Jyoti Basu - Chronology of Life

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KOLKATA: Jyoti Basu, who died here today, resigned from active politics in 2000 but continued to guide the communist movement.

- Born in Calcutta (now Kolkata), July 8, 1914.

- Graduated from Presidency College with honours in English. He did his Bar at Law from London & got introduced to Marxism & Politics.

- Returned to India in 1940. Joined Communist Party of India (CPI).

- In 1944 he was a functionary of Bengal railway workers' union.

- In 1946 he was elected to the Bengal legislative assembly, defeating Humayun Kabir of Congress.

- Won from Baranagar assembly constituency in 1952, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1969 and 1971. He lost in the 1972 snap polls.

- In 1964, he helped set up the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).

- In 1967, he became deputy chief minister in a coalition government in Bengal.

- Became chief minister of West Bengal June 21, 1977 and headed the Left Front government till Nov 6, 2000.

- Missed a chance to be India's PM in 1996 after his party's veto. He later called the party decision a "historic blunder".

- In 2000, he announced his retirement from active politics and stepped down as chief minister on health grounds.

- In 2004, he played a key role to stitch an alliance between the Left parties and the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
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