Talk:Socialism in India

message: Bose, a source i've used in Forward Bloc and U. Muthuramalingam Thevar articles, argues that 1955 is the decisive year for Congress to declare itself socialist. I don't have the book with me at the moment, but will check it up later. --Soman (talk) 20:30, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: see , . --Soman (talk) 15:04, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: 1955 is the decisive year for Congress

message: (1964)CPI on the other hand, launched the idea of a United Front together with the Indian National Congress.M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 12-13
Regarding the political situation in the colonized world, the second congress of the Communist International stipulated at a united front should be formed between the proletariat, peasantry and national bourgeosie in the colonial countries. Amongst the twenty-one conditions drafted by Lenin ahead of the congress was the 11th thesis which stipulated that all communist parties must support the bourgeois-democratic liberation movements in the colonies. Notably some of the delegates opposed the idea of alliance with the bourgeoisie, and preferred support to communist movements of these countries instead. Their criticism was shared by the Indian revolutionary M.N. Roy, who attended as a delegate of the Communist Party of Mexico. The congress removed the term ‘bourgeois-democratic' in what became the 8th condition.M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 48, 84-85
The sixth congress of the Communist International met in 1928. In 1927 the Kuomintang had turned on the Chinese communists, which led to a review of the policy on forming alliances with the national bourgeoisie in the colonial countries. The congress did however make a differentiation between the character of the Chinese Kuomintang and the Indian Swarajist Party, considering the latter as an unreliable ally but not a direct enemy. The congress called on the Indian communists to utilize the contradictions between the national bourgeosie and the British imperialists.M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 47-48
The first article in an Indian publication (in English) that mentions the name of Marx & Engels was Modern Review in March 1912. The short biographical article titled Karl Marx – a modern Rishi was written by the Germany-based Indian revolutionary Lala Har Dayal.M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 82, 103
The first biography on Karl Marx, in an Indian language was written by R. Rama Krishna Pillai in 1914.M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 82
In 1871, a group in Calcutta contacted Karl Marx, with the purpose of organizing an Indian section of the First International. It did, however, not materialize.M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 103
Marxism made a major impact in India media at the time of the Russian Revolution. Of particular interest to many Indian papers and magazines was the Bolshevik policy of right to self-determination of all nations. Bipin Chandra Pal and Bal Gangadhar Tilak were amongst the prominent Indians who expressed their admiration of Lenin and the new rulers in Russia. Abdul Sattar Khairi and Abdul Zabbar Khairi went to Moscow, immediately on hearing about the revolution. In Moscow, they met Lenin and conveyed their greetings to him. The Russian Revolution also had an impact of émigré Indian revolutionaries, such as the Ghadar Party in North America.
The colonial authorities were clearly disturbed by the growing influence of Bolshevik sympathies in India. A first counter-move was the issuing of a fatwa, urging Muslims to reject communism. The Home Department established a special branch to monitor the communist influence. Customs were ordered to check the imports of Marxist literature to India. A sizeable amount of anti-communist propaganda publications were published.<ref>M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 82-83
The Khilafat movement had a significant impact on the emergence of early Indian communism. Many Indian Muslims left India to join the defense of the Caliphate. Several of them became communists whilst being in Soviet territory. Even some Hindus joined the Muslim muhajirs in the travels to the Soviet areas.M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 83
One one Indians impressed with developments in Russia was S. A. Dange in Bombay. In 1921, Dange published a pamphlet titled Gandhi Vs. Lenin, a comparative study of the approaches of both the leaders; but, Lenin coming out as better of the two. Together with Ranchoddas Bhavan Lotvala, a local mill-owner, a library of Marxist Literature was set up and publishing of translations of Marxist classics began.Riepe, Dale. Marxism in India  in Parsons, Howard Lee and Sommerville, John (ed.) Marxism, Revolution and Peace. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1977. p. 41.. In 1922, with Lotvala's help, Dange launched the English weekly, Socialist, the first Indian Marxist journal.Sen, Mohit. The Dange Centenary in Banerjee, Gopal (ed.) S.A. Dange - A Fruitful Life. Kolkata: Progressive Publishers, 2002. p. 43."
The First World War was accompanied with a rapid increase of industries in India, resulting in a growth of an industrial proletariat. At the same time prices of essential commodities increased. These were factors that contributed to the build up of the Indian trade union movement. Unions were formed in the urban centres across India, and strikes were organized. In 1920, the All India Trade Union Congress was founded.M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 83-84
On May 1, 1923 the Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan was founded in Madras, by Singaravelu Chettiar. The LKPH organized the first May Day celebration in India, and this was also the first time the red flag was used in India.
On December 25, 1925 a communist conference was organized in Kanpur. Colonial authorities estimated that 500 persons took part in the conference. The conference was convened by a man called Satyabhakta, of whom little is known. Satyabhakta is said to have argued for a ‘national communism’ and against subordination under Comintern. Being outvoted by the other delegates, Satyabhakta left both the conference venue in protest. Satyabhakta then formed a party called National Communist Party, which lasted until 1927. The conference adopted the name ‘Communist Party of India’. Groups such as LKPH dissolved into the unified CPI.M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 92-93 The emigré CPI, which probably had little organic character anyway, was effectively substituted by the organization now operating inside India.
The Communist Party of India was founded in Tashkent on October 17, 1920, soon after the Second Congress of the Communist International. The founding members of the party were M.N. Roy, Evelina Trench Roy (Roy’s wife), Abani Mukherji, Rosa Fitingof (Abani’s wife), Mohammad Ali (Ahmed Hasan), Mohammad Shafiq Siddiqui and M.P.B.T. Acharya.M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 88-89Ganguly, Basudev. S.A. Dange - A Living Presence at the Centenary Year in Banerjee, Gopal (ed.) S.A. Dange - A Fruitful Life. Kolkata: Progressive Publishers, 2002. p. 63.
The CPI began efforts to build a party organisation inside India. Roy made contacts with Anushilan and Jugantar groups in Bengal. Small communist groups were formed in Bengal (led by Muzaffar Ahmed), Bombay (led by S.A. Dange), Madras (led by Singaravelu Chettiar),  United Provinces (led by Shaukat Usmani) and Punjab (led by Ghulam Hussain). However, only Usmani became a CPI party member.M.V.S. Koteswara Rao. Communist Parties and United Front - Experience in Kerala and West Bengal. Hyderabad: Prajasakti Book House, 2003. p. 89  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Soman (talk • contribs) 22:04, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It looks like good stuff. Why don't you put it straight in the article?--Conjoiner (talk) 23:04, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, not sure right now how to structure it at this point. --Soman (talk) 01:03, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Some material

