About
Twentieth-century Bangladeshi-Indian poet, intellectual, and Communist activist. He edited the Bengali newspaper Amrita Bazar Patrika and was involved in the violent Naxalite–Maoist movement.
Before Fame
He graduated from the University of Calcutta in 1938.
Trivia
In 1964, he became a member of the Marxist Communist Party of India.
Family Life
He was born in East Bengal to a family of landowners.
Associated With
He and Manabendra Nath Roy both became Indian Communist revolutionaries.
