Sambhu Charan Ghosh (10 June 1927 – 15 June 1986) was an Indian politician and scholar, belonging to the

All India Forward Bloc The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party a ...

. He was a member of the

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of the party.

Biography

Ghosh was born on 10 June 1927. He was the son of Nityananda Ghosh. He was married to Chitra Ghosh and they had their only son namely Ritabrata Ghosh. Ghosh obtained B.Sc., B.A. and M.A. degrees from Calcutta University. As a student he became a follower of

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. He took up a position as lecturer of

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. He took part in the Indian struggle for independence and in 1944 he became a member of the All India Forward Bloc. Ghosh served as Commissioner of Hooghly-Chinsurah municipality for many years. He served as president of the West Bengal Municipal Primary Teachers' Association for a short period. He was a co-founder of Jatish Chandra Vidyapith. Ghosh contested the Chinsurah constituency seat in the

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. He finished in second place with 16,582 votes (40.64%). Ghosh won the Chinsurah seat in the 1962, 1967, 1969, 1977 and 1982 assembly elections. Ghosh was named Minister for Cottage and Small Scale Industries in the second

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cabinet formed in 1969. He was also Higher Education Minister in first Left Front Ministry in 1977 under Chief Minister Jyoti Basu and in the second term of left front government also he held the same portfolio in 1982 until his death in 1986. Ghosh lost the Chinsurah seat in the

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. He finished in third place behind the

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and CPI(M) candidates, obtaining 6,050 votes (11.34%).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghosh, Sambhu 1927 births 1986 deaths All India Forward Bloc politicians State cabinet ministers of West Bengal West Bengal MLAs 1962–1967 West Bengal MLAs 1967–1969 West Bengal MLAs 1969–1971 West Bengal MLAs 1977–1982 West Bengal MLAs 1982–1987