Subhas Chakraborty - Revision history

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->Pranesh Ravikumar: /* Early life */ Added self identification of himself as brahmin. "Given my name, wherever I go in India, I am first a Hindu and then a Brahmin. This is the truth, how can I deny it?" the transport minister said

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Early life: Added self identification of himself as brahmin. "Given my name, wherever I go in India, I am first a Hindu and then a Brahmin. This is the truth, how can I deny it?" the transport minister said

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	\| spouse = Ramala Chakraborty		\| spouse = Ramala Chakraborty
	\| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] ~~from 1964~~		\| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] {{small\|(1964–2009)}}
	\| otherparty = [[Communist Party of India]] till 1964		\| otherparty = [[Communist Party of India]] {{small\|(till 1964)}}
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	'''Subhas Chakraborty''' (18 March 1942<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://bangla.ganashakti.co.in/shownews.php?w=434&h=666&year=2009&month=8&date=4&page=1&dpn=210587\|title = Subhas Chakraborty \| publisher = Ganashakti Patrika\|language=bengali}}</ref>- 3 August 2009) was ~~a leader in the~~ [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] ~~and~~ Transport, Sports and Youth Services ~~Minister~~ in the [[Government of West Bengal]].		'''Subhas Chakraborty''' (18 March 1942<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://bangla.ganashakti.co.in/shownews.php?w=434&h=666&year=2009&month=8&date=4&page=1&dpn=210587\|title = Subhas Chakraborty \| publisher = Ganashakti Patrika\|language=bengali}}</ref> – 3 August 2009) was an Indian politician belonged to [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] who served as Minister of Transport, Sports and Youth Services in the [[Government of West Bengal]].

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Chakraborty was born in 1942 in [[Dhaka]], [[British India]] to Hemchandra Chakraborty and Labonyoprobha Debi. His political career began from his residence in [[Dum Dum]]. It was a refugee colony.		Chakraborty was born in [[brahmin]] family<ref>{{Cite web\|date=2006-09-16\|title=Bengal minister revolts with worship\|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/bengal-minister-revolts-with-worship-246773.html\|access-date=2021-12-11\|website=News18\|language=en}}</ref> of 1942 in [[Dhaka]], [[British India]] to Hemchandra Chakraborty and Labonyoprobha Debi. His political career began from his residence in [[Dum Dum]]. It was a refugee colony.

	Subhas Chakrabarty studied at [[Dum Dum Motijheel College]], which was then affiliated with the prestigious [[University of Calcutta]]. Thereafter, he was the Secretary of the Bengal Provincial Students' Federation, and after that served as the General Secretary of the [[Students' Federation of India\|SFI]]. In 1962 he joined the still undivided [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) and in [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India\|the 1964 party split]], he aligned with the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. Chakrabarty was also the vice-president of the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions\|CITU]]'s West Bengal branch.		Subhas Chakrabarty studied at [[Dum Dum Motijheel College]], which was then affiliated with the prestigious [[University of Calcutta]]. Thereafter, he was the Secretary of the Bengal Provincial Students' Federation, and after that served as the General Secretary of the [[Students' Federation of India\|SFI]]. In 1962 he joined the still undivided [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) and in [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India\|the 1964 party split]], he aligned with the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. Chakrabarty was also the vice-president of the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions\|CITU]]'s West Bengal branch.
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	Chakraborty died on 3 August 2009 at 11:35 AM (IST) at the [[AMRI Hospitals]], Kolkata a week after being admitted with [[lung]] and [[kidney]] disorders, and severe [[heart]] problems. Sources differ upon his age at the time of his death, some citing his age as having been 68<ref name="HI">{{cite web\| title=WB Minister Subhas Chakraborty Dead\| work=[[Headlines India]]\| url=http://www.headlinesindia.com/state-news/west-bengal/wb-minister-subhas-chakraborty-dead-18676.html\| accessdate=2009-08-03\| url-status=dead\| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806152400/http://www.headlinesindia.com/state-news/west-bengal/wb-minister-subhas-chakraborty-dead-18676.html\| archivedate=6 August 2009\| df=dmy-all}}</ref> while others presented it as having been 66.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news\| title=West Bengal Communist leader dies\| work=[[BBC]]\| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8180936.stm\| accessdate=2009-08-03 \| date=2009-08-03}}</ref>		Chakraborty died on 3 August 2009 at 11:35 AM (IST) at the [[AMRI Hospitals]], Kolkata a week after being admitted with [[lung]] and [[kidney]] disorders, and severe [[heart]] problems. Sources differ upon his age at the time of his death, some citing his age as having been 68<ref name="HI">{{cite web\| title=WB Minister Subhas Chakraborty Dead\| work=[[Headlines India]]\| url=http://www.headlinesindia.com/state-news/west-bengal/wb-minister-subhas-chakraborty-dead-18676.html\| accessdate=2009-08-03\| url-status=dead\| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806152400/http://www.headlinesindia.com/state-news/west-bengal/wb-minister-subhas-chakraborty-dead-18676.html\| archivedate=6 August 2009\| df=dmy-all}}</ref> while others presented it as having been 66.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news\| title=West Bengal Communist leader dies\| work=[[BBC]]\| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8180936.stm\| accessdate=2009-08-03 \| date=2009-08-03}}</ref>

