Sambhu Ghosh

Sambhu Charan Ghosh was an Indian politician and scholar, belonging to the All India Forward Bloc. He was a member of the Central Committee of the party.

Ghosh was born on June 10, 1927. He was the son of Nityananda Ghosh.

Ghosh obtained B.Sc., B.A. and M.A. degrees from Calcutta University. As a student he became a follower of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. He took up a position as lecturer of philosohpy at Uluberia College. He took part in the Indian struggle for independence and in 1944 he became a member of the All India Forward Bloc.

Ghosh served as Commissioner of Hooghly-Chinsurah municipality for many years. He served as president of the West Bengal Municipal Primary Teachers' Association for a short period. He was a co-founder of Jatish Chandra Vidyapith.

Ghosh contested the Chinsurah constituency seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1957. He finished in second place with 16,582 votes (40.64%).

Ghosh won the Chinsurah seat in the 1962, 1967 and 1969 assembly elections. Ghosh was named Minister for Cottage and Small Scale Industries in the second United Front cabinet formed in 1969.

Ghosh lost the Chinsurah seat in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 1971. He finished in third place behind the Congress and CPI(M) candidates, otaining 6,050 votes (11.34%).