Who was the first Chief Minister of West Bengal?
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Prafulla Chandra Sen
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Bidhan Chandra Roy
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Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
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Jyoti Basu
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Explanation
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh became West Bengal's first Chief Minister in 1947 after independence, serving from 1947-1948. Bidhan Chandra Roy was the second and longest-serving CM. Jyoti Basu served much later (1977-2000).
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Prafulla Chandra Ghosh briefly served as the first Chief Minister of West Bengal for a short period around independence in August 1947, before Bidhan Chandra Roy took over as the longer-serving and more widely remembered Chief Minister from January 1948. Because Ghosh's tenure was so brief, many mistakenly think Roy was first, but Ghosh holds that distinction chronologically.