Shibdas Ghosh

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^[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 1940 he joined the newly formed Revolutionary Socialist Party. In 1942 he joined the Quit India movement. He was later arrested and incarcerated for three years. Here he studied hard on Marxism-Leninism. Later along with some colleagues such as Nihar Mukherjee he organised SUCI in 1948.

Published speeches

• Why SUCI 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

References

External links

• SUCI Central Committee's Homage to Shibdas Ghosh
• Marxists Internet Archive: Shibdas Ghosh