Question
Download Solution PDFConsider the following statements regarding the spread of Marxism in India
1. The Communist Party of India was formed in 1920 in Moscow by BN Roy
2. SA Dange, Musaffar Ahmed, Shaukat Usmani and Nalini Gupta were leaders associated with communist activities in India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Only 2.
- The Communist Party of India was formed in 1920 in Tashkent (now in Uzbekistan) by MN Roy, Abani Mukherjee, and others, Hence statement 1 is incorrect.
- In 1925, The Indian Communist Conference at Kanpur formalized the formation of CPI in India.
- MN Roy was also the first to be elected to the leadership of Comintern.
- In 1924, SA Dange, Muzaffar Ahmed, Shaukat Usmani, and Nalini Gupta were jailed in the Kanpur Bolshevik Conspiracy case, hence statement 2 is correct.
Important Points
- In 1929, the government arrested the majority of communist leadership and left-wing leaders, they were tried at Merrut in the famous Meerut Conspiracy Case.
- The Communist Party of India was formed on 26 December 1925 at the first Party Conference in Kanpur and S.V. Ghate was the first General Secretary of CPI.
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