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<div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Hare Krishna Konar<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|8|5|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kamargoria]] village, [[Raina, Bardhaman|Raina]] sub-division, [[Bardhaman District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[West Bengal]], [[India]])<br />
| residence = [[Memari]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|7|23|1915|8|1|df=y}}<br />
| death_cause = [[Cancer]]<br />
| office = Member of Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| term = 1964 - 1974<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (1964 - 1974)<br />[[Communist Party of India]] (1938 - 1964)<br />
| image = 1978615 305312579640429 709349804457241533 m.jpg<br />
| office4 = Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term4 = 1957 - 1972<br />
| constituency4 = [[Kalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalna]]<br />
| native_name = হরেকৃষ্ণ কোঙার<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta]]<br />
| term3 = 1967, 1969 - 1970<br />
| office3 = Minister of Land and Land Revenue, [[Government of West Bengal]]<br />
| spouse = Biva Konar<br />
| parents = Sharatchandra Konar (Father), Satyabala Devi (Mother)<br />
| preceded4 = Baidyanath Santal, Rash Behari Sen<br />
| succeeded4 = Anjali Mondal<br />
| occupation = Communist Leader •<br />
<br />
politician •<br />
<br />
Minister •<br />
<br />
Revolutionary •<br />
| alma_mater = Kamargoria Prathmik Bidyalay, Memari Vidyasagar Smriti Vidyamandir, [[Bangabasi College]], [[University of Calcutta]]<br />
| office1 = General Secretary of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]]<br />
| term1 = 1968 - 1974<br />
| preceded1 = [[N. G. Ranga]]<br />
| succeeded1 = [[Hannan Mollah]]<br />
| office2 = Member of West Bengal State Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| term2 = 1964 - 1974<br />
}}<br />
'''Hare Krishna Konar''' (August 5, 1915 – July 23, 1974) was a fire brand politician, belonging to the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and one of the co-founders of communist party of India Marxist, who played a major role in [[land reform]]s in Indian and was the [[Secretary (title)|General Secretary]] of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]]. He was the Minister of Land and Land Revenue in West Bengal and the Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was also the revolutionary [[Resistance movement|Freedom Fighter]] of India for his Movement against British he was send to [[Cellular Jail]] for 6years at the age of 18.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ganashakti.tripod.com/archive/hkonar.htm|title=Remembrance:konar|website=ganashakti.tripod.com|access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Cellular Jail|date=2021-12-16|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cellular_Jail&oldid=1060658644|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2022-01-03}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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Hare Krishna Konar was the eldest son of Sharatchandra Konar and Satyabala Devi. He was born on 5 August 1915 in [[Kamargoria]] village, under [[Raina, Bardhaman|Raina]] Police Station in [[Bardhaman district|Bardhaman District]] of Bengal in [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]. At first he used to study in Kamargoria Prathmik Bidyalay. At young age, he shifted to South Radhakantopur village of [[Memari]] with his father and started education there. In 1930 while studying at Memari Vidyasagar Smriti Vidyamandir in class 9, he participated in the [[Civil disobedience movement|Indian Civil disobedience movement of 1930]] and was arrested for 6 months. While studying in [[Bangabasi College]], under the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1932, was convicted for revolutionary activities. At the age of 18, in 1932, he was condemned to the [[Cellular Jail]] in [[Andaman Islands]] for six years.<ref name="sansad" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=7}}</ref><br />
[[File:Michil z.jpg|thumb|106 = [[Hare Krishna Konar]] (The list of name who where integrated in [[Cellular Jail|cellular jail]] in 1932-1938).]]<br />
Before being arrested in 1932, he was already in contact with communists like Abdul Halim, [[Bankim Mukherjee]], [[Bhupendranath Datta|Bhupendranath Dutta]]. In Andaman jail, he met Satish Pakrashi, [[Somnath Lahiri]], Narayan Ray, [[Niranjan Sengupta]] among others and formed the [[Communist Consolidation]] with other communist prisoners.<ref name="sansad" /><ref name=":0" /><br />
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After being released from jail in 1938 he met [[Muzaffar Ahmed (politician)|Muzaffar Ahmed]], [[Promode Dasgupta]], [[Abdul Halim]] and earned the membership of the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI).<ref name="sansad">Sansad Bangla Charitbhidhan, p. 622, {{ISBN|81-85626-65-0}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Communist Party of India (Marxist) ==<br />
He first worked among the workers in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] and [[Howrah]]. After some months Comrade [[Benoy Choudhury|Benoy Chowdhury]] took him to Bardhaman district and he started working in the kisan (farmers) movement. In 1939, he participated in the Canal Tax protest in Bardhaman district. In 1940 he was banned by the British Government from entering [[Asansol]], [[Burnpur]] area and later on from Bardhaman district. But he still worked from underground in Bardhaman, and he was once arrested for few months.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 1944 he was again arrested and he was banned by the government to step out of [[Bardhaman|Bardhaman City]]. He played important role during the [[Ajay river]] Dam movement of 1943-1944 and second stage of Canal Tax protest of 1946–1947. While canvassing for elections in colliery area of Asansol he was physically assaulted by goons, and his legs were broken. In March 1948 when the CPI was banned, he was arrested immediately for 3 months. After being released he went into hiding and remained so until 1952. His chief role was maintaining communications between Kolkata, Bardhaman, Howrah and Hooghly in this time. He played an important role during the Food Movement of West Bengal in 1953, and Civil Disobedience movement in 1957, and was arrested both times. In 1962, when [[Sino-Indian War]] happened, he was arrested for a year under India Safety Act, and again for one and a half years in 1964 under the same Act.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=8}}</ref><br />
[[File:Borsul A.I.K.S. Conferance (16).jpg|thumb|[[Jyoti Basu]], [[Harkishan Singh Surjeet]], [[A. K. Gopalan]], [[Hare Krishna Konar]]. (In [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]] conference held in [[Kolkata]]).]]<br />
He was one of the co-founders of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] when it was formed from [[Communist Party of India]] in 1964. From 1957 he was a member of the West Bengal State Council of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]. From 1964 until his death he was a member of West Bengal State Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. From 1958 he was a member of National Council of CPI and from 1964 until his death he was a member of Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2015-08-11|title=Present Stage of Peasant Movement|url=https://www.cpim.org/content/present-stage-peasant-movement|access-date=2020-03-31|website=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|language=en}}</ref> From 1954 to 1966 he was the Secretary of West Bengal Provincial Krishak Sabha (part of [[All India Kisan Sabha]]) and member of central council of [[All India Kisan Sabha]]. From 1968 until his death he was the Secretary of West Bengal Provincial Krishak Sabha (part of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)]] and General Secretary of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=9}}</ref><br />
