Bio/Wiki
| Other name | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |
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Physical Stats & More
| Eye Color | Black |
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| Hair Color | Grey |
Educational Qualification(s)
| School | Sailendra Sarkar Vidyalaya |
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| College/University | Presidency College |
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Personal Life
| Marital Status | Married |
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| Address | 59-A, Palam Avenue, Government Quarters, Kolkata. |
Relationships & More
| Marital Status | Married | ||||||
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Family
| Father | Nepal Chandru Bhattacharjee |
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| Mother | Name Not Known |
Career
| Political Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
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Some Lesser Known Facts
| Buddhadeb Bhattacharya was a Polit Bureau Member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 2002 to 2015. | |
| He served as the eighth Chief Minister of West Bengal from 2000 to 2011. | |
| For twenty-four years, he was the MLA of the Jadavpur constituency in West Bengal. | |
| During his Chief Minister tenure, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya aimed to industrialize West Bengal and signed a deal with Tata Motors for producing the Nano car. | |
| Sukanta Bhattacharya, a notable Indian poet, was the cousin of his father. | |
| In 1966, Buddhadeb Bhattacharya entered politics and joined CPIM. | |
| He won from the Jadavpur constituency of West Bengal in 1987 and became the minister of information and culture. | |
| Buddhadeb Bhattacharya focused on industrializing West Bengal by engaging foreign and national capital and initiating projects like the Tata Nano plant in Singur. | |
| After the 2011 state assembly elections, he was relieved from his positions on the Politburo and Central Committee. | |
| Buddhadeb Bhattacharya is renowned for translating Gabriel Garcia Marquez's works into Bengali. | |
| In December 2021, he was hospitalized at Woodlands Hospital in West Bengal for respiratory treatment. |
