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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Somnath Lahiri<br />
| office = Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| native_name = সোমনাথ লাহিড়ী<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| image = File:Somnath Lahiri 1937.jpg<br />
| office2 = Member of [[Constituent Assembly of India]]<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|09|01|df=yes}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|10|19|1909|09|01|df=yes}}<br />
| citizenship = Indian<br />
| occupation = Political Activist and Writer<br />
| constituency = [[Dhakuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhakuria]]<br />
| term3 = 1967-1968<br />
| office4 = Minister of Local Self Government, Development and Planning, West Bengal<br />
| office3 = Minister of Information and Public Relations, West Bengal<br />
| constituency1 = [[Alipore (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Alipore]]<br />
| termend = 1977<br />
| termend2 = 24 January 1950<br />
| termstart2 = 9 December 1946<br />
| termstart1 = 1957<br />
| termend1 = 1967<br />
| termstart = 1967<br />
| office1 = Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term4 = 1969-1970<br />
}}<br />
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'''Somnath Lahiri''' (1 September 1909 – 19 October 1984)<ref>{{cite book |title=Social Science Textbook for Class XI - Part III |year=2006 |page=57 |isbn=9788189611194 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qHVRAqkN_AEC&q=somnath%20lahiri&pg=PA57}}</ref> was an Indian statesman, writer and a leader of [[Communist Party of India]]. He was a member of [[Constituent Assembly of India]] from Bengal and later served as a Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|West Bengal Legislative assembly]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
Lahiri became attracted to [[Marxism]] under the guidance of Bengali revolutionary [[Bhupendranath Datta]] in 1930. Initially, he worked in E.B. Railway workers' union and played an important role with Dr. Ronen Sen and Abdul Halim in building the Communist party's Calcutta Committee.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali)|last=Subodh C. Sengupta & Anjali Basu|first=Part I|publisher=Sahitya Sansad|year=2002|isbn=81-85626-65-0|location=Kolkata|pages=605}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article1675.html|title=Remembering Somnath Lahiri on His Birth Centenary|date=October 5, 2009|website=mainstreamweekly.net|access-date=September 2, 2017}}</ref>{{Empty section|date=May 2017}}<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
Lahiri joined the Communist party in 1931, and started working in Rail and Trum workers Union in [[Kolkata]]. In 1933, he organized the first labour association of [[Tata Iron & Steel]] in [[Jamshedpur]]. According to the party's resolution of 1938, he became attached with [[Muzaffar Ahmed (politician)|Muzaffar Ahmed]] and Bankim Mukherjee and joined the Left consolidation committee. He also led the historical Sweeper strike of [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]] in 1944. Lahiri was the sole Communist member in the Constituent Assembly in 1946. He also substantially contributed to the debates regarding drafting of the [[Constitution of India]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />{{Empty section|date=May 2017}}<br />
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== Works ==<br />
Somnath Lahiri was a well known political intellectual and writer. In 1931 he translated the book [[The State and Revolution]] to Bengali. ''Samyobad'' (Socialism) is another book of his. He was the editor of ''Swadhinata,'' a daily left political magazine. He also wrote many articles in ''Ganashakti, Aage Cholo, Kalanatar.'' ''Kalijuger golpo.'' The short stories collection of Somnath Lahiri was first published in 1967.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Kalijuger Golpo (Bengali)|last=Somnath Lahiri|publisher=Manisha Publication|year=1967|isbn=|location=Kolkata|pages=}}</ref> {{Empty section|date=May 2017}}<br />
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