Sunday, January 17, 2010
CPM Leader Jyothi Basu Passes Away | Jyothi Basu No more | Jyothi Basu Died | Jyothi Basu Expired Today
CPM Leader Jyothi Basu Passes Away | Jyothi Basu No more | Jyothi Basu Died | Jyothi Basu Expired Today
Veteran communist leader and former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyothi Basu has passed away on sunday after fighting with a prolonged illness. He was hospitalised early in January with a severe pneumonia attack and his health got worsenend over the last week. He was 95 years. Basu started his political career associating with student unions while studying in UK. He joined the communist party and was elected to bengal Assembly in 1946. He became the Bengal CM in 1977 and continued in the post till 2000.
Indias Marxist Leader Jyothi Basu died:
KOLKATA, India (AFP) – Jyoti Basu, the charismatic Indian Marxist who headed the world's most electorally successful communist party for two decades, died on Sunday after a long illness, party officials said.
"Jyoti Basu is no more with us. He is no more in this world," Biman Bose, Communist Party of India-Marxist state secretary, told reporters.
Basu, 95, who was the longest serving chief minister in Indian political history, led the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) to power in West Bengal in 1977 and ruled the state for an unbroken 23 years.
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