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	'''Renu Chakravartty''' was a leader of [[Communist Party of India]], noted parliamentarian and educationist.		'''Renu Chakravartty''' (1917-1994) was a leader of [[Communist Party of India]], noted parliamentarian and educationist.

	==Early life==		==Early life==

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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| birth_date = 21 October 1917
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| office = [[Member of Parliament|Member of Indian Parliament]]
| term = 1952-1957
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| party = [[Communist Party of India]]
| spouse = [[Nikhil Chakravarty|Nikhil Chakravartty]]
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| alma_mater = [[Victoria Institution (College)|Victoria Institution]], [[Kolkata]],<br>[[Newnham College, Cambridge]]
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'''Renu Chakravartty''' was a leader of [[Communist Party of India]], noted parliamentarian and educationist.

==Early life==
Born in a well-off Brahmo family to Sadhan Chandra and Brahmakumari Roy, at Kolkata on 21 October 1917, she was educated at [[Loreto House]] and [[Victoria Institution (College)|Victoria Institution]] in Kolkata and [[Newnham College, Cambridge]]. After her graduation with honours at Kolkata, she acquired a [[tripos]] in English Literature at Cambridge.<ref name=charitabhidhan>Samsad Bangali Charitabhidhan (Biographical Dictionary) by Anjali Bose, Vol II, 3rd edition 2004, page 309, {{ISBN|81-86806-99-7}}, (in Bengali) Sishu Sahitya Samsad Pvt. Ltd., 32A Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata-700009</ref><ref name=loksabahaprofile>{{cite web| url = http://www.refocusindia.com/member-of-parliament-lok-sabha-profile-481-Chakravartty,%20Smt.%C2%A0Renu |title = Members of Parliament – Lok Sabha - Profile| work= Chakravartty, Smt. Renu |publisher= reFocus india | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=blackwell >{{cite web| url =http://www.blackwellreference.com/public/tocnode?id=g9781405184649_yr2012_chunk_g9781405184649324 |title = Chakravartty, Renu (1917-1994) |publisher=Blackwell Reference Online | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref>

A niece of [[Bidhan Chandra Roy|Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy]], she was inspired to take interest in political affairs by him. In 1938, she came in contact with [[Rajani Palme Dutt]], the notable British communist, and joined the [[Communist Party of Great Britain]]. On return to India, the same year, she secured membership of the illegal [[Communist Party of India]] and plunged into active left politics.<ref name=charitabhidhan/><ref>{{cite web| url =http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19980628/17950184.html |title = Nikhilda, a champion of press freedom, dies of cancer| work= |publisher= Express News Service, 28 June 1998| accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref>

==Marriage and politics==
She married eminent journalist, [[Nikhil Chakravarty|Nikhil Chakravartty]], in 1942. In the early forties she taught English Literature in the University of Calcutta. Along with Rani Mitra Dasgupta and [[Manikuntala Sen]] she played an important role in the formation of [[Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti]]. It later played a part in the [[Tebhaga movement]].<ref name=blackwell /><ref>Women in Tebhaga Movement, India Net Zone</ref> For the support of destitute women she was involved, along with her mother, in the Nari Seva Sangha.<ref name=charitabhidhan/> In 1948, when the Communist Party of India was declared illegal, she went into hiding.<ref name=charitabhidhan/>

She was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Basirhat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Basirhat]] in 1952 and 1957,<ref name=loksabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |title = General Elections, India, 1951- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref><ref name=loksabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1957- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014}}</ref> and from [[Barrackpore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barrackpore]] in 1962.<ref name=loksabha1962>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962- Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2013}}</ref> After [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India|CPI split in 1964]], she decided to remain with the older organisation,<ref name=charitabhidhan/> and in two successive elections in 1967 and 1971 she was defeated from the same constituency by Md. Ismail of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].<ref name=loksabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014 }}</ref><ref name=loksabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |work = West Bengal | publisher= Election Commission | accessdate = 9 July 2014 }}</ref>

Gopalkrishna Gandhi has summed up very succinctly, the era in which Renu Chakravartty served in the Indian Parliament: "The early Lok Sabhas and Rajya Sabhas more than rose to the standards of "daily assessment" set by Dr. Ambedkar, especially in MPs' stellar debating contributions. The lyrically thoughtful Nehru was matched by the rasping Kripalani. The Houses were well-served by the laser-eyed Feroze Gandhi, the fiery Bhupesh Gupta, the impassioned Hiren Mukherjee, the sedate Lakshmi Menon, the thermal Violet Alva, the acerbic Rammanohar Lohia, the excoriating [[Barrister Nath Pai]], the striking Renu Chakravartty, the diligent Minoo Masani, the startling C.N. Annadurai, and, of course, the poetic Atal Bihari Vajpayee."<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-opinion/three-cheers-to-parliament/article3322071.ece |title = Three Cheers to Parliament| first=Gopalkrishna |last= Gandhi|publisher=The Hindu, 17 April 2012 | accessdate = 7 July 2014}}</ref>

In around four decades of political life she was active in the workers’ movement, organised many strikes and was sent to jail on numerous occasions. She was a vibrant contributor to the women's movement. She was on the executive committees of many organisations.<ref name=charitabhidhan/>

==References==
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