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As an representative of the [[Communist Party of India]], he had attended the [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Vietnam Worker's Party]]'s Conference in [[Hanoi]], Vietnam in 1960, he had also attended [[China|People's Republic of China]] party's Conference in [[Beijing]], China in 1960 and the [[Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers|Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Worker's]] Conference at [[Nicosia]], Cyprus in 1970; at [[Rome]], Italy in 1971; at [[Prague]], Czechoslovakia in 1972; and at [[Berlin]], Germany in 1973.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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==Land reforms==<br />
Hare Krishna Konar played a leading role in getting surplus land held by big land owners in excess of land ceiling laws and kept ‘benami’ (or false names) vested with the state. The quantum of land thus vested was around one million acres (4,000&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of good agricultural land. Subsequently, under the leadership of Hare Krishna Konar and [[Benoy Choudhury]] land was distributed amongst 2.4 million landless and poor farmers. It has been argued that this land reform along with [[Operation Barga]] formed the base for the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] victory in subsequent elections.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319550&catid=39 |title = The story of a pretender |publisher = The Statesman, 9 February 2010 |access-date = 2010-11-12 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110807052518/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319550&catid=39 |archive-date = 7 August 2011 |df = dmy-all }}</ref><br />
[[File:Borsul A.I.K.S. Conferance (13).jpg|thumb|'''Hare Krishna Konar''' (middle), [[Benoy Choudhury|Benoy chowdhury]] (right)]]<br />
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Barga Operation was his notable contribution. To begin with, group meetings between Officials and [[Bargadar]]s were organized during "settlement camps" (also called "Reorientation camps"), where the bargadars could discuss their grievances. The first such camp was held at Halusai in Polba taluk in Hooghly district from 18 to 20 May 1978. In noted camp two Adibashi Borgaders objected procedure adopted by the official for Barga Operation. They suggested to start it organising people in the field instead of sitting in the houses of rural rich people or the places dominated by them. Having that report Hare Krishna Konar immediately reorganised action plan and successful Barga Operation was done.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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==Achievements==<br />
He won the elections to the state assembly from [[Kalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]] - [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|archive-date=5 October 2010|access-date=2010-11-12|work=General Election Results and Statistics|publisher=Election Commission of India|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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He was Minister for Land and Land Revenue in the United Front ministries in [[United Front (West Bengal)|1967]], [[1969]]-[[1970]].<ref name="sansad" /><ref name=":3" /><br />
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He was the General Secretary of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]] from [[1968]] to [[1974]].<ref>{{Citation|title=All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|date=2021-12-26|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All_India_Kisan_Sabha_(36_Canning_Lane)&oldid=1062110785|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2022-01-02}}</ref><br />
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He was the Member of Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] from [[1964]] - [[1974]].<br />
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[[File:Michil l.jpg|thumb|''<u>FAMOUS PICTURE OF '''COMRADE HARE KRISHNA KONAR'''</u>''.]]<br />
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He was the Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Kalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalna]] in [[1957]] to [[1972]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Kalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|date=2021-12-09|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kalna_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)&oldid=1059397147|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2022-01-02}}</ref><br />
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He is one of the co-founders of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|date=2021-12-31|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)&oldid=1062980515|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2022-01-02}}</ref><br />
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He was the main leader to successfully granted the [[Land reform|Land Reform]] system in India.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-08-11|title=Present Stage of Peasant Movement|url=https://www.cpim.org/content/present-stage-peasant-movement|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|language=en}}</ref><br />
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He was the Member of [[West Bengal]] State Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<nowiki/>from [[1964]] - [[1974]].<br />
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== Death ==<br />
A great loss for [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] on 23 July 1974 in Kolkata only at the age of 58<ref name=":3" /> Legendary politician [[Hare Krishna Konar]] died due to his [[cancer]]. His sacrifice for [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] will never be forgoted. ''<u>LAL SALAM COMRADE</u>''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Birth Centenary of Comrade HareKrishna Konar {{!}} Peoples Democracy|url=https://peoplesdemocracy.in/2014/0810_pd/birth-centenary-comrade-harekrishna-konar|access-date=2022-01-02|website=peoplesdemocracy.in}}</ref><br />
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<div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Hare Krishna Konar<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|8|5|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kamargoria]] village, [[Raina, Bardhaman|Raina]] sub-division, [[Bardhaman District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[West Bengal]], [[India]])<br />
| residence = [[Memari]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|7|23|1915|8|1|df=y}}<br />
| death_cause = [[Cancer]]<br />
| office = Member of Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| term = 1964 - 1974<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (1964 - 1974)<br />[[Communist Party of India]] (1938 - 1964)<br />
| image = 1978615 305312579640429 709349804457241533 m.jpg<br />
| office4 = Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term4 = 1957 - 1972<br />
| constituency4 = [[Kalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalna]]<br />
| native_name = হরেকৃষ্ণ কোঙার<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta]]<br />
| term3 = 1967, 1969 - 1970<br />
| office3 = Minister of Land and Land Revenue, [[Government of West Bengal]]<br />
| spouse = Biva Konar<br />
| parents = Sharatchandra Konar (Father), Satyabala Devi (Mother)<br />
| preceded4 = Baidyanath Santal, Rash Behari Sen<br />
| succeeded4 = Anjali Mondal<br />
| occupation = Communist Leader •<br />
<br />
politician •<br />
<br />
Minister •<br />
<br />
Revolutionary •<br />
| alma_mater = Kamargoria Prathmik Bidyalay, Memari Vidyasagar Smriti Vidyamandir, [[Bangabasi College]], [[University of Calcutta]]<br />
| office1 = General Secretary of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]]<br />
| term1 = 1968 - 1974<br />
| preceded1 = [[N. G. Ranga]]<br />
| succeeded1 = [[Hannan Mollah]]<br />
| office2 = Member of West Bengal State Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| term2 = 1964 - 1974<br />
}}<br />
