Puran Chand Joshi

Puran Chand Joshi
Joshi in 1937
General Secretary of the Communist Party of India
In office 1936–1947
Preceded by	Gangadhar Adhikari
Succeeded by	B. T. Ranadive
Personal details
Born	(1907-04-14)14 April 1907 Almora, Arga and Oudh, British India (now Uttarakhand, India)
Died	9 November 1980(1980-11-09) (aged 73) Delhi, India
Political party	Communist Party of India
Spouse	Kalpana Datta
Alma mater	Allahabad University
Occupation	Freedom fighter, leader

Puran Chand Joshi (14 April 1907 – 9 November 1980), one of the early leaders of the communist movement in India. He was the general secretary of the Communist Party of India from 1935 to 1947.