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title: "who is the longest serving chief minister in India?"  
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# who is the longest serving chief minister in India?

who is the [longest serving chief minister](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/52034/who-is-the-longest-serving-chief-minister-in-india) in [India](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/336618/top-10-electric-bicycles-in-india-in-2024-to-improve-your-health)?

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

**Jyoti Basu was the [longest serving](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32048/longest-serving-speaker-of-lok-sabha) [Chief Minister](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/62145/who-has-sworn-in-as-the-chief-minister-of-andhra-pradesh) in India born on 8th July 1914 Basu was an Indian Politician and belonged to Communist Party of India from West Bengal, India.**

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**Jyoti Basu served as the chief minister of West Bengal state from the year 1977 till 2000 which is the longest queue till now in the political history of India.** **\**He **was the member of the Communist Party of India from the time party’s founding** (The CPI (M) was formed at the Seventh Congress of the Communist Party of India which has been held in Calcutta from 31 October to 7 November 1964) in 1964 until 2008.


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