Somnath Lahiri

Somnath Lahiri
Somnath Lahiri
	সোমনাথ লাহিড়ী
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1967–1977
Constituency	Dhakuria
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	In office; 1957–1967
Constituency	Alipore
Member of Constituent Assembly of India
	In office; 9 December 1946 – 24 January 1950
Minister of Information and Public Relations, West Bengal
	In office; 1967-1968
Minister of Local Self Government, Development and Planning, West Bengal
	In office; 1969-1970
Personal details
Born	September 1, 1909
Died	October 19, 1984 (aged 75)
Citizenship	Indian
Political party	Communist Party of India
Occupation	Political Activist and Writer

Somnath Lahiri (1901–1984)[1] was an Indian statesman, writer and a leader of Communist Party of India. He was a member of Constituent Assembly of India from Bengal and later served as a Member of West Bengal Legislative assembly.

Early life

Lahiri became attracted to Marxism under the guidance of Bengali revolutionary Bhupendranath Datta in 1930. Initially, he worked in E.B. Railway workers' union and played an important role with Dr. Ronen Sen and Abdul Halim in building the Communist party's Calcutta Committee.[2][3]

Politics

Lahiri joined the Communist party in 1931, and started working in Rail and Trum workers Union in Kolkata. In 1933, he organized the first labour association of Tata Iron & Steel in Jamshedpur. According to the party's resolution of 1938, he became attached with Muzaffar Ahmed and Bankim Mukherjee and joined the Left consolidation committee. He also lead the historical Sweeper strike of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 1944. Lahiri was the sole Communist member in the Constituent Assembly in 1946. He also substantially contributed to the debates regarding drafting of the Constitution of India.[2][3]

Works

Somnath Lahiri was a well known political intellectual and writer. In 1931 he translated the book The State and Revolution to Bengali. Samyobad (Socialism) is another book of his. He was the editor of Swadhinata, a daily left political magazine. He also wrote many articles in Ganashakti, Aage Cholo, Kalanatar. Kalijuger golpo. The short stories collection of Somnath Lahiri was first published in 1967.[4]

References

Social Science Textbook for Class XI - Part III. 2006. p. 57. ISBN 9788189611194.
Subodh C. Sengupta & Anjali Basu, Part I (2002). Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali). Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. p. 605. ISBN 81-85626-65-0.
"Remembering Somnath Lahiri on His Birth Centenary". mainstreamweekly.net. 5 October 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
Somnath Lahiri (1967). Kalijuger Golpo (Bengali). Kolkata: Manisha Publication.

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[1] Social Science Textbook for Class XI - Part III. 2006. p. 57. ISBN 9788189611194.

[:0-2] Subodh C. Sengupta & Anjali Basu, Part I (2002). Sansad Bangali Charitavidhan (Bengali). Kolkata: Sahitya Sansad. p. 605. ISBN 81-85626-65-0.

[:1-3] "Remembering Somnath Lahiri on His Birth Centenary". mainstreamweekly.net. 5 October 2009. Retrieved 2 September 2017.

[4] Somnath Lahiri (1967). Kalijuger Golpo (Bengali). Kolkata: Manisha Publication.