Veteran CPI leader AB Bardhan passed away

Veteran Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan passed away on 2 January 2016 after a long illness. He was 92.

He was the former general secretary of the CPI, which is one of the oldest political parties in India.

About AB Bardhan

• AB Bardhan was born on 25 September 1924 in Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bangladesh).

• He embraced Communism at the age of 15 after he moved to Nagpur.

• He joined the All India Students Federation at the Nagpur University in 1940.

• He took part in the freedom movement as a member of the All India Students Federation.

• In 1940, he joined the CPI, which was then banned.

• He won an election just once, to the Maharashtra Assembly, in 1957 as an Independent.

• After losing several elections, he moved to Delhi in the 1990s and got involved in national politics.

• When the United Front (UF) government took over in 1996 and CPI leader Indrajit Gupta became Home Minister, he resigned as CPI general secretary and paved the way for Bardhan.

• He held a postgraduate degree in economics and a degree in law.

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