Prashant Bose

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::summary Indian maoist politician ::

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Field	Value
name	Prashant Bose
birth_date
death_date
nationality	Indian
other_names	Kishan, Kajal and Mahesh
organization	Communist party of India
spouse	Sheela Marandi
criminal_charges	left wing Insurgency, Murder, Criminal Conspiracy
criminal_penalty	Jailed
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| name = Prashant Bose | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Indian | other_names = Kishan, Kajal and Mahesh | known_for = |organization = Communist party of India | occupation = | spouse = Sheela Marandi | criminal_charges = left wing Insurgency, Murder, Criminal Conspiracy | criminal_penalty = Jailed | criminal_status = Prashant Bose, commonly known by his nom de guerre Kishan or Kishan da is an Indian politician who is a senior Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist). He has previously used Nirbhay Mukherjee, Kajal, Kishan-da and Mahesh as aliases. Kishan, the former MCCI chief is now No. 2 in the CPI (Maoist). He is in charge of Bihar and Jharkhand and heading the Party's Eastern Regional Bureau. And this Bengali Maoist leader, 74 in age{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/CD-revealing-deadly-Naxalite-tactics-seized/Article1-467765.aspx |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125053708/http://www.hindustantimes.com/CD-revealing-deadly-Naxalite-tactics-seized/Article1-467765.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 January 2013 |title=CD revealing deadly Naxalite tactics seized |publisher= Hindustantimes.com |date=22 October 2009 |accessdate=1 November 2010}} is also a known intellectual of the party. He joined in Naxalite movements as a trade union activist in 1967 and continued to play a key role in Left-wing politics in India.

In September 2004, Maoist Communist Centre of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War had merged to form CPI (Maoist). The agreement had been signed between Kishan, General Secretary, Central Committee of Maoist Communist Centre of India and Ganapathy, General Secretary Central Committee, CPI (M-L People's War). Bose was the prime political strategist of the party who visited Northeast India and Myanmar for alliance between various banned outfits.

Bose hails from Jadavpur, Kolkata. His wife Sheela Marandi, another central committee member of CPI (Maoist) was imprisoned from 2006 to 2016. Bose and his wife has been arrested by Jharkhand police on 12 November 2021.

References

References

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4. (8 September 2010). "Red Rot". Satp.org SOUTH ASIA INTELLIGENCE REVIEW Volume.9, No.5.
5. "Maoist Prashanta Bose: The Last of the First-Generation Naxals".
6. (20 September 2010). "Maoists to Start Helpline From September 21". News.outlookindia.com.
7. "Prashant Bose, once number two in CPI (Maoists), being questioned in Ranchi".
8. সংস্থা, সংবাদ. "Maoist Leader Arrested: ঝাড়খণ্ড পুলিশের হাতে গ্রেফতার শীর্ষ মাওবাদী নেতা কিসানদা, ধৃত তাঁর স্ত্রী শীলাও".
9. (19 December 2007). "Top leader's arrest a big blow to Maoist movement". [[The Hindu]].
10. (12 November 2021). "Top Maoists leaders Prashanth Bose and his wife Sheela Marandi arrested in Jharkhand".
11. (12 November 2021). "Top Maoist leaders Prashanth Bose and his wife Sheela Marandi arrested in Jharkhand".

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