Comrade B.N.Ghosh or Dada Ghosh as he is respectfully called left us fifty years back.He was the leader after Babu Tarapada Mukherjee and Henry Barton who organised the P and T Workers in to a mighty force. He left us on 7th June 1961. It is half a century after he left, but still his memory is fresh.
He was one of the top leaders of the P andT movement which organised the mighty Postal Strike of 1946, which is considered as part of the independence struggle and which compelled the British Government to accede to the majority demands of the strike.
When the National Federation of P and T Employees(NFPTE) was formed in 1954 as part of the realignment scheme, there was no two opinion as who should be first Secretary General. Dada Ghosh continued to be the Secretary General till 1960 when he vacated the post on his own. During his period as SG the organisation was strengthened and the government was compelled to appoint the II Central Pay Commission.
After leaving the SG post Dada Ghosh returned to Calcutta. Probably he could not adjust to the quick change. To the sorrow of the entire P and T workers, he was found dead having committed suicide on 7th June 1961.
I pay my respectful homage to Dada Ghosh, the founder Secretary General of NFPTE!