Sailen Dasgupta

Sailen Dasgupta (24 October 1920 – 10 July 2001), was an Indian communist politician. He was the secretary of the West Bengal State Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist) between 1990 and 1998 and member of the party's politburo beginning in 1992 until his death in 2001.

Sailen Dasgupta
Member of Polit Bureau, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
In office 1991–2001
West Bengal State Secretary of the CPI(M)
In office 1990–1998
Preceded by	Saroj Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Anil Biswas
Chairman of Left Front
In office 1990–1998
Preceded by	Saroj Mukherjee
Succeeded by	Biman Bose
Personal details
Born	24 October 1920 Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Bangladesh)
Died	10 July 2001(2001-07-10) (aged 80–81) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Occupation	Politician

Early life

Dasgupta was born on 24 October, 1920 in the Barisal district in undivided Bengal and completed his matriculation in 1938.^[1]

Politics

Dasgupta joined CPI(M) in 1939. He was active in the party throughout the decades and because Secretary of the State Committee in 1990;^[2] He was reelected in 1991, 1995 and 1998.^[3] He resigned in late 1998 owing to ill-health and old age.^{[citation needed]}

He was also elected as the chairperson of Left Front in West Bengal in 1990. He was also elected to the Central Committee in 1990 and to the Polit Bureau in 1991.^[1]

Death

Dasgupta died in Mumbai on 10 July, 2001.^[1]