Biman Bose
{{Short description|Indian communist politician (born 1938)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Biman Bose
| native_name =
| image = Biman Bose.jpg
| caption = Bose in 2023
| birth_place = Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|07|01|df=y}}
| residence = Kolkata
| constituency =
| office1 = Member of Politburo, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| term_start1 = 1998
| predecessor1 = Sunil Maitra
| term_end1 = 2022
| successor1 = Ram Chandra Dome
| office3 = West Bengal State Secretary of the CPI(M)
| term_start3 = 2006
| term_end3 = 2015
| predecessor3 = Anil Biswas
| successor3 = Surjya Kanta Mishra
| office2 = Chairman of the Left Front
| term_start2 = 1998
| term_end2 =
| predecessor2 = Sailen Dasgupta
| successor2 =
| office4 = General Secretary, Students' Federation of India
| term_start4 = 1970
| term_end4 = 1976
| predecessor4 = Position created
| successor4 = Subhas Chakraborty
| party = 18px Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| spouse =
| children =
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| source = http://www.cpimwb.org.in
}}
Biman Bose (born 1 July 1940) is an Indian politician who was once state Secretary of the West Bengal Communist Party of India (Marxist).{{cite news |author=BS Reporter |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/surya-kanta-mishra-replaces-biman-bose-as-cpi-m-bengal-unit-secretary-115031301039_1.html |title=Surya Kanta Mishra replaces Biman Bose as CPI(M) Bengal unit secretary |newspaper=Business Standard India |date=2015-03-13 |access-date=2015-03-16 |archive-date=3 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703123722/http://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/surya-kanta-mishra-replaces-biman-bose-as-cpi-m-bengal-unit-secretary-115031301039_1.html |url-status=live }} He was later succeeded by his trusted aide, Surya Kanta Mishra, although he remained a Politburo member of the party.{{cite web|agency=Press Trust of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/CPM-politburo-meet-on-poll-debacle-on/articleshow/4545513.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811070402/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-05-18/india/28159211_1_politburo-s-r-pillai-poll-debacle |url-status=live |archive-date=2011-08-11 |title=CPM politburo meet on poll debacle on |date=2009-05-18 |work=The Times of India |access-date=2012-07-09}} He is also Chairman of the Left Front committee of West Bengal.{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/05/stories/2007050507171300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106035914/http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/05/stories/2007050507171300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-11-06 |title=National : Biman Bose will stay: Jyoti Basu |date=2007-05-05 |work=The Hindu |access-date=2012-07-09}}{{cite web|author=Our Special Correspondent |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100418/jsp/bengal/story_12352007.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423025923/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100418/jsp/bengal/story_12352007.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 April 2010 |title=The Telegraph – Calcutta (Kolkata) | Bengal | New faces crowd Left Front civic poll list |work=The Telegraph|location=India |date=2010-04-18 |access-date=2012-07-09}}
Early life
Biman Bose was an alumnus of Maulana Azad College, under the University of Calcutta. During his educational experience, Bose was known to be involved in political and social activities. He participated in an election campaign during an assembly by-election in 1954, while he was still in school.
Though he was recommended for Party in 1957, he was not granted a position until 1958 due to the minimum age requirement being 18 years old. He participated in the movement against Bengal-Bihar merger in 1956 as well as the food movement in 1959, and was imprisoned in 1958.{{cite web | last = West Bengal State Committee | first = CPI (M) | title = Com. BIMAN BASU | publisher = CPI (M) West Bengal State Committee | url = http://www.cpimkerala.org/eng/com.-biman-basu-11.php | access-date = 7 February 2014 | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214925/http://www.cpimkerala.org/eng/com.-biman-basu-11.php | url-status = dead }}
Early political life
Bose was elected Secretary of the Bengal Provincial Students' Federation, Kolkata district, and vice-president of the BPSF in 1964. Bose carried on his work as the Assistant Secretary of Indo-Vietnam Solidarity Committee in the mid-1960s.
He was the first All India Secretary of Students Federation of India in 1970. He continued in that position until 1976. He became a member of the West Bengal State Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 1971 and a Secretariat member in 1978. He was mentored by Pramod Dasgupta.
Political career
He was made a permanent invitee to the CPI (M) Central Committee in 1983 and was elected as a regular member of the in 1985. {{cite web | last = West Bengal State Committee | first = CPI (M) | title = Com. BIMAN BASU | publisher = CPI (M) West Bengal State Committee | url = http://www.cpimkerala.org/eng/com.-biman-basu-11.php | access-date = 7 February 2014 | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214925/http://www.cpimkerala.org/eng/com.-biman-basu-11.php | url-status = dead }} Promode Dasgupta asked Bose to contest from the Bankura Lok Sabha constituency in 1980 Indian general election. However, he declined the offer and insisted to work in the organisation. Bose then selected Basudeb Acharia to contest from Bankura upon instructions from Dasgupta. https://www.anandabazar.com/video/ex-cpm-mp-basudeb-acharia-died-md-salim-expressed-his-gratitude-dgtl/cid/1474233
He was elected as a member of the Politburo in 1998.{{cite web | last = West Bengal State Committee | first = CPI (M) | title = Com. BIMAN BASU | publisher = CPI (M) West Bengal State Committee | url = http://www.cpimkerala.org/eng/com.-biman-basu-11.php | access-date = 7 February 2014 | archive-date = 3 March 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214925/http://www.cpimkerala.org/eng/com.-biman-basu-11.php | url-status = dead }}
He played a key role in building and organizing the party in several parts of West Bengal, especially undivided Medinipur, Bankura and Puruliya districts.
He was also elected as the Chairman of Left Front (West Bengal) in 1998, after Sailen Dasgupta was relieved of the post due to health issues. This was the first time since 1977, that a person who was not the state Secretary of CPI (M) became chair of the Left Front.
Bose was also elected as state Secretary of CPI(M) in March 2005 after Anil Biswas died suddenly. He served in the position until 2015 when Surjya Kanta Mishra succeeded him.
In 2022, he left the State Secretariat, State Committee, the Central Committee and the Politburo of CPI(M) in one go adhering to the party's strict age-limit. However, he is still serving as the Chairperson of Left Front.
Later in 2022, he was made a special invitee to the central and state committee of CPI(M).
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[https://thebengalichronicle.com/before-joining-politics-biman-bose-fall-in-love-sgt/ Once upon a time Biman Bose fall in love].
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