Somnath Lahiri (1 September 1909 – 19 October 1984)[1] was an Indian statesman, writer and a leader of Communist Party of India.

Somnath Lahiri became attracted to Marxism under the guidance of Bengali revolutionary Bhupendranath Datta in 1930.

Railway workers' union and played an important role with Dr. Ronen Sen and Abdul Halim in building the Communist party's Calcutta Committee.

[2][3] Lahiri joined the Communist party in 1931, and started working in rail and tram workers Union in Kolkata.

[4] According to the party's resolution of 1938, he became attached with Muzaffar Ahmed and Bankim Mukherjee and joined the Left consolidation committee.

He was elected CPI councillor of the Calcutta Municipal Corporation along with Muhammad Ismail from the Labour Constituency in 1944.

He held the position of cabinet minister in charge of information and culture for West Bengal in 1967.

[12] He brought out the first Bangla and Hindi journals, Abhijan and Jangi Mazdur, of and for the working class.

He had varied interests beyond politics—he liked to read novels, watch films and theatres, and listen to music and songs.