Prashant Bose
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Prashant Bose | |
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| Born | 1943 or 1944 |
| Died | (aged 82) Ranchi, Jharkhand, India |
| Other names | Kishan, Kajal and Mahesh |
| Organization | Communist Party of India |
| Criminal charges | left wing Insurgency, Murder, Criminal Conspiracy |
| Criminal status | Deceased |
| Spouse | Sheela Marandi |
Prashant Bose (1943 or 1944 – 3 April 2026), commonly known by his nom de guerre Kishan or Kishan da was an Indian politician who was a senior Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Maoist).[1] He previously used the aliases Nirbhay Mukherjee,[2] Kajal, Kishan-da and Mahesh.[1] Kishan, the MCCI chief was No. 2 in the CPI (Maoist).[3]
He was in charge of Bihar and Jharkhand[4] and headed the party's Eastern Regional Bureau.[5] Bose, a Bengali[1] Maoist leader, [2] was also a known intellectual of the party.[1] 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.[6]
In September 2004, Maoist Communist Centre of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) People's War 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).[7] Bose was the prime political strategist of the party who visited Northeast India and Myanmar for alliance between various banned outfits.[8]