Biman Bose

Biman Bose (born 1 July 1940) is an Indian politician and a former state Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) West Bengal State Committee.^[1] He was later succeeded by his trusted aide, Surya Kanta Mishra, although he remained a Politburo member of the party.^[2] Currently, Bose is the Chairman of the Left Front in West Bengal.^[3][4]

Biman Bose
Bose in 2023
Member of Politburo, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
In office 1998–2022
Preceded by	Sunil Maitra
Succeeded by	Ram Chandra Dome
Chairman of the Left Front
Incumbent
Assumed office 1998
Preceded by	Sailen Dasgupta
West Bengal State Secretary of the CPI(M)
In office 2006–2015
Preceded by	Anil Biswas
Succeeded by	Surjya Kanta Mishra
General Secretary, Students' Federation of India
In office 1970–1976
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	Subhas Chakraborty
Personal details
Born	(1940-07-01) 1 July 1940 (age 85) Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Residence	Kolkata
Alma mater	Maulana Azad College
Profession	Politician
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Early life

Biman Bose was an alumnus of Maulana Azad College, under the University of Calcutta. During his educational experience, Bose was known to be involved in political and social activities. He participated in an election campaign during an assembly by-election in 1954, while he was still in school.

Though he was recommended for Party in 1957, he was not granted a position until 1958 due to the minimum age requirement being 18 years old. He participated in the movement against Bengal-Bihar merger in 1956 as well as the food movement in 1959, and was imprisoned in 1958.^[5]

Early political life

Bose was elected Secretary of the Bengal Provincial Students' Federation, Kolkata district, and vice-president of the BPSF in 1964. Bose carried on his work as the Assistant Secretary of Indo-Vietnam Solidarity Committee in the mid-1960s.

He was the first All India Secretary of Students Federation of India in 1970. He continued in that position until 1976. He became a member of the West Bengal State Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 1971 and a Secretariat member in 1978. He was mentored by Pramod Dasgupta.

Political career

He was made a permanent invitee to the CPI (M) Central Committee in 1983 and was elected as a regular member in 1985. ^[6] Promode Dasgupta asked Bose to contest from the Bankura Lok Sabha constituency in 1980 Indian general election. However, he declined the offer and insisted to work in the organisation. Bose then selected Basudeb Acharia to contest from Bankura upon instructions from Dasgupta. ^[7]

He was elected as a member of the Politburo in 1998.^[8]

He played a key role in building and organizing the party in several parts of West Bengal, especially undivided Medinipur, Bankura and Puruliya districts.

He was also elected as the Chairman of Left Front (West Bengal) in 1998, after Sailen Dasgupta was relieved of the post due to health issues. This was the first time since 1977, that a person who was not the state Secretary of CPI (M) became chair of the Left Front.

Bose was also elected as state Secretary of CPI(M) in March 2005 after Anil Biswas died suddenly. He served in the position until 2015 when Surjya Kanta Mishra succeeded him.

In 2022, he left the State Secretariat, State Committee, the Central Committee and the Politburo of CPI(M) in one go adhering to the party's strict age-limit. However, he is still serving as the Chairperson of Left Front.

Later in 2022, he was made a special invitee to the central and state committee of CPI(M).