	At his death, the nonagenarian Communist leader [[Jyoti Basu]], who was also his political idol expressed "It is my time to go. But the irony is I am alive, while Subhas is no more. He was a very capable leader."<ref name="zeenews.india.com">http://zeenews.india.com/home/senior-wb-minister-subhas-chakraborty-passes-away_552428.html</ref> Basu died five months later, incidentally in the same hospital as Chakraborty died.		At his death, the nonagenarian Communist leader [[Jyoti Basu]], who was also his political idol expressed "It is my time to go. But the irony is I am alive, while Subhas is no more. He was a very capable leader."<ref name="zeenews.india.com">{{Cite web\|url=http://zeenews.india.com/home/senior-wb-minister-subhas-chakraborty-passes-away_552428.html\|title = Senior WB minister Subhas Chakraborty passes away\|date = 4 August 2009}}</ref> Basu died five months later, incidentally in the same hospital as Chakraborty died.

	Former India cricket captain [[Sourav Ganguly]] had said "I am shocked. I feel sad. I knew for the last few months that Subhasda was ill. He was a great personality. I knew him since my childhood as a family friend"		Former India cricket captain [[Sourav Ganguly]] had said "I am shocked. I feel sad. I knew for the last few months that Subhasda was ill. He was a great personality. I knew him since my childhood as a family friend"

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{{Infobox Indian politician
| honorific_prefix = The Honourable
| name = Subhas Chakraborty
| image =
| birth_date = 18 March 1942
|birth_place = [[Dhaka]], [[British India]]
| death_date = 3 August 2009 (aged 67)
| death_place = [[Kolkata]]
| office = [[Third Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ministry|Minister of Transport, Government of West Bengal]]
| term_start = 1996
| term_end = 2009
| predecessor = [[Shyamal Chakraborty]]
| successor = Ranjit Kundu
| office1 = [[Third Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ministry|Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Government of West Bengal]]
| term_start1 = 1987
| term_end1 = 2009
| predecessor1 = Jatin Chakraborty
| successor1 = [[Kanti Ganguly]]
| office2 = [[Third Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee ministry|Minister of Tourism, Government of West Bengal]]
| term_start2 = 1987
| term_end2 = 1996
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| office3 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| term_start3 = 1977
| term_end3 = 2009
| predecessor3 = Ganapati Sur
| successor3 = [[Sujit Bose (politician)|Sujit Bose]]
| constituency3 = [[Belgachia East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Belgachia East]]
| nationality = Indian
| spouse = Ramala Chakraborty
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] from 1964
| otherparty = [[Communist Party of India]] till 1964
| residence =
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]
| profession = Politician, [[social worker]]
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Subhas Chakraborty''' (18 March 1942<ref>{{cite web | url = http://bangla.ganashakti.co.in/shownews.php?w=434&h=666&year=2009&month=8&date=4&page=1&dpn=210587|title = Subhas Chakraborty | publisher = Ganashakti Patrika|language=bengali}}</ref>- 3 August 2009) was a leader in the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and Transport, Sports and Youth Services Minister in the [[Government of West Bengal]].

