Jyoti Basu
July 8, 1914 –January 17, 2010
Politician
Lived 95 years
- Born in
- Calcutta, Bengal Presidency
- Passed away in
- Kolkata, West Bengal
Jyoti Basu was an Indian communist politician who served as chief minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000, one of the longest tenures for a state chief minister in India. A founding member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), he was also a prominent participant in parliamentary politics and coalition government.
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