Ganesh Ghosh (Bengali: গণেশ
ঘোষ) (June 22, 1900 – October 16, 1994) was a Bengali Indian independence activist, revolutionary and
politician. Ganesh Ghosh was born in the village Binodpur of Jessore District, present Bangladesh.
Ganesh Ghosh hailed from Chittagong, now in Bangladesh. His father was an employee in Railway. In 1922, he took admission in the Bengal
Technical Institute in Calcutta. he was arrested in 1923 in the case of Maniktala Bomb Case. He was imprisoned without any trial for four years in 1924. he was elected as a member of Bengal Provincial Congress committee in 1929. Later, he became a member of the Chittagong Jugantar party. He participated in the
Chittagong armoury raid, along with Surya Sen and other revolutionaries
on April 18, 1930. He was arrested from a secret shelter in Chandanagar.
After the trial, Ganesh Ghosh was deported to the Cellular Jail in Port Blair in 1932 for life imprisonment.. After the release from jail in 1946, he joined communist politics and became a member of the Communist Party of India. After the independence, he became a leader of the party. After the split in Communist Party of India in 1964, Ganesh sided with the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1952, 1957 and 1962 as a Communist Party of India candidate from Belgachia. He was elected to the 4th Lok Sabha in 1967 from Calcutta South Lok Sabha constituency as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate.In the 1971 Lok Sabha he was again the Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate from Calcutta South Lok Sabha constituency. This time he was defeated by 26 year old Priya Ranjan Dash Munshi who won his first Lok Sabha election fighting on Congress(R) ticket.
he died in Woodburn Ward of S.S.k.m. hospital being bedridden in a serious disease.
After the trial, Ganesh Ghosh was deported to the Cellular Jail in Port Blair in 1932 for life imprisonment.. After the release from jail in 1946, he joined communist politics and became a member of the Communist Party of India. After the independence, he became a leader of the party. After the split in Communist Party of India in 1964, Ganesh sided with the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1952, 1957 and 1962 as a Communist Party of India candidate from Belgachia. He was elected to the 4th Lok Sabha in 1967 from Calcutta South Lok Sabha constituency as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate.In the 1971 Lok Sabha he was again the Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate from Calcutta South Lok Sabha constituency. This time he was defeated by 26 year old Priya Ranjan Dash Munshi who won his first Lok Sabha election fighting on Congress(R) ticket.
he died in Woodburn Ward of S.S.k.m. hospital being bedridden in a serious disease.
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