==Early life==
Chakraborty was born in 1942 in [[Dhaka]], [[British India]] to Hemchandra Chakraborty and Labonyoprobha Debi. His political career began from his residence in [[Dum Dum]]. It was a refugee colony.

Subhas Chakrabarty studied at [[Dum Dum Motijheel College]], which was then affiliated with the prestigious [[University of Calcutta]]. Thereafter, he was the Secretary of the Bengal Provincial Students' Federation, and after that served as the General Secretary of the [[Students' Federation of India|SFI]]. In 1962 he joined the still undivided [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) and in [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India|the 1964 party split]], he aligned with the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. Chakrabarty was also the vice-president of the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions|CITU]]'s West Bengal branch.

==Family==
Chakraborty's wife, Ramala Chakraborty, is also a member of the CPI(M). She is now the Vice-President of the [[All India Democratic Women's Association|AIDWA]] West Bengal State Committee, the women's wing of the CPI(M). Apart from that she was the convener of an NGO, Pather Panchali (which used to celebrate with Subhas's active participation the birthday of the former chief minister of [[West Bengal]] Mr. [[Jyoti Basu]]).

==In the Left Front Ministry==

In 1977 with coming of the first Left Front Government he became an MLA from the [[Belgachia East (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Belgachia East]] constituency, and in 1982 he became the state minister of Sports, Youth affairs and Milk development. In 1987 became a full (cabinet) minister of Sports, Youth affairs and Tourism department. In the assembly formed in 1991 also, he was the MIC of the same departments. In 1996 he became the MIC of Transport and Sports. In 2001 he became the additional MIC for HRBC also. Finally in 2006 he was the Honorable Minister of Transport, Sports and Youth Services. He served in those capacities until his death.

Throughout his life Subhas remained controversial, but was a down-to-earth person. He was more a mass leader than a political leader. But regarding his age it is confirmed that he was 67 years old during his death.

==Death==
Chakraborty died on 3 August 2009 at 11:35 AM (IST) at the [[AMRI Hospitals]], Kolkata a week after being admitted with [[lung]] and [[kidney]] disorders, and severe [[heart]] problems. Sources differ upon his age at the time of his death, some citing his age as having been 68<ref name="HI">{{cite web| title=WB Minister Subhas Chakraborty Dead| work=[[Headlines India]]| url=http://www.headlinesindia.com/state-news/west-bengal/wb-minister-subhas-chakraborty-dead-18676.html| accessdate=2009-08-03| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806152400/http://www.headlinesindia.com/state-news/west-bengal/wb-minister-subhas-chakraborty-dead-18676.html| archivedate=6 August 2009| df=dmy-all}}</ref> while others presented it as having been 66.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news| title=West Bengal Communist leader dies| work=[[BBC]]| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8180936.stm| accessdate=2009-08-03 | date=2009-08-03}}</ref>

At his death, the nonagenarian Communist leader [[Jyoti Basu]], who was also his political idol expressed "It is my time to go. But the irony is I am alive, while Subhas is no more. He was a very capable leader."<ref name="zeenews.india.com">http://zeenews.india.com/home/senior-wb-minister-subhas-chakraborty-passes-away_552428.html</ref> Basu died five months later, incidentally in the same hospital as Chakraborty died.

Former India cricket captain [[Sourav Ganguly]] had said "I am shocked. I feel sad. I knew for the last few months that Subhasda was ill. He was a great personality. I knew him since my childhood as a family friend"

[[National Film Awards]]-winning actor [[Mithun Chakraborty]] said he was like an elder brother to him. "I loved him a lot. He helped everybody, irrespective of party affiliations. Every day 100-150 people would come to his residence for help. And nobody returned disappointed. He was a great lover of sports. He was always there when somebody was in crisis"—said the actor in a choked voice.

In [[Maidan (Kolkata)|Maidan]], several clubs expressed their sorrow by flying their flags at half mast.<ref name="zeenews.india.com"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090806152400/http://www.headlinesindia.com/state-news/west-bengal/wb-minister-subhas-chakraborty-dead-18676.html Subhas Chakraborty's death]

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