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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Shibdas Ghosh
| name = Shibdas Ghosh
|image = shibdasghosh.jpg
| image = shibdasghosh.jpg
|caption =
| caption =
|birth_date = 5 August 1923
| birth_date = 1923
|birth_place = [[Dhaka]], Bengal Province, [[British Raj|British India]]
| birth_place = [[Dhaka]], Bengal Province, [[British Raj|British India]]
|residence = Calcutta, West Bengal, India
| residence = Calcutta, West Bengal, India
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|8|5|1923|8|5|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1976|8|5|1923|||df=yes}}
|death_place = [[Calcutta]], West Bengal, India
| death_place = [[Calcutta]], West Bengal, India
|office =
| office = General Secretary of the [[Socialist Unity Centre]]
|constituency =  
| constituency =  
|term =
| term = 1948-1976
|influences = [[Karl Marx]], [[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]], [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]], [[Mao Zedong|Mao]], [[Sarat Chandra Chaterjee]]
| predecessor =  
|successor = [[Nihar Mukherjee]]
| successor = [[Nihar Mukherjee]]
|party = [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]]  
| party = [[Socialist Unity Centre]]  
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'''Shibdas Ghosh''' (1923 &ndash; 5 August 1976) was the founding general secretary of [[Socialist Unity Centre]].<ref>[http://www.sucicommunist.org/homage-of-the-central-committee/ SUCI(C) Central Committee's Homage to Shibdas Ghosh]</ref>
'''Shibdas Ghosh''' (5 August 1923 &ndash; 5 August 1976) was an [[India]]n communist politician. He was involved in the [[Communist]] movement in India for several decades. He was also the founding general secretary of [[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)]].<ref>[http://www.sucicommunist.org/homage-of-the-central-committee/ SUCI(C) Central Committee's Homage to Shibdas Ghosh]</ref>


Ghosh was born in the [[Dhaka District]] of [[British India]], to a lower-middle-class family. Passing 10th standard from his village school at the age of 13 he joined the [[Anushilan Samity]] to participate in the [[Indian independence movement|independence movement of India]]. He was attracted to [[Manabendranath Roy]]'s ideologies at a very early age. In 1942 he joined the [[Quit India]] movement. He was later arrested and incarcerated for three years. There he thoroughly studied [[Marxism-Leninism]]. Later along with some colleagues such as [[Nihar Mukherjee]] he organised SUCI(C) in 1948. He died on his 53rd birthday in 1976.
Ghosh was born in the [[Dhaka District]] of [[British India]]. He passed his 10th standard from his village school at the age of 13. Later along with some colleagues such as [[Nihar Mukherjee]], he organised SUC in 1948. He died in 1976.


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Shibdas Ghosh
General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Centre
In office
1948-1976
Succeeded byNihar Mukherjee
Personal details
Born1923
Dhaka, Bengal Province, British India
Died5 August 1976(1976-08-05) (aged 52–53)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Political partySocialist Unity Centre
ResidenceCalcutta, West Bengal, India

Shibdas Ghosh (1923 – 5 August 1976) was the founding general secretary of Socialist Unity Centre.[1]

Ghosh was born in the Dhaka District of British India. He passed his 10th standard from his village school at the age of 13. Later along with some colleagues such as Nihar Mukherjee, he organised SUC in 1948. He died in 1976.

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