Kamal Kumar Basu (22 August 1918 – 21 January 2013)[1] was a Bengali Indian politician who had served as a Mayor of Kolkata, India between 1985 and 1990.
[2] Born to a progressive family, that included his grandfather, barrister Bhupendra Nath Bose, a former president of the Indian National Congress, he had studied economics at the Scottish Church College, and eventually earned a master's degree in political science from the University of Calcutta, where he subsequently studied law.
[3][4] He had joined a solicitor firm BN Basu & Co after passing law.
At an early age, he joined the Communist Party of India and became a Member of Parliament for the Lok Sabha, from West Bengal's Diamond Harbour in the South 24 Parganas district in 1952.
[4] He efforts were instrumental in saving the Shobhabazar Rajbari, often described as the native Town Hall, from destruction.