Kamal Guha

Kamal Guha (1928 – 2007) was an Indian politician. He was an All India Forward Bloc leader and member of the Left Front cabinet in the Indian state of West Bengal for over two decades.

Early life

Born at Dinhata on January 20, 1928, he passed his matriculation from Dinhata High School where former president of Bangladesh, Hossain Mohammad Ershad was his classmate, and passed Intermediate Arts from Victoria College (now Acharya Brojendra Nath Seal College) in Cooch Behar, which was then affiliated with the University of Calcutta. Guha was inspired by Subhas Chandra Bose at a very young age. He decided to join politics when he was still a student and Forward Bloc seemed to be the obvious choice.

Political career

Guha won his first election to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1962. He contested and won the Dinhata seat 8 times in every election except 1971.He Was Elected MLA For Eight Times. In the 2006 Assembly election he quit from contesting the Dinhata seat. He became a member of the cabinet in 1977, 1982,1987 and 2001 and headed the departments of agriculture, agriculture marketing and public health engineering.