'''Hare Krishna Konar''' (August 5, 1915 – July 23, 1974) was a fire brand politician, belonging to the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and one of the co-founders of communist party of India Marxist, who played a major role in [[land reform]]s in Indian and was the [[Secretary (title)|General Secretary]] of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]]. He was the Minister of Land and Land Revenue in West Bengal and the Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was also the revolutionary [[Resistance movement|Freedom Fighter]] of India for his Movement against British he was send to [[Cellular Jail]] for 6years at the age of 18.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ganashakti.tripod.com/archive/hkonar.htm|title=Remembrance:konar|website=ganashakti.tripod.com|access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Cellular Jail|date=2021-12-16|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cellular_Jail&oldid=1060658644|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2022-01-03}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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Hare Krishna Konar was the eldest son of Sharatchandra Konar and Satyabala Devi. He was born on 5 August 1915 in [[Kamargoria]] village, under [[Raina, Bardhaman|Raina]] Police Station in [[Bardhaman district|Bardhaman District]] of Bengal in [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]. At first he used to study in Kamargoria Prathmik Bidyalay. At young age, he shifted to South Radhakantopur village of [[Memari]] with his father and started education there. In 1930 while studying at Memari Vidyasagar Smriti Vidyamandir in class 9, he participated in the [[Civil disobedience movement|Indian Civil disobedience movement of 1930]] and was arrested for 6 months. While studying in [[Bangabasi College]], under the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1932, was convicted for revolutionary activities. At the age of 18, in 1932, he was condemned to the [[Cellular Jail]] in [[Andaman Islands]] for six years.<ref name="sansad" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=7}}</ref><br />
[[File:Michil z.jpg|thumb|106 = [[Hare Krishna Konar]] (The list of name who where integrated in [[Cellular Jail|cellular jail]] in 1932-1938).]]<br />
Before being arrested in 1932, he was already in contact with communists like Abdul Halim, [[Bankim Mukherjee]], [[Bhupendranath Datta|Bhupendranath Dutta]]. In Andaman jail, he met Satish Pakrashi, [[Somnath Lahiri]], Narayan Ray, [[Niranjan Sengupta]] among others and formed the [[Communist Consolidation]] with other communist prisoners.<ref name="sansad" /><ref name=":0" /><br />
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After being released from jail in 1938 he met [[Muzaffar Ahmed (politician)|Muzaffar Ahmed]], [[Promode Dasgupta]], [[Abdul Halim]] and earned the membership of the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI).<ref name="sansad">Sansad Bangla Charitbhidhan, p. 622, {{ISBN|81-85626-65-0}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Communist Party of India (Marxist) ==<br />
He first worked among the workers in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] and [[Howrah]]. After some months Comrade [[Benoy Choudhury|Benoy Chowdhury]] took him to Bardhaman district and he started working in the kisan (farmers) movement. In 1939, he participated in the Canal Tax protest in Bardhaman district. In 1940 he was banned by the British Government from entering [[Asansol]], [[Burnpur]] area and later on from Bardhaman district. But he still worked from underground in Bardhaman, and he was once arrested for few months.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 1944 he was again arrested and he was banned by the government to step out of [[Bardhaman|Bardhaman City]]. He played important role during the [[Ajay river]] Dam movement of 1943-1944 and second stage of Canal Tax protest of 1946–1947. While canvassing for elections in colliery area of Asansol he was physically assaulted by goons, and his legs were broken. In March 1948 when the CPI was banned, he was arrested immediately for 3 months. After being released he went into hiding and remained so until 1952. His chief role was maintaining communications between Kolkata, Bardhaman, Howrah and Hooghly in this time. He played an important role during the Food Movement of West Bengal in 1953, and Civil Disobedience movement in 1957, and was arrested both times. In 1962, when [[Sino-Indian War]] happened, he was arrested for a year under India Safety Act, and again for one and a half years in 1964 under the same Act.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=8}}</ref><br />
[[File:Borsul A.I.K.S. Conferance (16).jpg|thumb|[[Jyoti Basu]], [[Harkishan Singh Surjeet]], [[A. K. Gopalan]], [[Hare Krishna Konar]]. (In [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]] conference held in [[Kolkata]]).]]<br />
He was one of the co-founders of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] when it was formed from [[Communist Party of India]] in 1964. From 1957 he was a member of the West Bengal State Council of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]. From 1964 until his death he was a member of West Bengal State Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. From 1958 he was a member of National Council of CPI and from 1964 until his death he was a member of Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2015-08-11|title=Present Stage of Peasant Movement|url=https://www.cpim.org/content/present-stage-peasant-movement|access-date=2020-03-31|website=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|language=en}}</ref> From 1954 to 1966 he was the Secretary of West Bengal Provincial Krishak Sabha (part of [[All India Kisan Sabha]]) and member of central council of [[All India Kisan Sabha]]. From 1968 until his death he was the Secretary of West Bengal Provincial Krishak Sabha (part of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)]] and General Secretary of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=9}}</ref><br />
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As an representative of the [[Communist Party of India]], he had attended the [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Vietnam Worker's Party]]'s Conference in [[Hanoi]], Vietnam in 1960, he had also attended [[China|People's Republic of China]] party's Conference in [[Beijing]], China in 1960 and the [[Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers|Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Worker's]] Conference at [[Nicosia]], Cyprus in 1970; at [[Rome]], Italy in 1971; at [[Prague]], Czechoslovakia in 1972; and at [[Berlin]], Germany in 1973.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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==Land reforms==<br />
Hare Krishna Konar played a leading role in getting surplus land held by big land owners in excess of land ceiling laws and kept ‘benami’ (or false names) vested with the state. The quantum of land thus vested was around one million acres (4,000&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of good agricultural land. Subsequently, under the leadership of Hare Krishna Konar and [[Benoy Choudhury]] land was distributed amongst 2.4 million landless and poor farmers. It has been argued that this land reform along with [[Operation Barga]] formed the base for the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] victory in subsequent elections.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319550&catid=39 |title = The story of a pretender |publisher = The Statesman, 9 February 2010 |access-date = 2010-11-12 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110807052518/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319550&catid=39 |archive-date = 7 August 2011 |df = dmy-all }}</ref><br />
[[File:Borsul A.I.K.S. Conferance (13).jpg|thumb|'''Hare Krishna Konar''' (middle), [[Benoy Choudhury|Benoy chowdhury]] (right)]]<br />
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Barga Operation was his notable contribution. To begin with, group meetings between Officials and [[Bargadar]]s were organized during "settlement camps" (also called "Reorientation camps"), where the bargadars could discuss their grievances. The first such camp was held at Halusai in Polba taluk in Hooghly district from 18 to 20 May 1978. In noted camp two Adibashi Borgaders objected procedure adopted by the official for Barga Operation. They suggested to start it organising people in the field instead of sitting in the houses of rural rich people or the places dominated by them. Having that report Hare Krishna Konar immediately reorganised action plan and successful Barga Operation was done.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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==Achievements==<br />
