Ajoy Kumar Ghosh ( bn, অজয়কুমার ঘোষ) (20 February 1909–13 January 1962) was an

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and prominent leader of the

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. He was the general secretary of the

from 1954 to 1962.

Early life

Ghosh was born in Mihijam village of

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in the state of

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. He went with his father Doctor Shachindranath Ghosh to

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Political life

In 1926, before entering

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, Ghosh met

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and

Batukeshwar Dutt Batukeshwar Dutt (18 November 1910 – 20 July 1965) was an Indian socialist revolutionary and independence fighter in the early 1900s. He is best known for having exploded two bombs, along with Bhagat Singh, in the Central Legislative Assemb ...

. He was a member of

Hindustan Socialist Republican Association Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA), previously known as the Hindustan Republican Army and Hindustan Republican Association (HRA), was an Indian revolutionary organisation founded by Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Sachindra ...

. He was arrested and later imprisoned after

Lahore Conspiracy Case trial 1915 Lahore Conspiracy Case trial or First Lahore Conspiracy Case, was a series of trials held in Lahore (then part of the undivided Punjab of British India), and in the United States, in the aftermath of the failed Ghadar conspiracy from 26 Apr ...

in 1929 but released due to lack of evidence. He was again arrested in 1931 and came into contact with Srinivas Sardeshai in

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. After release, he joined in the

. In 1934, he was elected to the Central Committee of the

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and in 1936 he was elected to its Polit Bureau. In 1938, Ghosh became the member of the editorial board of the Party's mouthpiece, the ''National Front''. He was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India from 1951 till his death in 1962. He was leading the Communist Party of India during the China-India war in 1962 and supported

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's position instead of that of

.“The Sino-Indian Border Dispute,” B. 644 (R) November, 1962, 4, India, CPR 12-61-12-62 folder 3 of 4, Papers of President Kennedy, National Security File, Robert Komer, Box 420, John F. Kennedy Library. He was the prominent person in the centrist faction before the

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of the

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from the

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghosh, Ajoy Indian communists Revolutionary movement for Indian independence 1909 births 1962 deaths Hindustan Socialist Republican Association Indian independence activists Communist Party of India politicians from West Bengal University of Allahabad alumni People from Paschim Bardhaman district