Anil Biswas was an Indian politician. He was the secretary of the West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

 State Committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

The Communist Party of India is a political party in India. It has a strong presence in the states of Kerala, West Bengal and Tripura. As of 2011, CPI is leading the state government in Tripura. It leads the Left Front coalition of leftist parties in various states and the national parliament of...

 (CPI(M)) and member of the party's Polit Bureau

Politburo

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 beginning in 1998. He was the editor of Marxbadi Path the theoretical quarterly in Bengal

Bengal

Bengal is a historical and geographical region in the northeast region of the Indian Subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal. Today, it is mainly divided between the sovereign land of People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal, although some regions of the previous...

. He hailed from a village in Nadia District

Nadia District

Nadia district is a district of the state of West Bengal, in the north east of India. It borders with Bangladesh to the east, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts to the south, Bardhaman district to the west, and Murshidabad district to the north....

 of West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

. He was known to be a deft strategist of the party

Political party

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He died on 26 March 2006 after being hospitalised by a brain haemorrhage

Stroke

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 on 18 March.

His body was donated to NRS Medical College and Hospital

Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College and Hospital

Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital is a medical teaching institution and hospital in Kolkata , the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It was previously known as Campbell Hospital.-History:...

according to his last wishes. He is survived by his wife Gita and daughter Ajanta.