Kamal Basu was a Bengali Indian politician who had served as a mayor of Calcutta, India between 1985 and 1990.
Education
Born to a progressive family, that included his grandfather, barrister Bhupendra Nath Bose, a former president of the Indian National Congress, he had studied economics at the Scottish Church College, and eventually earned a masters degree in political science from the University of Calcutta, where he subsequently studied law.
Career
He had joined a solicitor firm BN Basu & Company after passing law. In 1964, when Consumer price index split up, he joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was associated with the Consumer price index(M) for over four decades.
He became Calcutta"s mayor in 1985.
He used to make on-the-spot supervisions during its construction. He was also a patron of the Mohan Bagan club
During the Sino-Indian War of 1962, he fought a legal battle on behalf of his Communist Party of India comrades who had been detained by the Government of India, on suspected loyalties. He efforts were instrumental in saving the Shobhabazar Rajbari, often described as the native Town Hall, from destruction.
He died in a private nursing home on 21 January 2013.
Politics
Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India.
Membership
At an early age, he joined the Communist Party of India and became a Member of Parliament for the Lok Sabha, from West Bengal"s Diamond Harbour in the South 24 Parganas district in 1952.