Promode Dasgupta

Promode Dasgupta
Dasgupta, c. 1978
Member of Polit Bureau, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
In office 7 November 1964 – 29 November 1982
State Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal
In office 1964–1982
Preceded by	Position Created
Succeeded by	Saroj Mukherjee
Chairman of the Left Front
In office 1977–1982
Preceded by	Position Created
Succeeded by	Saroj Mukherjee
Personal details
Born	(1910-07-13)13 July 1910 Kaurpur village, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Bangladesh)
Died	29 November 1982(1982-11-29) (aged 72) Beijing, People's Republic of China

Promode Dasgupta (13 July 1910 – 29 November 1982) was an Indian Communist politician from West Bengal, often referred to as PDG. He was the first leader of the West Bengal unit of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), serving as State Secretary from the party's birth in 1964 until his death in 1982. He was also a member of the CPI(M)'s politburo, its supreme decision-making body. Although he personally never contested an election, Dasgupta earned a reputation as a disciplined organiser of the party and its cadres. Under his leadership, the CPI(M)-led Left Front came to power in a landslide victory in the 1977 election, and remained the dominant force in West Bengal politics for several decades following Dasgupta's death.