Sailen Dasgupta

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Sailen Dasgupta

| birth_date = 24 October 1920

| birth_place = Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Bangladesh)

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2001|07|10|1920}}

| death_place = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

| office2 = West Bengal State Secretary of the CPI(M)

| term_start2 = 1990

| term_end2 = 1998

| predecessor2 = Saroj Mukherjee

| successor2 = Anil Biswas

| office3 = Chairman of Left Front

| term_start3 = 1990

| term_end3 = 1998

| predecessor3 = Saroj Mukherjee

| successor3 = Biman Bose

| office1 = Member of Polit Bureau, Communist Party of India (Marxist)

| term_start1 = 1991

| term_end1 = 2001

| party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)

| occupation = Politician

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Sailen Dasgupta (24 October 1920 – 10 July 2001), was an Indian communist politician. He was the secretary of the West Bengal State Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist) between 1990 and 1998 and member of the party's politburo beginning in 1992 until his death in 2001.

Early life

Dasgupta was born on 24 October, 1920 in the Barisal district in undivided Bengal and completed his matriculation in 1938.

Politics

Dasgupta joined CPI(M) in 1939. He was active in the party throughout the decades and because Secretary of the State Committee in 1990;{{Cite web |date=15 March 1990 |title=With the death of Saroj Mukherjee, growth of CPI(M) may not be so smooth |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19900315-with-the-death-of-saroj-mukherjee-growth-of-cpim-may-not-be-so-smooth-812400-1990-03-14 |access-date=12 October 2024 |website=India Today}} He was reelected in 1991, 1995 and 1998.{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://cpimwb.org.in/en/about-us/ |access-date=12 October 2024 |website=cpimwb }} He resigned in late 1998 owing to ill-health and old age.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}

He was also elected as the chairperson of Left Front in West Bengal in 1990. He was also elected to the Central Committee in 1990 and to the Polit Bureau in 1991.{{Cite journal |date=15 July 2001 |title=Press Release Comrade Sailen Dasgupta |url=https://archives.peoplesdemocracy.in/2001/july15/july152k1_sdg_pb.html |journal=People's Democracy |publisher=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |volume=25 |issue=28 |access-date=12 October 2024 }}

Death

Dasgupta died in Mumbai on 10 July, 2001.

References

Category:1920 births

Category:2001 deaths

Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal