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Parimal Dasgupta was an eminent Marxist leader and remarkable trade unionist. His ancestral home was at Dhalghat village in Chattogram, Bengal provinces in British India. He was born in 1917 at Cox's Bazar in Chattogram at his maternal grand father's residence. He started his political journey in his juvenile as buyoant terrorist cadre of Anushilan Samiti Revolt group under the leadership of Charu Bikash Dutta. He passed Matriculation in 1st division in 1933 from J.M.Sen Institution of Chattogram. He was arrested on 12th October 1933 by British police and incarcerated in Chattogram jail. Legendary revolutionary Surya Sen was hanged in Chattogram jail on 12th January in 1934. That day he was in same same jail. After Two months he was sent to Berhampore detention camp along with other revolutionaries. There he joined in the Communist Consolidation. He was released on 30th June in 1938.There after he joined with Communist Party of India and got membership in 1939. As a communist cadre, his field of activities were in Trade union Front. His works began among workers of jute mill, engineering industries and small scale industries at Beliaghata area in Kolkata with an aim to consolidate them under the umbrella of left union. Many unions were formed under his leadership. In middle Kolkata, organizing laborers and scavengers in Kolkata Corporation was also his regular work of area. He also played important role in the BIDI labour movement in Fifties. In political term, his important victory was in Oriental Gas Company. He was General Secretary of Left Union. As a result of 15 years(1943 -1958) continuous struggle of the union under his leadership, private owned company became state owned company. One of his notable works to engage trade union in direct political struggle. His last major field of trade union activity was in West Bengal State Electricity Board. He was General Secretary of WBSEB Workers union from it's inception in 1959. That union had branches all over the West Bengal. They took active part in his political journey.

Besides his political activities he completed his academic course B.A. and L.L.B.

He married to Gita Bhaduri on 23rd April in 1958.

He enrolled in Calcutta High Court as an advocate on 1st July 1959 as per Indian Bar Council Act. Industrial tribunal was his main field as an advocate. He didn't take case for owner or management against workers.

He inside the party raised various political debates. he took up cudgel against reformism and revisionism in defence of Marxism. He was a prolific writer and wrote several books and articles on different socio economic and political subjects as well as on Trade Union movement. He also authored some articles and books on Industrial law.

In 1964, he joined with newly formed CPIM, but he criticized draft programme of party authored by Makineni Basavpunnaiah. He placed an alternative draft programme. He was arrested in 1964 under Defence of India Rule along with other CPIM leaders and incarcerated in Dumdum Central Jail. He was released in 1966.

He, in 1967 stood up openly in support of Naxalbari Peasant struggle of Jalpaiguri district condemning the U.F. Government of WestBengal for it's attack on struggling peasantry and moved strongly to organize mass support for the said struggle. He convened a mass convention on 14th June in 1967 at Rammohan Library Hall in Kolkata in support of Naxalbari Movement. Naxalbari Krishak Sangram Sahayak Committee an organization was formed from this convention and he was elected General Secretary.He, for this stand, was expelled from CPIM on 23rd June 1967.

Impact of Naxalbari movement, dissent leaders and activities in WestBengal formed an organization COORDINATION COMMITTEE OF COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARIES(CCCR). He was the founder member of this organization. In this process, ALL INDIA COORDICATION COMMITTE OF COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARIES(AICCCR) was formed in November 1967. Initially, he was with AICCCR but owing to difference of political line, he separated from them in august 1968. Thereafter, he moved politically protecting old base of CCCR and laid emphasis on Mass Organization. He played a strong role for organizing the new revolutionary forces for new revolutionary struggle, on the basis of revolutionary mass line. In 1989, some all India based Trade Unions formed an organization All India Joint Action Committee of Revolutionary Workers(AIJACROW). Trade unions under his leadership were joined with them. IN 1992, CPIML Janashakti was formed with the unity of 7 Communist Revolutionaries groups. CCCR under his leadership was one of the groups. But both organizations were short lived due to unity was failed to consolidate among the groups.

He died on 14th October in 2005 at his residence Karnaphuli in Kolkata. His body was draped in Red flag and cremated at Siriti crematorium in Kolkata. In the last journey, the collective voices of comrades echoed in the song " Jago Jago Jago Sarbohara(Wake up, Wake up proletariat), his life long desire.