What is Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan?
[[File:Bardan.JPG|thumb|Bardhan in February 2012.]] '''Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan''' (25 September 1924 &ndash; 2 January 2016) was an [[India]]n [[communist]] politician. He was the general secretary of the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) from 1996 until 2012. Bardhan was born in [[Barisal]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (now in [[Bangladesh]]). His wife died in 1986. They had two children. Bardhan had a paralytic [[stroke]] in December 2015. He died on 2 January 2016 in [[New Delhi]], aged 91.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/veteran-cpi-leader-a-b-bardhan-passes-away/|title=Veteran CPI leader A B Bardhan passes away|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=2 January 2016|access-date=2 January 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bardhan, Ardhendu Bhushan}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Indian communist politicians]] [[Category:Politicians from Maharashtra]] {{Bio-stub}}