Jyoti Basu

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• Governor, chief minister spar - nothing new for Bengal (West Bengal Newsletter) (1 week ago) - . Former chief minister and Marxist stalwart Jyoti Basu and his party, the
• CPI-M fumes at denial of site in Agartala for rally (1 week, 1 day ago) - .D. Devegowda, communist leaders Jyoti Basu, E.M.S. Namboodiripad and H
• Hasina visits Tripura Wednesday to commemorate history (3 weeks, 5 days ago) - leaders Jyoti Basu and Nripen Chakraborty had played a key role in providing
• Renaming Indira Bhavan may hurt public sentiment: Congress (1 month ago) - is planning to rename former chief minister Jyoti Basu's residence, known
• Congress, Trinamool spar over renaming of building (1 month ago) - . In 1989, the erstwhile Left Front government decided to allot the house to then chief minister Jyoti Basu
• Congress urges Mamata to reconsider renaming Indira Bhavan (1 month ago) - minister Indira Gandhi and later of Marxist stalwart Jyoti Basu
• Trinamool rebuffs Congress protests over renaming building (1 month, 1 week ago) - minister Indira Gandhi and later Marxist stalwart Jyoti Basu, the
• Congress flays Mamata's move to rename Indira Bhavan (1 month, 1 week ago) - of late prime minister Indira Gandhi and later Marxist stalwart Jyoti Basu
• Congress, Left slam Mamata on bunglow's renaming (1 month, 1 week ago) - -- where Marxist leader Jyoti Basu spent over 20 years -- would
• Name Bengal township after Ambedkar: NGO (1 month, 4 weeks ago) - Jyoti Basu, but the decision was scrapped under Banerjee's stewardship
• Bangladeshi artists tell liberation war story in India (2 months ago) - communist leader Jyoti Basu had played a key role in providing relief to Bangladeshi refugees
• Presidency University tagged innovation hub (2 months, 1 week ago) - Vivekananda, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Satyajit Ray, Marxist leader Jyoti Basu and scientist Satyendranath Bose
• Movie buff Buddhadeb skips Kolkata film fest opening (2 months, 3 weeks ago) - succeeded Jyoti Basu as the chief minister. Bhattacharjee, was not only
• Mamata's bid to de-politicise education (West Bengal Newsletter) (3 months ago) - and regularly posed queries to then chief minister Jyoti Basu and his successor Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
• Jyoti Basu Nagar or not? Left, Trinamool back to name-calling (3 months, 1 week ago) - township after late Marxist icon Jyoti Basu has
• Township must be named after Jyoti Basu: Left (3 months, 2 weeks ago) - Marxist icon Jyoti Basu and threatened to take the issue to the governor
• When Mahatma threatened to throw out wife (4 months, 1 week ago) - , Acharya Kriplani, Jayaprakash Narayan, Jyoti Basu, Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
• Presidency mentor group submits recommendations (5 months, 2 weeks ago) - Vivekananda, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Satyajit Ray, Marxist leader Jyoti Basu and scientist Satyendranath Bose
• Presidency varsity mentor group meets Mamata (Lead) (6 months, 2 weeks ago) - , Satyajit Ray, Marxist leader Jyoti Basu and scientist Satyendranath Bose
• New thinking needed to save Presidency, say experts (6 months, 2 weeks ago) - , Satyajit Ray, Marxist star Jyoti Basu and scientist Satyendranath Bose

Wikipedia

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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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 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 ...