Saroj Dutta
| Saroj Dutta সরোজ দত্ত |
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| Born | 13 March 1914 Jessore, East Bengal |
| Died | 5 August 1971 (aged 57) South Calcutta, West Bengal |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party |
Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) |
| Spouse(s) | Bela Dutta |
| Alma mater | Scottish Church College |
| Profession | Politician, Poet, Journalist |
Communist Party of India Communist Party of India (Marxist),
Saroj Dutta (March 13, 1914 – August 5, 1971) (Comrade SD) was an Indian communist intellectual and poet, active in the extremist Naxalite movement in West Bengal in the 1960s. He also remained editor-in-chief of the Amrita Bazar Patrika during the 1940s.
He was killed in a police encounter on August 5, 1971 in Kolkata, at the height on Naxalite movement.
He was born in a land-owning family in Jessore in East Bengal, now in Bangladesh, on 13 March 1914. He studied at the Victoria Collegiate School in Narail, and later graduated from the Scottish Church College in Calcutta in 1936. He subsequently earned his MA In English Literature 1938 from the University of Calcutta.
Dutta joined the Amrit Bazar Patrika in early 1940s, after completing his studies, however he was fired in 1949 for joining violent activities as a member of the Communist Party of India. In 1962, after the Sino-Indian War he was briefly arrested for having pro-China (Maoist) sympathies. In 1964 he joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI(M), and was an editor of their paper, Swadhinata, along with Sushital Ray Chowdhary. He was among the many radicals who were disillusioned when the CPI(M) decided to join electoral politics in the runup to the 1967 elections.
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