[[File:Ashok_Ghosh.jpg|thumb|right|Ghosh in 2010]]
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'''Ashok Ghosh''' (2 July 1921 – 3 March 2016) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Bengali people|Bengali]] politician. He was the senior leader of [[All India Forward Bloc]] political party.<ref name="Business Standard">{{cite web|title=Veteran Forward Bloc leader Ashok Ghosh still critical|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/veteran-forward-bloc-leader-ashok-ghosh-still-critical-116020300426_1.html|accessdate=4 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="সামান্য ভাল অশোক ঘোষ">{{cite web|title=সামান্য ভাল অশোক ঘোষ|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/state/স-ম-ন-য-ভ-ল-অশ-ক-ঘ-ষ-1.300446#|accessdate=4 February 2016|language=Bengali}}</ref><ref name="অশোক ঘোষ সঙ্কটে">{{cite web|title=অশোক ঘোষ সঙ্কটে|url=http://aajkaal.in/kolkata/হাসপাতালে-ভর্তি-অশোক-ঘোষ/|publisher=Aajkal|accessdate=4 February 2016|language=Bengali}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Kolkata 24x7">{{cite web|title=অশোক ঘোষকে দেখতে হাসপাতালে মমতা|url=http://www.bengali.kolkata24x7.com/ashok-ghoash_admit_hospital.html|publisher=Kolkata 24x7|accessdate=4 February 2016|archive-date=19 March 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160319124246/http://www.bengali.kolkata24x7.com/ashok-ghoash_admit_hospital.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He held the position of the state general secretary of Forward Bloc in West Bengal from 1946 until his death in 2016.<ref name="Kolkata Today">{{cite news|title=WB CM Mamata Banerjee met with veteran Forward Bloc leader Ashok Ghosh|url=http://www.kolkatatoday.com/wb-cm-mamata-banerjee-met-with-veteran-forward-bloc-leader-ashok-ghosh/|accessdate=4 February 2016|work=Kolkata Today|archive-date=4 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204200818/http://www.kolkatatoday.com/wb-cm-mamata-banerjee-met-with-veteran-forward-bloc-leader-ashok-ghosh/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Mamata wishes Ashok ">{{cite web|title=Mamata wishes Ashok on birthday|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150710/jsp/bengal/story_30724.jsp#.VrMcRWGRIcs|publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=4 February 2016}}</ref>
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| name = <!-- include middle initial, if not specified in birth_name -->Ashok Ghosh
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| caption = Ashok Ghosh
| office = [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc West Bengal State Secretary]]
|term_start = 1951
|term_end = 2016
| predecessor =
| successor = Naren Chatterjee<ref>{{cite web|title=Forward Bloc gets State secretary after 65 years|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/forward-bloc-gets-state-secretary-after-65-years/article17547685.ece|publisher=The Hindu|date=21 March 2017}}</ref>
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| birth_date = 2 July 1921
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| death_date ={{death date and age|2016|3|3|1921|7|2|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Kolkata, India]]
| nationality = Indian
| party =[[All India Forward Bloc]]
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| occupation = Politician
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'''Ashok Ghosh''' (2 July 1921 – 3 March 2016) was an Indian [[Bengali people|Bengali]] politician and a senior leader of [[All India Forward Bloc]].<ref name="Business Standard">{{cite web|title=Veteran Forward Bloc leader Ashok Ghosh still critical|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/veteran-forward-bloc-leader-ashok-ghosh-still-critical-116020300426_1.html|accessdate=4 February 2016}}</ref><ref name="সামান্য ভাল অশোক ঘোষ">{{cite web|title=সামান্য ভাল অশোক ঘোষ|url=http://www.anandabazar.com/state/স-ম-ন-য-ভ-ল-অশ-ক-ঘ-ষ-1.300446#|accessdate=4 February 2016|language=Bengali}}</ref><ref name="অশোক ঘোষ সঙ্কটে">{{cite web|title=অশোক ঘোষ সঙ্কটে|url=http://aajkaal.in/kolkata/হাসপাতালে-ভর্তি-অশোক-ঘোষ/|publisher=Aajkal|accessdate=4 February 2016|language=Bengali}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Kolkata 24x7">{{cite web|title=অশোক ঘোষকে দেখতে হাসপাতালে মমতা|url=http://www.bengali.kolkata24x7.com/ashok-ghoash_admit_hospital.