Former Lok Sabha member Amal Datta, a nephew of legendary Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, died at a private city hospital on Friday following a cardiac arrest, his family sources said. Datta (84), who represented the Diamond Harbour constituency in the lower house of parliament for 14 years, left behind his wife and two sons.
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A graduate from the London School of Economics, he was a Bar-At-Law from the Middle Temple, London. He entered the Lok Sabha in 1982 as a CPI-M member after winning a by-election from Diamond Harbour constituency following the death of Jyotirmoy Basu. He was re-elected in 1984, 1989 and 1991.
He was also the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament for two consecutive terms from 1987 to 1989 A&amp; a practicing lawyer in the High Court in Kolkata and in the Supreme Court He was born in August 1933.
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Former Lok Sabha member Amal Datta, a nephew of legendary Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, died at a private city hospital on Friday following a cardiac arrest, his family sources said

Jyoti Basu's nephew, Amal Datta dies of a cardiac arrest

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Former Lok Sabha member Amal Datta, a nephew of legendary Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, died at a private city hospital on Friday following a cardiac arrest, his family sources said

Jyoti Basu's nephew, Amal Datta dies of a cardiac arrest

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