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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{infobox officeholder
| name = Suniti Kumar Ghosh
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| native_name = সুনীতি কুমার ঘোষ
| native_name_lang = bn
| other_names =
| party = [[Communist Party of India]]; [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]]
| office1 =
| constituency1 =
| term_start1 =
| term_end1 = 1
| birth_date = 1918
| birth_place = [[Shibpur]], [[Howrah district]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|05|11|1918|df=y}}
| source = https://www.cpiml.net/liberation/2014/06/comrade-suniti-kumar-ghosh
}}

'''Suniti Kumar Ghosh([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: সুনীতি কুমার ঘোষ;'''1918 – 11 May 2014) was an Indian Marxist-Leninist revolutionary, writer, and editor. He was one of the founding members of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)|Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]] and the founding editor of its central organ, Liberation.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Comrade Suniti Kumar Ghosh {{!}} Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation |url=https://www.cpiml.net/liberation/2014/06/comrade-suniti-kumar-ghosh |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.cpiml.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Long Live Comrade Suniti Kumar Ghosh |url=https://www.archive.cpiml.org/liberation/year_2014/jun_2014/Comrade%20Suniti%20Kumar%20Ghosh.html |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.archive.cpiml.org}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
'''Suniti Kumar Ghosh''' was born in [[Shibpur]], [[Howrah district|Howrah]], [[West Bengal]]. He graduated from [[Ripon College, Calcutta|Ripon College]] in [[Kolkata]] and earned a master's degree in English from the [[University of Calcutta]]. He began his career as a teacher at Dinajpur College (now in [[Bangladesh]]), where he became closely associated with the [[Tebhaga movement|Tebhaga struggle]] in 1946-47 and joined the [[Communist Party of India|Communist Party of India (CPI).]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2014-06-13 |title=Suniti Kumar Ghosh (1918-2014) {{!}} Economic and Political Weekly |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2014/25/letters/suniti-kumar-ghosh-1918-2014.html |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=www.epw.in |language=en}}</ref>

== Political career ==
In 1949, Ghosh was externed from [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]) and settled in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]]. He worked as a lecturer in English at [[Vidyasagar College]], [[Kolkata]]. After the formation of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] [CPI(M)], he became an important organizer of the party's lecturers’ cell. Ghosh, known as Comrade SKG within the party, fully immersed himself in revolutionary political activities during the [[Naxalbari uprising|Naxalbari]] uprising.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Suniti Kumar Ghosh (1918-2014) |url=https://sanhati.com/articles/9879/ |access-date=2024-09-24}}</ref>

== Role in CPI(ML) ==
'''Ghosh''' was a member of the [[All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries]] ([[All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries|AICCCR]]) and the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]] [CPI(ML)] from their inception.<ref name=":0" /> Under his editorship, Liberation began publication in November 1967, becoming the organ of [[All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries|AICCCR]] in May 1968 and later the central organ of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)|CPI(ML)]] from April 1969.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Liberation played a crucial role in revolutionary journalism and party building during this period.

== Later years and writings ==
After the revolutionary communist movement faced setbacks around 1972, Ghosh focused on writing books and articles with revolutionary fervor and theoretical rigor. His notable works include:

* ''The Indian Big Bourgeoisie: Its Genesis, Growth and Character''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Indian-Big-Bourgeoisie-Genesis-Character/dp/B00MUW2UZ4 |title=Indian-Big-Bourgeoisie-Genesis-Character}}</ref>
* ''India and the Raj 1919-1947: Glory, Shame and Bondage (in two volumes)''<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/INDIA-RAJ-1919-SUNITI-KUMAR/dp/B0CNLYV8VR/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.gRp9lRyIJ1lVSoJtJHTPE2KuTorgit-6KSFywLSUd3cuHt9uUnb0NljaTB_tyaVa.u3yhClA0qFImPeYkkRoMJM_nmUXmc27M2mdC_VdNk4M&dib_tag=se&qid=1727201637&refinements=p_27%3ASuniti+Kumar+Ghosh&s=books&sr=1-1 |title=INDIA AND THE RAJ}}</ref>
* ''Imperialism’s Tightening Grip on Indian Agriculture''
* ''The Indian Constitution and Its Review''
* ''Development Planning in India: Lumpen-development and Imperialism''
* ''The Himalayan Adventure: India-China War of 1962 — Causes and Consequences''
* ''The Tragedy of Partition of Bengal''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tragic partition of Bengal by Ghosh, Suniti Kumar. – Lucknow Digital Library |url=https://lucknowdigitallibrary.com/publications/tragic-partition-of-bengal |access-date=2024-09-24 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* ''India’s Nationality Problem and Ruling Classes''

He also edited The Historic Turning Point: A Liberation Anthology (in two volumes) and wrote several books in [[Bengali language|Bengali]], such as Bharater Communist Party (Marxbadi) – Ekti Mulyayan and Phire Dekha.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Historic Turning - Point A Liberation Anthology Volume I -Edited by: Suniti Kumar Ghosh |url=https://dhansiri.in/shop/books/politics-books-magazines/the-historic-turning-point-a-liberation-anthology-volume-i-edited-by-suniti-kumar-ghosh/ |access-date=2024-09-24 |website=Dhansiri |language=en-US}}</ref> His last major work, [[Naxalbari uprising|Naxalbari]]: Before and After, Reminiscences and Appraisal, was published in 2009.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.amazon.in/Naxalbari-Mulyayan-Suniti-Kumar-Ghosh/dp/B07L31F7D7/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.gRp9lRyIJ1lVSoJtJHTPE2KuTorgit-6KSFywLSUd3cuHt9uUnb0NljaTB_tyaVa.u3yhClA0qFImPeYkkRoMJM_nmUXmc27M2mdC_VdNk4M&dib_tag=se&qid=1727201637&refinements=p_27%3ASuniti+Kumar+Ghosh&s=books&sr=1-3 |title=Naxalbari : Ekti Mulyayan}}</ref>

== Legacy ==
'''Suniti Kumar Ghosh''' continued his intellectual and revolutionary work until the age of 92. His unwavering revolutionary zeal and contributions to Marxist theory and practice remain a source of inspiration. He died in [[Asansol]], [[West Bengal]] on 11 May 2014, at the age of 96.

== References ==
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[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) politicians]]
[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:Bengali politicians]]
[[Category:People from Howrah]]
[[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Indian communist writers]]

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