Jyoti Basu
Politician
1914 – 2010
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Who was Jyoti Basu?
Jyoti Basu was a Bengali politician belonging to the Communist Party of India from West Bengal, India. He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000, making him the longest-serving Chief Minister of any state of India. Basu was a member of the CPI Politburo from the time of the party's founding in 1964 until 2008. From 2008 until his death in 2010 he remained a permanent invitee to the central committee of the party.
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- Born
- Jul 8, 1914
Kolkata - Religion
- Atheism
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Education
- University of Calcutta
- Presidency College, Kolkata
- London School of Economics
- St. Xavier's Collegiate School
- Lived in
- Kolkata
- Died
- Jan 17, 2010
Kolkata
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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