Wednesday, October 23, 2013

!61. Krishna Pada Ghosh (1914-1987), 162. Kedareshwar Sengupta ( ? - 1961)

Krishnapada Ghosh was born in Khulna. He was a trade union leader. He joined politics since his student life.He joined trade union movement under the flag of Labour Party in 1935-36.He, then, joined in Communist Party of India. He took important role in the trade union movement of workers of Calcutta Port and Dock. He was arrested in when Communist party was declared illegal. After being released he worked for some time in the Party's mouthpiece "Swadhinata" as a journalist. He took the side of CPI(M) in 1964 after its division.He became the labour minister in the cabinet of 2nd UF of WB assembly in 1969. From 1977 to 1984 he became the Minister-in -charge of labour in The Govt of West Bengal. 

Kedareshwar was born in Dhaka. He joined Anushilan Samity of Dhaka under the influence. He was engaged in the revolutionary work in North India under the leadership of The Great Revolutionary Rasbehari Bose for which a warrant was issued for arresting  him. He went underground to avoid arrest but was arrested in Berhampur After release he became in charge of  communication between Bengal and Bombay.For this he was again arrested. He was taken to jail for joining August movement of 1942. In the Kundghat area of Kolkata he founded a shelter for homeless relatives of the political workers of Anushilan Samity. This was one of his important deeds.  

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