Shibdas Ghosh
| Shibdas Ghosh | |
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| Succeeded by | Nihar Mukherjee |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 August 1923 Dhaka, Bengal Province, British India |
| Died | 5 August 1976) (aged 53) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Political party | Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) |
| Residence | Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Religion | Atheism |
Shibdas Ghosh (5 August 1923 – 5 August 1976) was an Indian communist politician. He was the founding general secretary of Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist).[1]
Ghosh was born in the Dhaka District of British India, to a lower-middle-class family. Passing 10th standard from his village school at the age of 13 he joined the Anushilan Samity to participate in the independence movement of India. He was attracted to Manabendranath Roy's ideologies at a very early age. In 1942 he joined the Quit India movement. He was later arrested and incarcerated for three years. There he thoroughly studied Marxism-Leninism. Later along with some colleagues such as Nihar Mukherjee he organised SUCI(C) in 1948.
Published speeches
- Why SUCI(C) is the only genuine Communist Party in India
- Self-criticism of the Communist camp
- On the report of the Twentieth Congress of the CPSU
- A few economic problems
- An appeal to the leaders of the international communist movement
- Some questions on the Way the Cuban Crisis had been Solved
- Marxism and the development of human society