Question: Recently a Freedom fighter and West Bengal’s senior most Left leader, Ashok Ghosh died. He was associated with-
(a) Non-cooperation movement
(b) Civil disobedience movement
(c) Abhinav Bharat
(d) All India Forward Bloc (AIFB)
Ans (d)
Related facts:
- On 4 March 2016, Freedom fighter and West Bengal’s senior most Left leader, Ashok Ghosh, who was state secretary of the All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) since 1951, died. He was 94.
- Influenced by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose leadership and ideals, Ghosh joined Forward Bloc formally in 1941.
- He was elected as the state secretary of the Forward Bloc on 22 June 1951 and held the same for over a record sixty years.
- For holding Top position of any political party for such a long duration his name was included in the Limca Book of Records.
- After Independence, Ashok Ghosh played a vital role in the formation of the first and second United Front government consisting of Bangla Congress, Forward Bloc, LSS (Lok Sabha Sangh), CPI-M (Communist Party of India-Marxist), CPI (Communist Party of India), RSP. (Revolutionary Socialist Party).
- In seven decades of his political career, he did not hold any political positions and He was a bachelor in his personal life and dedicated his whole life for the cause of society.
Reference:
https://web.facebook.com/ForwardBloc/posts/1051277514894941:0?_rdr
http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/ashok-ghoshs-death-will-leave-vacuum-for-left-president_1862518.html
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/forward-bloc-veteran-ashok-ghosh-dead-116030300283_1.html
http://www.univarta.com/news/india/story/403732.html
http://www.prabhatkhabar.com/news/west-bengal/story/734666.html