He won the elections to the state assembly from [[Kalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]] - [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|archive-date=5 October 2010|access-date=2010-11-12|work=General Election Results and Statistics|publisher=Election Commission of India|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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He was Minister for Land and Land Revenue in the United Front ministries in [[United Front (West Bengal)|1967]], [[1969]]-[[1970]].<ref name="sansad" /><ref name=":3" /><br />
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He was the General Secretary of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]] from [[1968]] to [[1974]].<ref>{{Citation|title=All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|date=2021-12-26|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All_India_Kisan_Sabha_(36_Canning_Lane)&oldid=1062110785|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2022-01-02}}</ref><br />
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He was the Member of Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] from [[1964]] - [[1974]].<br />
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[[File:Michil l.jpg|thumb|''<u>FAMOUS PICTURE OF '''COMRADE HARE KRISHNA KONAR'''</u>''.]]<br />
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He was the Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Kalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalna]] in [[1957]] to [[1972]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Kalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|date=2021-12-09|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kalna_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)&oldid=1059397147|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2022-01-02}}</ref><br />
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He is one of the co-founders of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]].<ref>{{Citation|title=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|date=2021-12-31|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)&oldid=1062980515|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2022-01-02}}</ref><br />
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He was the main leader to successfully granted the [[Land reform|Land Reform]] system in India.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-08-11|title=Present Stage of Peasant Movement|url=https://www.cpim.org/content/present-stage-peasant-movement|access-date=2022-01-02|website=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|language=en}}</ref><br />
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He was the Member of [[West Bengal]] State Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<nowiki/>from [[1964]] - [[1974]].<br />
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== Death ==<br />
He died on 23 July 1974 in Kolkata due to cancer at the age of 58.<ref name=":3" /> His brother [[Benoy Krishna Konar]] was another CPI(M) leader.<br />
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<div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Hare Krishna Konar<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|8|5|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kamargoria]] village, [[Raina, Bardhaman|Raina]] sub-division, [[Bardhaman District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[West Bengal]], [[India]])<br />
| residence = [[Memari]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|7|23|1915|8|1|df=y}}<br />
| death_cause = [[Cancer]]<br />
| office = Member of Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| term = 1964 - 1974<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (1964 - 1974)<br />[[Communist Party of India]] (1938 - 1964)<br />
| image = 1978615 305312579640429 709349804457241533 m.jpg<br />
| office4 = Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term4 = 1957 - 1972<br />
| constituency4 = [[Kalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalna]]<br />
| native_name = হরেকৃষ্ণ কোঙার<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta]]<br />
| term3 = 1967, 1969 - 1970<br />
| office3 = Minister of Land and Land Revenue, [[Government of West Bengal]]<br />
| spouse = Biva Konar<br />
| parents = Sharatchandra Konar (Father), Satyabala Devi (Mother)<br />
| preceded4 = Baidyanath Santal, Rash Behari Sen<br />
| succeeded4 = Anjali Mondal<br />
| occupation = Communist Leader •<br />
<br />
politician •<br />
<br />
Minister •<br />
<br />
Revolutionary •<br />
| alma_mater = Kamargoria Prathmik Bidyalay, Memari Vidyasagar Smriti Vidyamandir, [[Bangabasi College]], [[University of Calcutta]]<br />
| office1 = General Secretary of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]]<br />
| term1 = 1968 - 1974<br />
| preceded1 = [[N. G. Ranga]]<br />
| succeeded1 = [[Hannan Mollah]]<br />
| office2 = Member of West Bengal State Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| term2 = 1964 - 1974<br />
}}<br />
'''Hare Krishna Konar''' (August 5, 1915 – July 23, 1974) was a fire brand politician, belonging to the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and one of the co-founders of communist party of India Marxist, who played a major role in [[land reform]]s in Indian and was the [[Secretary (title)|General Secretary]] of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]]. He was the Minister of Land and Land Revenue in West Bengal and the Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was also the revolutionary [[Resistance movement|Freedom Fighter]] of India for his Movement against British he was send to [[Cellular Jail]] for 6years at the age of 18.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ganashakti.tripod.com/archive/hkonar.htm|title=Remembrance:konar|website=ganashakti.tripod.com|access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Cellular Jail|date=2021-12-16|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cellular_Jail&oldid=1060658644|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2022-01-03}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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Hare Krishna Konar was the eldest son of Sharatchandra Konar and Satyabala Devi. He was born on 5 August 1915 in [[Kamargoria]] village, under [[Raina, Bardhaman|Raina]] Police Station in [[Bardhaman district|Bardhaman District]] of Bengal in [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]. At first he used to study in Kamargoria Prathmik Bidyalay. At young age, he shifted to South Radhakantopur village of [[Memari]] with his father and started education there. In 1930 while studying at Memari Vidyasagar Smriti Vidyamandir in class 9, he participated in the [[Civil disobedience movement|Indian Civil disobedience movement of 1930]] and was arrested for 6 months. While studying in [[Bangabasi College]], under the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1932, was convicted for revolutionary activities. At the age of 18, in 1932, he was condemned to the [[Cellular Jail]] in [[Andaman Islands]] for six years.<ref name="sansad" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=7}}</ref><br />
[[File:Michil z.jpg|thumb|106 = [[Hare Krishna Konar]] (The list of name who where integrated in [[Cellular Jail|cellular jail]] in 1932-1938).]]<br />
Before being arrested in 1932, he was already in contact with communists like Abdul Halim, [[Bankim Mukherjee]], [[Bhupendranath Datta|Bhupendranath Dutta]]. In Andaman jail, he met Satish Pakrashi, [[Somnath Lahiri]], Narayan Ray, [[Niranjan Sengupta]] among others and formed the [[Communist Consolidation]] with other communist prisoners.<ref name="sansad" /><ref name=":0" /><br />
