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Communist party supporters during the Indian general elections, 2009

The Communist Party of India, abbreviated as CPI or CPI(M), is a political party in India. It was founded in the British era in the early 20th century. The first attempt to create the Communist Party of India was at Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan in 1920. The major persons behind this party were Narendranath Bhattacharya alias Manabendranath Roy, Shripad Amrit Dange of Bombay, Singaravelu of Madras, and Muzaffar Ahmed of Calcutta. Presently this party is named the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

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  • Meerut prisoners outside the jail

    Portrait of 25 of the Meerut Prisoners taken outside the jail. Back row (left to right): K. N. Sehgal, S. S. Josh, H. L. Hutchinson, Shaukat Usmani, B. F. Bradley, A. Prasad, P. Spratt, G. Adhikari. Middle Row: Radharaman Mitra, Gopen Chakravarti, Kishori Lal Ghosh, L. R. Kadam, D. R. Thengdi, Goura Shanker, S. Bannerjee, K.N. Joglekar, P. C. Joshi, Muzaffar Ahmed. Front Row: M. G. Desai, D. Goswami, R.S. Nimbkar, S.S. Mirajkar, S.A. Dange, S.V. Ghate, Gopal Basak.

  • Armed peasants - Telangana armed struggle

    The Telangana armed struggle (1946–1952), was a peasant rebellion by communists against the feudal lords of the Telangana region in the princely state of Hyderabad.

  • Telangana Armed Struggle guerrillas

    Guerrillas of the Telangana armed struggle

  • Kerala Council of Ministers 1957 EMS

    First Council of Ministers, First CPI Ministry in Kerala]].

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