M. Appalasuri, an India

India

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n communist

Communism

Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...

 leader. Appalasuri was one the leaders of the tribal

Adivasi

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 uprising in Srikakulam

Srikakulam

Srikakulam is a town, municipality and headquarters of Srikakulam district in the north-eastern Andhra Pradesh, India. It is part of Srikakulam Assembly constituency and Srikakulam Parliament Constituency. Srikakulam was formerly called as Gulshanabad during Muslim rule and was headquarter of...

. When the Andhra Pradesh Committee of Communist Revolutionaries was expelled from the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries

All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries

All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries was formed in 1967 as a pro-People's Republic of China splinter-group of Communist Party of India...

 in 1968, Appalasuri remained with the AICCCR led by Charu Majumdar

Charu Majumdar

Charu Majumdar was a communist revolutionary from India. Charu Majumdar's life is a story of "riches to rags". Born in a progressive landlord family in Siliguri in 1918, he not only dedicated his entire life to peasants' cause but also authored the historic 1968 Naxalbari uprising, the ideology...

. In 1969, Appalasuri was one of four Central Committee

Central Committee

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 members of the new Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)

The Communist Party of India was formed by the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries at a congress in Calcutta in 1969. The foundation of the party was declared by Kanu Sanyal at a mass-meeting in Calcutta on the 22nd of April .-History:CPI advocated armed revolution and...

 from Andhra Pradesh.

Appalasuri became a leading figure in the Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist), which was formed in 1972 by some elements of the erstwhile CPI(ML). The COC, CPI(ML) upheld the legacy of Charu Majumdar but was ready to retain a critical attitude to some aspects of Majumdar's role. In August 1974, Appalasuri became one of three members of the Andhra Pradesh State Committee of COC, CPI(ML). Appalasuri represented coastal Andhra Pradesh in the committee. The COC, CPI(ML) would also be torn apart by internal strife. In 1982 Appalasuri's COC, CPI(ML) faction merged with Bhowani Roy Chowdhury's West Bengal

West Bengal

West Bengal is a state in the eastern region of India and is the nation's fourth-most populous. It is also the seventh-most populous sub-national entity in the world, with over 91 million inhabitants. A major agricultural producer, West Bengal is the sixth-largest contributor to India's GDP...

-based group, forming the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Party Unity.