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After being released from jail in 1938 he met [[Muzaffar Ahmed (politician)|Muzaffar Ahmed]], [[Promode Dasgupta]], [[Abdul Halim]] and earned the membership of the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI).<ref name="sansad">Sansad Bangla Charitbhidhan, p. 622, {{ISBN|81-85626-65-0}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Communist Party of India (Marxist) ==<br />
He first worked among the workers in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] and [[Howrah]]. After some months Comrade [[Benoy Choudhury|Benoy Chowdhury]] took him to Bardhaman district and he started working in the kisan (farmers) movement. In 1939, he participated in the Canal Tax protest in Bardhaman district. In 1940 he was banned by the British Government from entering [[Asansol]], [[Burnpur]] area and later on from Bardhaman district. But he still worked from underground in Bardhaman, and he was once arrested for few months.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 1944 he was again arrested and he was banned by the government to step out of [[Bardhaman|Bardhaman City]]. He played important role during the [[Ajay river]] Dam movement of 1943-1944 and second stage of Canal Tax protest of 1946–1947. While canvassing for elections in colliery area of Asansol he was physically assaulted by goons, and his legs were broken. In March 1948 when the CPI was banned, he was arrested immediately for 3 months. After being released he went into hiding and remained so until 1952. His chief role was maintaining communications between Kolkata, Bardhaman, Howrah and Hooghly in this time. He played an important role during the Food Movement of West Bengal in 1953, and Civil Disobedience movement in 1957, and was arrested both times. In 1962, when [[Sino-Indian War]] happened, he was arrested for a year under India Safety Act, and again for one and a half years in 1964 under the same Act.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=8}}</ref><br />
[[File:Borsul A.I.K.S. Conferance (16).jpg|thumb|[[Jyoti Basu]], [[Harkishan Singh Surjeet]], [[A. K. Gopalan]], [[Hare Krishna Konar]]. (In [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]] conference held in [[Kolkata]]).]]<br />
He was one of the co-founders of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] when it was formed from [[Communist Party of India]] in 1964. From 1957 he was a member of the West Bengal State Council of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]. From 1964 until his death he was a member of West Bengal State Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. From 1958 he was a member of National Council of CPI and from 1964 until his death he was a member of Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2015-08-11|title=Present Stage of Peasant Movement|url=https://www.cpim.org/content/present-stage-peasant-movement|access-date=2020-03-31|website=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|language=en}}</ref> From 1954 to 1966 he was the Secretary of West Bengal Provincial Krishak Sabha (part of [[All India Kisan Sabha]]) and member of central council of [[All India Kisan Sabha]]. From 1968 until his death he was the Secretary of West Bengal Provincial Krishak Sabha (part of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)]] and General Secretary of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=9}}</ref><br />
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As an representative of the [[Communist Party of India]], he had attended the [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Vietnam Worker's Party]]'s Conference in [[Hanoi]], Vietnam in 1960, he had also attended [[China|People's Republic of China]] party's Conference in [[Beijing]], China in 1960 and the [[Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers|Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Worker's]] Conference at [[Nicosia]], Cyprus in 1970; at [[Rome]], Italy in 1971; at [[Prague]], Czechoslovakia in 1972; and at [[Berlin]], Germany in 1973.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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==Land reforms==<br />
Hare Krishna Konar played a leading role in getting surplus land held by big land owners in excess of land ceiling laws and kept ‘benami’ (or false names) vested with the state. The quantum of land thus vested was around one million acres (4,000&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of good agricultural land. Subsequently, under the leadership of Hare Krishna Konar and [[Benoy Choudhury]] land was distributed amongst 2.4 million landless and poor farmers. It has been argued that this land reform along with [[Operation Barga]] formed the base for the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] victory in subsequent elections.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319550&catid=39 |title = The story of a pretender |publisher = The Statesman, 9 February 2010 |access-date = 2010-11-12 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110807052518/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319550&catid=39 |archive-date = 7 August 2011 |df = dmy-all }}</ref><br />
[[File:Borsul A.I.K.S. Conferance (13).jpg|thumb|'''Hare Krishna Konar''' (middle), [[Benoy Choudhury|Benoy chowdhury]] (right)]]<br />
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Barga Operation was his notable contribution. To begin with, group meetings between Officials and [[Bargadar]]s were organized during "settlement camps" (also called "Reorientation camps"), where the bargadars could discuss their grievances. The first such camp was held at Halusai in Polba taluk in Hooghly district from 18 to 20 May 1978. In noted camp two Adibashi Borgaders objected procedure adopted by the official for Barga Operation. They suggested to start it organising people in the field instead of sitting in the houses of rural rich people or the places dominated by them. Having that report Hare Krishna Konar immediately reorganised action plan and successful Barga Operation was done.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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==Elections==<br />
He won the elections to the state assembly from [[Kalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]], [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]], [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]], [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]] and [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|archive-date=5 October 2010|access-date=2010-11-12|work=General Election Results and Statistics|publisher=Election Commission of India|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was Minister for Land and Land Revenue in the United Front ministries in [[United Front (West Bengal)|1967]] and [[Second Ajoy Mukherjee ministry|1969]].<ref name=sansad/><ref name=":3" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
He died on 23 July 1974 in Kolkata due to cancer at the age of 58.<ref name=":3" /> His brother [[Benoy Krishna Konar]] was another CPI(M) leader.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{West Bengal Legislative Assembly3}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Konar, Hare Krishna}}<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1957–1962]]<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1962–1967]]<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1967–1969]]<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1969–1971]]<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1971–1972]]<br />
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:People from Purba Bardhaman district]]<br />
[[Category:1974 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:1915 births]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali communists]]<br />
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<div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Hare Krishna Konar<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|8|5|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kamargoria]] village, [[Raina, Bardhaman|Raina]] sub-division, [[Bardhaman District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[West Bengal]], [[India]])<br />
| residence = [[Memari]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|7|23|1915|8|1|df=y}}<br />
