Shibdas Ghosh
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Shibdas Ghosh was an India
n communist politician. He was the founding general secretary of Socialist Unity Centre of India
.
Ghosh was born in the Dhaka District
of British India, to a lower middle class family. Passing 10th standard from his village school at the age of 13 he joined the Anushilan Samity to participate in the independence movement of India
. He was attracted to Manabendranath Roy's ideologies at a very early age. In 1940 he joined the newly formed Revolutionary Socialist Party
. In 1942 he joined the Quit India movement. He was later arrested and incarcerated for three years. Here he studied hard on Marxism-Leninism
. Later along with some colleagues such as Nihar Mukherjee
he organised SUCI in 1948.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n communist politician. He was the founding general secretary of Socialist Unity Centre of India
Socialist Unity Centre of India
The Socialist Unity Centre of India , previously called the Socialist Unity Centre of India, is a communist party in India. The party was founded by Shibdas Ghosh in 1948.-Ideology:...
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Ghosh was born in the Dhaka District
Dhaka District
Dhaka District is a district located in central Bangladesh, and is the densest district in the nation. It is a part of the Dhaka Division. Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, rests on the eastern banks of the Buriganga River which flows from the Turag to the south of the district...
of British India, to a lower middle class family. Passing 10th standard from his village school at the age of 13 he joined the Anushilan Samity to participate in the independence movement of India
Indian independence movement
The term Indian independence movement encompasses a wide area of political organisations, philosophies, and movements which had the common aim of ending first British East India Company rule, and then British imperial authority, in parts of South Asia...
. He was attracted to Manabendranath Roy's ideologies at a very early age. In 1940 he joined the newly formed Revolutionary Socialist Party
Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
Revolutionary Socialist Party is a Marxist-Leninist political party in India. The party was founded on March 19, 1940 and has its roots in the Bengali liberation movement Anushilan Samiti and the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army. The party got around 0,4% of the votes and three seats in the Lok...
. In 1942 he joined the Quit India movement. He was later arrested and incarcerated for three years. Here he studied hard on Marxism-Leninism
Marxism-Leninism
Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideology, officially based upon the theories of Marxism and Vladimir Lenin, that promotes the development and creation of a international communist society through the leadership of a vanguard party over a revolutionary socialist state that represents a dictatorship...
. Later along with some colleagues such as Nihar Mukherjee
Nihar Mukherjee
Nihar Mukherjee was the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Centre of India [SUCI]. He is a founder member of the party and became the General Secretary after the death of Shibdas Ghosh in 1976. He was also the Editor-in-Chief of the Proletarian Era, the official newspaper of the...
he organised SUCI in 1948.
Published speeches
- Why SUCI is the only genuine Communist Party in India
- Self-criticism of the Communist camp
- On the report of the Twentieth Congress of the CPSU
- A few economic problems
- An appeal to the leaders of the international communist movement
- Some questions on the Way the Cuban Crisis had been Solved