THE birth centenary celebrations of Comrade Achintya Bhattacharyya (AB), a Central Committee member of CPI (M) from 1964 till his death in August 1993 and secretary of Assam state committee from 1964 to 1982, came to an end on August 16.
His father, Ambikacharan Bhattacharyya, belonged to Dhaka Dakshin of Sylhet district (now in Bangladesh). Having passed FA from Dhaka University, Ambikacharan got a job in the office of Deputy Commissioner, Cacher District at Silchar where he later settled with his family.