| death_cause = [[Cancer]]<br />
| office = Member of Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| term = 1964 - 1974<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (1964 - 1974)<br />[[Communist Party of India]] (1938 - 1964)<br />
| image = 1978615 305312579640429 709349804457241533 m.jpg<br />
| office4 = Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term4 = 1957 - 1972<br />
| constituency4 = [[Kalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalna]]<br />
| native_name = হরেকৃষ্ণ কোঙার<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta]]<br />
| term3 = 1967, 1969 - 1970<br />
| office3 = Minister of Land and Land Revenue, [[Government of West Bengal]]<br />
| spouse = Biva Konar<br />
| parents = Sharatchandra Konar (Father), Satyabala Devi (Mother)<br />
| preceded4 = Baidyanath Santal, Rash Behari Sen<br />
| succeeded4 = Anjali Mondal<br />
| occupation = Communist Leader •<br />
<br />
politician •<br />
<br />
Minister •<br />
<br />
Revolutionary •<br />
| alma_mater = Kamargoria Prathmik Bidyalay, Memari Vidyasagar Smriti Vidyamandir, [[Bangabasi College]], [[University of Calcutta]]<br />
| office1 = General Secretary of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]]<br />
| term1 = 1968 - 1974<br />
| preceded1 = [[N. G. Ranga]]<br />
| succeeded1 = [[Hannan Mollah]]<br />
| office2 = Member of West Bengal State Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| term2 = 1964 - 1974<br />
}}<br />
'''Hare Krishna Konar''' (August 5, 1915 – July 23, 1974) was a fire brand politician, belonging to the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and one of the co-founders of communist party of India Marxist, who played a major role in [[land reform]]s in Indian and was the [[Secretary (title)|General Secretary]] of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]]. He was the Minister of Land and Land Revenue in West Bengal and the Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was also the revolutionary [[Resistance movement|Freedom Fighter]] of India for his Movement against British he was send to [[Cellular Jail]] for 6years at the age of 18.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ganashakti.tripod.com/archive/hkonar.htm|title=Remembrance:konar|website=ganashakti.tripod.com|access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Cellular Jail|date=2021-12-16|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cellular_Jail&oldid=1060658644|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2022-01-03}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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Hare Krishna Konar was the eldest son of Sharatchandra Konar and Satyabala Devi. He was born on 5 August 1915 in [[Kamargoria]] village, under [[Raina, Bardhaman|Raina]] Police Station in [[Bardhaman district|Bardhaman District]] of Bengal in [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]. At first he used to study in Kamargoria Prathmik Bidyalay. At young age, he shifted to South Radhakantopur village of [[Memari]] with his father and started education there. In 1930 while studying at Memari Vidyasagar Smriti Vidyamandir in class 9, he participated in the [[Civil disobedience movement|Indian Civil disobedience movement of 1930]] and was arrested for 6 months. While studying in [[Bangabasi College]], under the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1932, was convicted for revolutionary activities. At the age of 18, in 1932, he was condemned to the [[Cellular Jail]] in [[Andaman Islands]] for six years.<ref name="sansad" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=7}}</ref><br />
[[File:Michil z.jpg|thumb|106 = [[Hare Krishna Konar]] (The list of name who where integrated in [[Cellular Jail|cellular jail]] in 1932-1938).]]<br />
Before being arrested in 1932, he was already in contact with communists like Abdul Halim, [[Bankim Mukherjee]], [[Bhupendranath Datta|Bhupendranath Dutta]]. In Andaman jail, he met Satish Pakrashi, [[Somnath Lahiri]], Narayan Ray, [[Niranjan Sengupta]] among others and formed the [[Communist Consolidation]] with other communist prisoners.<ref name="sansad" /><ref name=":0" /><br />
<br />
After being released from jail in 1938 he met [[Muzaffar Ahmed (politician)|Muzaffar Ahmed]], [[Promode Dasgupta]], [[Abdul Halim]] and earned the membership of the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI).<ref name="sansad">Sansad Bangla Charitbhidhan, p. 622, {{ISBN|81-85626-65-0}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Communist Party of India (Marxist) ==<br />
He first worked among the workers in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] and [[Howrah]]. After some months Comrade [[Benoy Choudhury|Benoy Chowdhury]] took him to Bardhaman district and he started working in the kisan (farmers) movement. In 1939, he participated in the Canal Tax protest in Bardhaman district. In 1940 he was banned by the British Government from entering [[Asansol]], [[Burnpur]] area and later on from Bardhaman district. But he still worked from underground in Bardhaman, and he was once arrested for few months.<ref name=":0" /><br />
<br />
In 1944 he was again arrested and he was banned by the government to step out of [[Bardhaman|Bardhaman City]]. He played important role during the [[Ajay river]] Dam movement of 1943-1944 and second stage of Canal Tax protest of 1946–1947. While canvassing for elections in colliery area of Asansol he was physically assaulted by goons, and his legs were broken. In March 1948 when the CPI was banned, he was arrested immediately for 3 months. After being released he went into hiding and remained so until 1952. His chief role was maintaining communications between Kolkata, Bardhaman, Howrah and Hooghly in this time. He played an important role during the Food Movement of West Bengal in 1953, and Civil Disobedience movement in 1957, and was arrested both times. In 1962, when [[Sino-Indian War]] happened, he was arrested for a year under India Safety Act, and again for one and a half years in 1964 under the same Act.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=8}}</ref><br />
[[File:Borsul A.I.K.S. Conferance (16).jpg|thumb|[[Jyoti Basu]], [[Harkishan Singh Surjeet]], [[A. K. Gopalan]], [[Hare Krishna Konar]]. (In [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]] conference held in [[Kolkata]]).]]<br />
He was one of the co-founders of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] when it was formed from [[Communist Party of India]] in 1964. From 1957 he was a member of the West Bengal State Council of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]. From 1964 until his death he was a member of West Bengal State Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. From 1958 he was a member of National Council of CPI and from 1964 until his death he was a member of Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2015-08-11|title=Present Stage of Peasant Movement|url=https://www.cpim.org/content/present-stage-peasant-movement|access-date=2020-03-31|website=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|language=en}}</ref> From 1954 to 1966 he was the Secretary of West Bengal Provincial Krishak Sabha (part of [[All India Kisan Sabha]]) and member of central council of [[All India Kisan Sabha]]. From 1968 until his death he was the Secretary of West Bengal Provincial Krishak Sabha (part of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)]] and General Secretary of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=9}}</ref><br />
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As an representative of the [[Communist Party of India]], he had attended the [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Vietnam Worker's Party]]'s Conference in [[Hanoi]], Vietnam in 1960, he had also attended [[China|People's Republic of China]] party's Conference in [[Beijing]], China in 1960 and the [[Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers|Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Worker's]] Conference at [[Nicosia]], Cyprus in 1970; at [[Rome]], Italy in 1971; at [[Prague]], Czechoslovakia in 1972; and at [[Berlin]], Germany in 1973.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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==Land reforms==<br />
