Forward Communist Party was a political party

Political party

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 in India

India

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. FCP was formed in 1948 following a split from the Forward Bloc (Marxist). In FB(M) (today known just as All India Forward Bloc), the then party president K.M. Joglekar opposed the alignment of FB(M) with the United Socialist Organisation of India

United Socialist Organisation of India

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. Thus Joglekar broke away and formed FCP. He took with him units of FB(M) in West Bengal

West Bengal

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, Bihar, Maharashtra

Maharashtra

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 and Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

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In 1952 FCP disintegrated into two separate parties, Forward Communist Party (Joglekar)

Forward Communist Party (Joglekar)

Forward Communist Party was a political party in India. FCP was formed in 1952 following a split in the Forward Communist Party. The group was led by K.M. Joglekar. In the same year as that split, FCP merged with the Communist Party of India....

 and Forward Communist Party (Anandi Mukherji)

Forward Communist Party (Anandi Mukherji)

Forward Communist Party was a political party in India. FCP was formed in 1952 following a split in the Forward Communist Party. The group was led by Anandi Mukherji. In the same year as that split, FCP merged with the Bolshevik Party of India....

.The same year, FCP(J) merged with the Communist Party of India

Communist Party of India

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 and FCP(AM) merged with Bolshevik Party of India

Bolshevik Party of India

The Bolshevik Party of India was a communist political party in the India. Although the party is now defunct and doesn't contest election anymore, it is logged with the Election Commission of India as having contested the very first parliamentary elections in 1951 in India....

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