Revolutionary, left, peasant and labour movements
Communists, Congress Socialists and the Congress Left
Practise 3 PYQsConcepts to cover
- M.N. Roy at Tashkent 1920, Kanpur conference 1925, Peshawar and Kanpur Bolshevik conspiracy cases, Meerut conspiracy case 1929-33, Workers' and Peasants' Parties, CPI banned 1934, P.C. Joshi general secretary 1935-47
- CSP founded 1934 at Patna and Bombay by Jayaprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Dev, Minoo Masani, Achyut Patwardhan, Ram Manohar Lohia: democratic socialism within the Congress, planning, land to the tiller
- Nehru's socialism, Bose's radicalism, Left strength at Lucknow, Faizpur and Haripura, and the Left's disunity in the Tripuri crisis
- M.N. Roy's return, League of Radical Congressmen and the Radical Democratic Party 1940, support for the war
Where to study
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 17 Emergence of Swarajists, Socialist Ideas, Revolutionary Activities and Other New Forces
- ch. 20 Debates on the Future Strategy after Civil Disobedience Movement
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XII History
- ch. 5 Period of Radicalism in Anti-imperialist Struggles
Our Pasts III, Class VIII, Chapter 8: The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, The happenings of 1922-1929, p. 11 (printed 103)
India’s Struggle for Independence, 1857–1947 · Bipan Chandra and others
- ch. 24 The Rise of the Left-Wing, pp. 296-310
- ch. 34 The Crisis at Tripuri to the Cripps Mission, pp. 443-456
Themes in Indian History Part III, Class XII, Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond
- Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, 4. Quit India, p. 18 (printed 303)