Hare Krishna Konar played a leading role in getting surplus land held by big land owners in excess of land ceiling laws and kept ‘benami’ (or false names) vested with the state. The quantum of land thus vested was around one million acres (4,000&nbsp;km²) of good agricultural land. Subsequently, under the leadership of [[Benoy Choudhury]], this land was distributed amongst 2.4 million landless and poor farmers. It has been argued that this land reform along with [[Operation Barga]] formed the base for the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] victory in subsequent elections.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319550&catid=39 |title = The story of a pretender |publisher = The Statesman, 9 February 2010 |access-date = 2010-11-12 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110807052518/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319550&catid=39 |archive-date = 7 August 2011 |df = dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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Barga Operation was his notable contribution. To begin with, group meetings between Officials and [[Bargadar]]s were organized during "settlement camps" (also called "Reorientation camps"), where the bargadars could discuss their grievances. The first such camp was held at Halusai in Polba taluk in Hooghly district from 18 to 20 May 1978. In noted camp two Adibashi Borgaders objected procedure adopted by the official for Barga Operation. They suggested to start it organising people in the field instead of sitting in the houses of rural rich people or the places dominated by them. Having that report Hare Krishna Konar immediately reorganised action plan and successful Barga Operation was done.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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==Elections==<br />
He won the elections to the state assembly from [[Kalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]], [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]], [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]], [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]] and [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|archive-date=5 October 2010|access-date=2010-11-12|work=General Election Results and Statistics|publisher=Election Commission of India|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was Minister for Land and Land Revenue in the United Front ministries in [[United Front (West Bengal)|1967]] and [[Second Ajoy Mukherjee ministry|1969]].<ref name=sansad/><ref name=":3" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
He died on 23 July 1974 in Kolkata due to cancer at the age of 58.<ref name=":3" /> His brother [[Benoy Krishna Konar]] was another CPI(M) leader.<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Hare Krishna Konar<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|8|5|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kamargoria]] village, [[Raina, Bardhaman|Raina]] sub-division, [[Bardhaman District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[West Bengal]], [[India]])<br />
| residence = [[Memari]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|7|23|1915|8|1|df=y}}<br />
| death_cause = [[Cancer]]<br />
| office = Member of Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| term = 1964 - 1974<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (1964 - 1974)<br />[[Communist Party of India]] (1938 - 1964)<br />
| image = 1978615 305312579640429 709349804457241533 m.jpg<br />
| office4 = Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term4 = 1957 - 1972<br />
| constituency4 = [[Kalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalna]]<br />
| native_name = হরেকৃষ্ণ কোঙার<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta]]<br />
| term3 = 1967, 1969 - 1970<br />
| office3 = Minister of Land and Land Revenue, [[Government of West Bengal]]<br />
| spouse = Biva Konar<br />
| parents = Sharatchandra Konar (Father), Satyabala Devi (Mother)<br />
| preceded4 = Baidyanath Santal, Rash Behari Sen<br />
| succeeded4 = Anjali Mondal<br />
| occupation = Communist Leader •<br />
<br />
politician •<br />
<br />
Minister •<br />
<br />
Revolutionary •<br />
| alma_mater = Kamargoria Prathmik Bidyalay, Memari Vidyasagar Smriti Vidyamandir, [[Bangabasi College]], [[University of Calcutta]]<br />
| office1 = General Secretary of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]]<br />
| term1 = 1968 - 1974<br />
| preceded1 = [[N. G. Ranga]]<br />
| succeeded1 = [[Hannan Mollah]]<br />
| office2 = Member of West Bengal State Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| term2 = 1964 - 1974<br />
}}<br />
'''Hare Krishna Konar''' (August 5, 1915 – July 23, 1974) was a fire brand politician, belonging to the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and one of the co-founders of communist party of India Marxist, who played a major role in [[land reform]]s in Indian and was the [[Secretary (title)|General Secretary]] of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]]. He was the Minister of Land and Land Revenue in West Bengal and the Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was also the revolutionary [[Resistance movement|Freedom Fighter]] of India for his Movement against British he was send to [[Cellular Jail]] for 6years at the age of 18.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ganashakti.tripod.com/archive/hkonar.htm|title=Remembrance:konar|website=ganashakti.tripod.com|access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Cellular Jail|date=2021-12-16|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cellular_Jail&oldid=1060658644|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2022-01-03}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
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Hare Krishna Konar was the eldest son of Sharatchandra Konar and Satyabala Devi. He was born on 5 August 1915 in [[Kamargoria]] village, under [[Raina, Bardhaman|Raina]] Police Station in [[Bardhaman district|Bardhaman District]] of Bengal in [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]. At first he used to study in Kamargoria Prathmik Bidyalay. At young age, he shifted to South Radhakantopur village of [[Memari]] with his father and started education there. In 1930 while studying at Memari Vidyasagar Smriti Vidyamandir in class 9, he participated in the [[Civil disobedience movement|Indian Civil disobedience movement of 1930]] and was arrested for 6 months. While studying in [[Bangabasi College]], under the [[University of Calcutta]] in 1932, was convicted for revolutionary activities. At the age of 18, in 1932, he was condemned to the [[Cellular Jail]] in [[Andaman Islands]] for six years.<ref name="sansad" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=7}}</ref><br />
[[File:Michil z.jpg|thumb|106 = [[Hare Krishna Konar]] (The list of name who where integrated in [[Cellular Jail|cellular jail]] in 1932-1938).]]<br />
Before being arrested in 1932, he was already in contact with communists like Abdul Halim, [[Bankim Mukherjee]], [[Bhupendranath Datta|Bhupendranath Dutta]]. In Andaman jail, he met Satish Pakrashi, [[Somnath Lahiri]], Narayan Ray, [[Niranjan Sengupta]] among others and formed the [[Communist Consolidation]] with other communist prisoners.<ref name="sansad" /><ref name=":0" /><br />
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After being released from jail in 1938 he met [[Muzaffar Ahmed (politician)|Muzaffar Ahmed]], [[Promode Dasgupta]], [[Abdul Halim]] and earned the membership of the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI).<ref name="sansad">Sansad Bangla Charitbhidhan, p. 622, {{ISBN|81-85626-65-0}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Communist activities ==<br />
