Somnath Lahiri was an Indian politician, writer and leader of Communist Party of India.
21 Facts About Somnath Lahiri
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Somnath Lahiri was a member of Constituent Assembly of India from Bengal.
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Somnath Lahiri was later elected as a Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1957 to 1977 and served as a minister from 1967 to 1970.
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Somnath Lahiri became attracted to Marxism under the guidance of Bengali revolutionary Bhupendranath Datta in 1930.
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However, Lahiri himself was arrested a few months later and was replaced by P C Joshi.
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Somnath Lahiri led the historical Sweeper strike of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 1944.
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Somnath Lahiri moved base to Bengal and started working in the state.
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Somnath Lahiri was elected CPI councillor of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation along with Muhammad Ismail from the Labour Constituency in 1944.
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Somnath Lahiri was the sole Communist member in the Constituent Assembly in 1946 elected from Bengal.
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Somnath Lahiri substantially contributed to the debates regarding drafting of the Constitution of India.
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On 30 April 1947, Somnath Lahiri proposed to make the right to privacy of correspondence a fundamental right.
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Somnath Lahiri was elected to the CPI central committee during the first party congress in the 1943 and the second party congress in 1948.
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Somnath Lahiri was elected from the Alipore in 1957 and 1962.
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Somnath Lahiri continued to represent Dhakuria in the assembly in 1969,1971 and 1972.
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Somnath Lahiri held the position of cabinet minister in charge of information and culture for West Bengal in 1967.
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Somnath Lahiri did not contest the 1977 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.
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Somnath Lahiri was a well known political intellectual and writer.
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Somnath Lahiri was the editor of Swadhinata, a daily left political magazine.
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Somnath Lahiri wrote many articles in Ganashakti, Aage Cholo, Kalanatar, Kalijuger Golpo.
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The short stories collection of Somnath Lahiri was first published in 1967.
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Somnath Lahiri had an acerbic tongue and an inimitable sense of humour.