| Subodh Roy | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1916 Chittagong District, Bengal Province, British India |
| Died | 2006 Calcutta, India |
| Nationality | Bengali, Indian |
| Political party | Communist Party of India(Marxist) |
| Profession | Indian independence movement activist, Revolutionist |
Subodh Roy (Bangla: সুবোধ রায়) (1916–2006)[1] was a Bengali Indian independence activist, revolutionary and politician.
Subodh Roy hailed from Chittagong, now in Bangladesh. At the age of 14, he participated in the Chittagong armoury raid, along with Surya Sen and other revolutionaries on April 18, 1930.[1] After the trial, Subodh Roy was deported to the Cellular Jail in Port Blair in 1934.[1] After the release from jail in 1940,[1] he joined communist politics and became a member of the Communist Party of India. After the independence, he shifted to Calcutta and joined as a wholetimer at the Provincial Centre of the Party. After the split in Communist Party of India in 1964, Subodh Roy sided with the Communist Party of India (Marxist). And he was a longstanding member of the West Bengal state committee of the CPI(M).[2]
Subodh Roy made a major scholarly contribution to the history of the communist movement. After research in the National Archives, he edited a book “Communism in India: Unpublished Documents”.[2]