Niranjan Sengupta

Niranjan Sengupta
Niranjan Sengupta
নিরঞ্জন সেনগুপ্ত
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1957 - 1962
Constituency	Bijpur
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1962 - 1967 ; 1967 - 1968 ; 1969
Constituency	Tollyganj
Minister of Refugee, Relief and Rehabilitation and Jails, Government of West Bengal
	In office; 1967 - 1968 ; 1969
Personal details
Born	26 July 1904; Barisal, British India (modern Bangladesh)
Died	4 September 1969 (aged 65); Kolkata, India
Citizenship	India
Political party	Communist Party of India (1938 - 1964) ; Communist Party of India (Marxist) (1964 - 1969)

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Niranjan Sengupta (26 July 1904 - 4 September 1969) was a Bengali Indian revolutionary and freedom fighter. He was a leader of Communist Party of India (Marxist).^[1]

Revolutionary activities[edit]

The first elected student union in India was at Ripon College with Niranjan Sengupta as its president. Niranjan was a leader of the Barisal branch of Dhaka Anushilan Samiti. In 1929, he was one of the leaders who led to the formation of the neo-violence confederation. In 1930, in connection with the Mechuabazar Bomb Case, he got arrested with 23 others. In 1932, He was sent to the Andaman Cellular jail with other revolutionaries where he became acquainted with Communist ideas.^[1]

Later he became a Marxist and joined the Communist Party of India in 1938. He was one of the seven members of an inner committee set up by the Communist Party of India Politburo.^[2] He also had important role during the inner-party struggle of this communist party. He was elected as a member of Legislative Assembly of West Bengal in 1957 election from Bijpur.^[3] After the split in the Communist Party of India, Niranjan remained with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). He was also a minister in the coalition ministry of West Bengal in 1967 - 1968 and 1969.^[1]

Notes[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Sengupta, Subodhchandra; Basu, Anjali, eds. (1976). Samsad Bengali Charitabidhan (Vol. 1). Kolkata: Sishu Sahitya Samsad. p. 362. ISBN 978-81-7955-292-6.
↑ Jyoti Basu. "Memories: The Ones That Have Lasted, Part XI: I am Arrested". Ganashakti. Translated by Dasgupta, Abhijit. Archived from the original on 22 February 2001.
↑ "Assembly Election Results of Bijpur Assembly Seat". Retrieved 26 February 2022.

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[:0-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Sengupta, Subodhchandra; Basu, Anjali, eds. (1976). Samsad Bengali Charitabidhan (Vol. 1). Kolkata: Sishu Sahitya Samsad. p. 362. ISBN 978-81-7955-292-6.

[2] Jyoti Basu. "Memories: The Ones That Have Lasted, Part XI: I am Arrested". Ganashakti. Translated by Dasgupta, Abhijit. Archived from the original on 22 February 2001.

[3] "Assembly Election Results of Bijpur Assembly Seat". Retrieved 26 February 2022.

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