Charu Mazumdar,popularly known as CM,was an Indian Communist leader,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 of a number of Communism-aligned political parties in India.
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 an Indian communist and peasants movement organizer of the Indian subcontinent,especially in East Bengal.
The Pagal Panthis were a socio-religious order that emerged in the late 18th-century in the Mymensingh region of Bengal .Karam Shah a sufi saint was the founder of that order. Adherents of a syncretic mixture of Hinduism,Sufism and Animism,the order sought to uphold religious principles and the rights of landless peasants in Bengal;under the leadership of Karam shah's son Tipu Shah,the movement soon evolved into a popular,armed struggle against the British East India Company and the zamindar (landlord) system. It was crushed with the help of the army in 1833. It was a semi religious sect having influence in the northern districts of Bengal. Pagal panthi movement was of Hodi,Garo and Hajong tribes. It was led by Hodi leader Janku Pathar and Debraj Pathar.
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 was an Indian political activist.
The Tanka movement was a militant agrarian struggle on behalf of the Hajong tribal people in Mymensingh District,British Bengal 1937–1950. 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 popularly known as 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.
