Sudhangshu Dasgupta (1912 – 2003) was an Indian communist and freedom fighter. He was a Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and founder of the ''Desh Hitaishee'', journal of West Bengal Communist Party. Dasgupta joined

Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. H ...

in 1936.

Early life and education

Dasgupta was born in

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on 30 January 1912. His father Motilal Dasgupta was an established

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. He attended Banipith School in Barishal and passed Matriculation in 1927. He passed I. Sc. from Brojomohun College in 1929. He attended Carmichael Medical College (now called R. G. Kar Medical College) in Calcutta to study medicine. While in Calcutta, he got involved in the freedom struggle of India and got sent to Andaman Cellular Jail. After returning, he passed his BA and MA examinations in 1936 and 1938 from the University of Calcutta.

Political career

In his student life, he got involved in the anti-imperialist struggle. He came in contact with Satish Pakrashi, Pannalal Dasgupta,

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. In 1930, in connection with the Mechuabazar Bomb Case, he got arrested with 23 others. In 1932, He was sent to the Andaman Cellular jail with other revolutionaries where he became acquainted with Communist ideas. He was one of the members of

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, an Indian communist organisation, founded by Hare Krishna Konar in 1935 among with the prisoners of

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Cellular Jail. Dasgupta joined the Communist Party in 1936 and started working in the worker's movements. In 1939, when "''Samne Chalo''", the weekly mouthpiece of CPI got started under the editorship of Abdul Halim, he got associated with it. He was associated with many magazines like "''Janajuddha''" (1942), "''Swadhinata''" (1945), "''Crossroad''" (1953). He was the founder editor of the Desh Hitaishee, the ideological journal of the West Bengal state committee of the Party in 1963. He took a firm stand against revisionism and became a member of the CPI(M) state committee in 1964 and continued in that position till his death. He was also a member of the state secretariat for a period. He was also associated with "''

Ganashakti ''Ganashakti Patrika'' (1967-present) is an Indian Bengali daily newspaper published from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Initially the paper started as an organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) West Bengal State Committee.

''" in 1967. He wrote numerous books on Marxism in Bengali including: * "Marxbadi: Ki o keno?" * "Communist Manifesto Prosongo" * "Swadhinata sangrame soshostro biplobider bhumika" * "Comrade, somoy kothay?" * "Samajtantra Ke Keno Ebang Kon Pathey" His wife was Communist leader Madhuri Devi. She died in 2013.

References

Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal 1912 births 2003 deaths University of Calcutta alumni {{WestBengal-politician-stub