West Bengal mourns Jyoti Basu

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West Bengal is mourning the death of one of its most accomplished leaders Jyoti Basu, who ruled the state for a record 23 years. Communists wept inconsolably and thousands gathered before the hospital where the 95-year-old Marxist breathed his last.

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Text: Agencies

Image: Jyoti Basu's dead body is placed in the Peace Heaven in Kolkata on Sunday. (Photograph copyright IBNS)