Gurudas Dasgupta

Detained under Defence of India Rules in 1965 and went underground on a number of occasions during Congress rule in West Bengal; President and General Secretary, Undivided Bengal Provincial Students` Federation, 1958-60; Vice President, (i) All India Trade Union Congress; and (ii) Bhartiya Khet Mazdoor Union; General Secretary, (i) Asutosh College Students` Union, 1957; (ii) West Bengal Committee of All India Youth Federation, 1967-77, and (iii) West Bengal Youth Festival Preparatory Committee, 1968, 1970 and 1973; attended World Youth Congress in Budapest as leader of the Indian Delegation in 1970; Elected General Secretary, All India Trade Union Congress in 2001; Elected Member, National Secretariat, Communist Party of India, 2004