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==Death, tribute and legacy==
On 1 January 2010, Basu was admitted to AMRI hospital ([[Bidhannagar, Kolkata]]) after he was diagnosed with [[pneumonia]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/news/india/jyoti_basu_unwell.php|accessdate=6 January 2010|title=Jyoti Basu admitted to hospital|newspaper=[[NDTV]]|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=1 January 2010 |location=Kolkata}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Jyoti-Basu-put-on-ventilator-condition-serious/H1-Article1-494282.aspx|accessdate=6 January 2010|title=Jyoti Basu put on ventilator, condition serious
The death was followed by public mourning on an unprecedented scale. Draped in the party flag, Basu's body was driven through the streets of Calcutta on a gun carriage. However, the time schedule went awry in his last moments as thousands of people thronged the streets of central Kolkata to pay their last respects. Police and volunteers wore a helpless look as a sea of people poured in from every possible corner of the city.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/230600/W-Bengal-bids-tearful-adieu-to-Jyoti-Basu.html|accessdate=15 August 2010|title=W Bengal bids tearful adieu to Jyoti Basu|newspaper=The Pioneer|date=20 January 2010 |location=Kolkata}}</ref>
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President [[Pratibha Patil]] and Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] led the nation in mourning.<ref name="Nation mourns Jyoti Basu's death">{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Nation-mourns-Jyoti-Basu-s-death/Article1-498569.aspx|accessdate=15 August 2010|title=Nation mourns Jyoti Basu's death|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=17 January 2010
Tributes poured in from politicians across the country. While Patil said "the nation has lost a veteran and eminent public figure," Manmohan Singh said Basu was a politician to whom he often turned for "sagacious advice". Basu was a leader "who displayed his abilities as a leader of the people, an able administrator and eminent statesman", the president said in a statement. "In the years after he relinquished the Chief Ministry, he continued to be looked upon as an elder statesman, whose advice was sought by many political leaders in the state," the president added.
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