, 4 days ago
In 1999, a year after the Pokharan nuclear test, the Jyoti Basu government had drawn a plan to send a tableau highlighting nuclear non-proliferation — a move eventually prevented by South Block amid much acrimony. This year, Chief Minister Mamata ...


After three years, Marwaris back to square one in West Bengal
Business Standard - 3 weeks, 4 days ago
The matter was immediately taken up at his party, the Communist Party of India (Marxist)'s, state secretariat meeting attended by former chief minister Jyoti Basu and Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee who was holding that position at that time.


Mother Teresa Award for Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister
Orissadiary.com - 4 days, 1 hour ago
Prominent among the awardees are Mrs. Hilary Clinton, Smt. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Shri Jyoti Basu, Shri Laloo Prasad Yadav, Shri Manna Dey, Smt. Hema Malini, Shri Bhupen Hazarika etc. Chief Minister thanked the Award Committee for ...


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