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160319124246/http://www.bengali.kolkata24x7.com/ashok-ghoash_admit_hospital.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 March 2016|publisher=Kolkata 24x7|accessdate=4 February 2016}}</ref> He held the position of the state general secretary of Forward Bloc in West Bengal from 1951 until his death in 2016.<ref name="Kolkata Today">{{cite news|title=WB CM Mamata Banerjee met with veteran Forward Bloc leader Ashok Ghosh|url=http://www.kolkatatoday.com/wb-cm-mamata-banerjee-met-with-veteran-forward-bloc-leader-ashok-ghosh/|accessdate=4 February 2016|work=Kolkata Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204200818/http://www.kolkatatoday.com/wb-cm-mamata-banerjee-met-with-veteran-forward-bloc-leader-ashok-ghosh/|archive-date=4 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Mamata wishes Ashok ">{{cite web|title=Mamata wishes Ashok on birthday|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150710/jsp/bengal/story_30724.jsp#.VrMcRWGRIcs|publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=4 February 2016}}</ref>
== Political career ==
Ghosh died in [[Kolkata]] from [[multiple organ failure]] on 3 March 2016. He was 94 years old.
Ghosh was a follower of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]'s political ideology. He became a general secretary of [[All India Forward Bloc]], West Bengal in 1951. From that time on he was in that position without any interruption until his death in 2016.<ref name="Kolkata Today" /> After the [[1989 Indian general election|Indian general election of 1989]], he voiced his opposition to the then coalition government, which he termed an "opportunistic coalition". Ghosh said that..."The opportunistic coalition coming up in [[Delhi]] will conspire against the Interests of the people of [[West Bengal]] and In the changed situation, the Left Front must get ready to spearhead a sustained movement for preserving the Interests of the state as well its people."<ref name="Chand1991">{{cite book|author=Attar Chand|title=The Long March: Profile of Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YY4I36ZbJ7gC&pg=PA320|year=1991|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-272-1|pages=320–}}</ref> After the [[Nandigram violence]] (2007), Ghosh convened an all political party meeting in Kolkata.<ref name="Initiative2007">{{cite book|author=All India Citizens Initiative|title=Nandigram: What Really Happened? : Based on the Report of the People's Tribunal on Nandigram, 26-28 May, 2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GTACAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA83|year=2007|publisher=Daanish Books|isbn=978-81-89654-44-3|pages=83–}}</ref>
== Illness and death ==
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In February 2016, Ghosh was admitted in a private hospital in South Kolkata, following respiratory problems. As of 4 February 2016, his condition was critical. He died at a hospital in Kolkata on 3 March 2016 due to multiple organ failure. He was buried at his Ashram Purulia, West Bengal as per his wish.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/veteran-forward-bloc-leader-ashok-ghosh-dies/article8309298.ece | title=Veteran Forward Bloc leader Ashok Ghosh dies | publisher=[[The Hindu]] | date=3 March 2016 | accessdate=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="WebIndia">{{cite web|title=Mamata visit hospital to see Forward Bloc leader Ashok Ghosh|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20160202/2784960.html|publisher=WebIndia|accessdate=4 February 2016}}</ref> He was 94.
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Revision as of 16:16, 22 February 2021
Ghosh in 2010
Ashok Ghosh (2 July 1921 – 3 March 2016) was an IndianBengali politician. He was the senior leader of All India Forward Bloc political party.[1][2][3][4] He held the position of the state general secretary of Forward Bloc in West Bengal from 1946 until his death in 2016.[5][6]
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