Charu Majumdar,popularly known as CM,was a Communist leader from India,and founder and General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist). Born into a progressive landlord family in Siliguri in 1918,he became a Communist during the Indian Independence Movement,and later formed the militant Naxalite cause. During this period,he authored the historic accounts of the 1967 Naxalbari uprising. His writings,particularly the Historic Eight Documents,have become part of the ideology which guides the insurgencies.
Tebhaga movement (1946–1947) was significant peasant agitation,initiated in Bengal by the All India Kisan Sabha of peasant front of the Communist Party of India.
Ila Mitra was a communist and peasants movement organizer of the Indian subcontinent,especially in East Bengal.
Somnath Hore (1921-2006) was an Indian sculptor and printmaker. His sketches,sculptures and prints were a reaction to major historical crises and events of 20th century Bengal,such as the Bengal Famine of 1943 and the Tebhaga movement. He was a recipient of the Indian civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan.
The Workers and Peasants Party (WPP) (also known as the Kirti Kisan Party) was a political party in India,which worked inside the Indian National Congress in 1925–1929. It became an important front organisation for the Communist Party of India and an influential force in the Bombay labour movement. The party was able to muster some success in making alliances with other left elements inside the Congress Party,amongst them Jawaharlal Nehru. However,as the Communist International entered its 'Third Period' phase,the communists deserted the WPP project. The WPP was wound up,as its leadership was arrested by the British authorities in March 1929.
Badruddin Umar is a Bangladeshi Marxist–Leninist theorist,political activist,historian,writer,intellectual and leader of the Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist–Leninist) (Umar). His father,Abul Hashim,was a prominent politician in the Indian subcontinent.
Jangal Santhal,also known as Jangal Santal from Hatighisa village,Darjeeling district in north West Bengal,was one of the founders of the Naxalite movement.
The Tanka movement was a militant agrarian struggle on behalf of the Hajong tribal people in Mymensingh District,East Bengal 1942–1950. The movement was parallel,but distinct from,the Tebhaga movement in other parts of Bengal. The Hajong movement was inspired by the struggles of Moni Singh.
Hajee Mohammad Danesh was a Bangladeshi politician and communist activist born in the British India.
The Ganatantri Dal was East Pakistan's first secular political party. It was founded on 19 January 1953 by Mahmud Ali with Haji Mohammad Danesh,a veteran communist activist of the Tebhaga movement as its first president. The party was the first to open its doors to non-Muslims on an equal footing and demanded a secular constitution. The Ganatantri Dal called for an independent foreign policy and opposed the League's pro-west stance. The party manifesto included the demand for the abolition of feudalism without any compensation,the release of political prisoners,secession from the Commonwealth,nationalization of jute trade,equal rights for women and minorities in social,political and economic spheres,and abolition of visa system between Pakistan and India.
The Mahila Atma Raksha Samiti was a women's movement in Bengal,India. MARS was a mass organisation linked to the Communist Party of India.
Barada Bhushan Chakraborty was a revolutionary peasant leader in Bangladesh.
Kansari Halder (1910-1997) was an Indian politician,belonging to the Communist Party of India. He earned fame as a leader of and for his active participation in the Tebhaga movement.
Mohammed Abdullah Rasul, Born:1903,Died:21 November 1991,was an Indian politician. He belonged to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). M.A. Rasul was a prominent leader of the peasants' movement and served as minister in the West Bengal state government for a short period in the 1960s.
Bishnu Chattopadhyay alias Bistu Thakur was a Bangladeshi politician who was killed in the Bangladesh Liberation war. He was an Indian independence activist and leader of the peasant movement. He provided leadership to the Tebhaga movement that developed in the 1940s in undivided Bengal.
Shanti Munda is an Indian communist and revolutionary leader. She is currently one of the last surviving rebels of the Naxalbari movement. Shanti Munda is remembered as a prominent female leader within this movement who worked alongside significant Communist Party of India (Marxist) leaders including Kanu Sanyal. Her experience as the daughter of a poor peasant exposed her to the exploitation and oppression of the Indian peasantry and inspired a life of active resistance. After Naxalbari uprising,She joined Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist).
Amal Sen was a Bangladeshi politician. He was the founding president of the Workers Party of Bangladesh.
The Nachole Uprising was a peasant uprising in Nachole Upazila in then East Bengal,Pakistan. It was similar to the Tebhaga movement occurring in West Bengal,Indian around the same time.
Bachcha Munsi was an Indian communist politician who belonged to Communist Party of India Marxist. He was a farmer leader of the Kisan Sabha and an influential figure in the Tebhaga movement in the Dinajpur district of undivided Bengal. He was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly in 1977 and 1982.
Communist movements in India refers to the various social and political movements lead by communists in India. Communism in India has existed since the 1920s. Some of the major events are listed below.