message: "Even the BJP for some time had talked of Gandhian Socialism." Anyone have any info on this? When was this? --Soman (talk) 15:21, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  BJP? 

message: "In 2004, a proposed bill to remove the word 'socialism' from the Representation of the Peoples Act was voted down in the Rajya Sabha."http://164.100.24.167/rsdebate/deb_ndx/206/09122005/2to3.htmhttp://164.100.24.167/rsdebate/deb_ndx/206/09122005/4to5.htm
It would be very interesting to know the voting figure on this bill, but a google search I did gave no results. --Soman (talk) 15:26, 5 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  2004 [[Rajya Sabha]] discussion 

message: Major left parties:
*All India Forward Bloc
*Communist Party of India 
*Communist Party of India (Marxist)
*Revolutionary Socialist Party
CPI(M) splinter groups:
*BTR-EMS-AKG Janakeeya Samskarika Vedi 
*Communist Marxist Party
*Communist Party of Revolutionary Marxists
*Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy
*Janganotantrik Morcha
*Lok Sangharsh Morcha
*Madhya Pradesh Kisan Mazdoor Adivasi Kranti Dal
*Marxist Communist Party of India
*Marxist Coordination Committee
*Orissa Communist Party
*Paschimbanga Ganatantrik Manch
*Party of Democratic Socialism
CPI splinter groups:
*Krantikari Samyavadi Party 
*Lal Nishan Party 
*Lal Nishan Party (Leninvadi)
*Rashtravadi Communist Party
*Revolutionary Communist Party of India
Forward Bloc splinter groups/Netajist groups:
*All India Forward Bloc (Subhasist)
*All India Netaji Revolutionary Party
*Democratic Forward Bloc
*Forward Bloc (Socialist)
*Marxist Forward Bloc
RSP splinter groups:
*Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik)
*Revolutionary Socialist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Naxalite groups:
*All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries 
*Andhra Pradesh Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries
*Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India 
*Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) 
*Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Kanu Sanyal) 
*Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Mahadev Mukherjee) 
*Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Central Team 
*Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Janashakti 
*Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation 
*Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Naxalbari 
*Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) New Democracy 
*Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People's War 
*Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Flag
*Communist Party of Indian Union (Marxist-Leninist) 
*Communist Party of United States of India 
*Communist Revolutionary League of India
*Marxist-Leninist Committee 
*Provisional Central Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) 
*Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Maoist) 
*Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Others:
*Biplobi Bangla Congress
*Bolshevik-Leninist Party of India, Ceylon and Burma
*Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha
*Democratic Socialist Party (Prabodh Chandra)
*Kunabi Sena
*Loktantrik Samajwadi Party
*Gana Abhiyan Orissa
*Peasants and Workers Party of India
*Radical Democratic Party
*West Bengal Socialist Party
Alliances/Fronts:   
*Left Democratic Front   
*Left Front   
*United Socialist Organization  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Soman (talk • contribs) 12:51, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copied from the non-functional article [[Indian left]] 

message: Marxism in India into Socialism in India. Marxism in India is within the scope of the Socialism in India article. The article is not really about Indian interpretations on Marxist theory, but about the contemporary left movement in India. Thus they can be merged. --Soman (talk) 12:48, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge proposal 

message: The world's first democratically elected communist government was in San Marino (1945-57), not in Kerala or West Bengal. I'm unsure how to edit this piece of info in the introduction. The sentences after it seem to be contingent on this sentence. Could someone take care of this?
PS: I'm new here. I apologise if this is not the proper way of doing things.
Vintrmute (talk) 13:07, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  The world's first democratically elected communist government 

message: Kindly review the following articles and suggest necessary improvements :
*Lal Sena
*Indian People's Front
sincerely yours,
Maaley (talk) 18:18, 16 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Request to review

message: The article seems very good on the history of Socialism in the 1920s and 1930s but is really lacking in specifics about the more recent era.  The transition from State Socialism in the 1980s and 1990s to a more market based economy is only briefly touched on, yet surely this is the most significant change in India's modern history, in terms of the economic policy of the nation.   There is no mention of who championed the move away from state socialism, which party advocated it, what elections enabled it, and which socialist supporters opposed it.  Nor is there any discussion of the effects of the change. 
This article seems fragmentary and incomplete WRT events after 1990.   I'm not a SME on this topic, so hopefully those who are can do some work on it. ZeroXero (talk) 16:25, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article seems to end around 1960 

message: Hi , ,  I urge all three of you please help expand this article. This particular article needs thorough expansion. Its bit poorly written. Thanks--2409:40E0:105E:A841:D832:81B3:4158:F0E7 (talk) 05:33, 27 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Article Expansion Needed