Prafulla Chandra Ghosh

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Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
Ghosh at Writers' Building in 1947
1st Premier of West Bengal
In office 15 August 1947 – 22 January 1948
Governor	Chakravarti Rajagopalachari
Preceded by	Office Established (Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy as Prime Minister of Bengal)
Succeeded by	Bidhan Chandra Roy
4th Chief Minister of West Bengal
In office 2 November 1967 – 20 February 1968
Governor	Dharma Vira
Preceded by	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee
Succeeded by	President's rule (Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee as Chief Minister)
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 1957–1962
Preceded by	Kumar Deba Prosad Garga
Succeeded by	Sushil Kumar Dhara
Constituency	Mahisadal
In office 1967–1968
Preceded by	Mahendranath Mahato
Succeeded by	Panchkari De
Constituency	Jhargram
Personal details
Born	24 December 1891 Maliakanda, Bengal, British India[1][2][3][4]
Died	18 December 1983(1983-12-18) (aged 91) Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Political party	Progressive Democratic Front
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress Praja Socialist Party Independent
Relatives	Priyanka Yoshikawa (great-granddaughter)
Alma mater	M.Sc in chemistry (Dhaka University) Ph.D in chemistry (University of Calcutta)

Prafulla Chandra Ghosh (24 December 1891 – 18 December 1983) was the first Premier of West Bengal, India from 15 August 1947 to 14 August 1948. He also served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal in the "Progressive Democratic Alliance Front" government from 2 November 1967 to 20 February 1968.^[5]