He first worked among the workers in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] and [[Howrah]]. After some months Comrade [[Benoy Choudhury|Benoy Chowdhury]] took him to Bardhaman district and he started working in the kisan (farmers) movement. In 1939, he participated in the Canal Tax protest in Bardhaman district. In 1940 he was banned by the British Government from entering [[Asansol]], [[Burnpur]] area and later on from Bardhaman district. But he still worked from underground in Bardhaman, and he was once arrested for few months.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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In 1944 he was again arrested and he was banned by the government to step out of [[Bardhaman|Bardhaman City]]. He played important role during the [[Ajay river]] Dam movement of 1943-44 and second stage of Canal Tax protest og 1946-47. While canvassing for elections in colliery area of Asansol he was physically assaulted by goons, and his legs were broken. In March 1948 when the CPI was banned, he was arrested immediately for 3 months. After being released he went into hiding and remained so until 1952. His chief role was maintaining communications between Kolkata, Bardhaman, Howrah and [[Hugli district|Hugli]] in this time. He played an important role during the Food Movement of West Bengal in 1953, and Civil Disobedience movement in 1957, and was arrested both times. In 1962, when [[Sino-Indian War]] happened, he was arrested for a year under India Safety Act, and again for one and a half years in 1964 under the same Act.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=8}}</ref><br />
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He was one of the 32 founder-members of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] when it was formed from [[Communist Party of India]] in 1964. From 1957 he was a member of the West Bengal State Council of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]. From 1964 until his death he was a member of West Bengal State Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. From 1958 he was a member of National Council of CPI and from 1964 until his death he was a member of Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2015-08-11|title=Present Stage of Peasant Movement|url=https://www.cpim.org/content/present-stage-peasant-movement|access-date=2020-03-31|website=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|language=en}}</ref> From 1954 to 1966 he was the Secretary of West Bengal Provincial Krishak Sabha (part of [[All India Kisan Sabha]]) and member of central council of [[All India Kisan Sabha]]. From 1968 until his death he was the Secretary of West Bengal Provincial Krishak Sabha (part of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)]]) and General Secretary of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=9}}</ref><br />
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As an representative of the Communist Party of India, he had attended the [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Vietnam Worker's Party]]'s Congress in 1960, visited [[China]] in 1960, and the [[Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers]]' Conference at [[Nicosia]], [[Cyprus]] in 1970; at [[Rome]], [[Italy]] in 1971; at [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1972; and at [[Berlin]], [[East Germany]] in 1973.<ref name=":3" /> <br />
<br />
===Land reforms===<br />
Hare Krishna Konar played a leading role in getting surplus land held by big land owners in excess of land ceiling laws and kept ‘benami’ (or false names) vested with the state. The quantum of land thus vested was around one million acres (4,000&nbsp;km²) of good agricultural land. Subsequently, under the leadership of [[Benoy Choudhury]], this land was distributed amongst 2.4 million landless and poor farmers. It has been argued that this land reform along with [[Operation Barga]] formed the base for the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] victory in subsequent elections.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319550&catid=39 |title = The story of a pretender |publisher = The Statesman, 9 February 2010 |access-date = 2010-11-12 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110807052518/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319550&catid=39 |archive-date = 7 August 2011 |df = dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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Barga Operation was his notable contribution. To begin with, group meetings between Officials and [[Bargadar]]s were organized during "settlement camps" (also called "Reorientation camps"), where the bargadars could discuss their grievances. The first such camp was held at Halusai in Polba taluk in Hooghly district from 18 to 20 May 1978. In noted camp two Adibashi Borgaders objected procedure adopted by the official for Barga Operation. They suggested to start it organising people in the field instead of sitting in the houses of rural rich people or the places dominated by them. Having that report Hare Krishna Konar immediately reorganised action plan and successful Barga Operation was done.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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==Elections==<br />
He won the elections to the state assembly from [[Kalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]], [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]], [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]], [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]] and [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|archive-date=5 October 2010|access-date=2010-11-12|work=General Election Results and Statistics|publisher=Election Commission of India|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was Minister for Land and Land Revenue in the United Front ministries in [[United Front (West Bengal)|1967]] and [[Second Ajoy Mukherjee ministry|1969]].<ref name=sansad/><ref name=":3" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
He died on 23 July 1974 in Kolkata due to cancer at the age of 58.<ref name=":3" /> His brother [[Benoy Krishna Konar]] was another CPI(M) leader.<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{West Bengal Legislative Assembly3}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Konar, Hare Krishna}}<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1957–1962]]<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1962–1967]]<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1967–1969]]<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1969–1971]]<br />
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1971–1972]]<br />
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:People from Purba Bardhaman district]]<br />
[[Category:1974 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:1915 births]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali communists]]<br />
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<div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}<br />
{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Hare Krishna Konar<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1915|8|5|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kamargoria]] village, [[Raina, Bardhaman|Raina]] sub-division, [[Bardhaman District]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] (present-day [[West Bengal]], [[India]])<br />
| residence = [[Memari]]<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|7|23|1915|8|1|df=y}}<br />
| death_cause = [[Cancer]]<br />
| office = Member of Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| term = 1964 - 1974<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (1964 - 1974)<br />[[Communist Party of India]] (1938 - 1964)<br />
| image = 1978615 305312579640429 709349804457241533 m.jpg<br />
| office4 = Member of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term4 = 1957 - 1972<br />
| constituency4 = [[Kalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kalna]]<br />
| native_name = হরেকৃষ্ণ কোঙার<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
| death_place = [[Calcutta]]<br />
| term3 = 1967, 1969 - 1970<br />
| office3 = Minister of Land and Land Revenue, [[Government of West Bengal]]<br />
| spouse = Biva Konar<br />
| parents = Sharatchandra Konar (Father), Satyabala Devi (Mother)<br />
| preceded4 = Baidyanath Santal, Rash Behari Sen<br />
| succeeded4 = Anjali Mondal<br />
| occupation = Communist Leader •<br />
<br />
politician •<br />
<br />
Minister •<br />
<br />
Revolutionary •<br />
| alma_mater = Kamargoria Prathmik Bidyalay, Memari Vidyasagar Smriti Vidyamandir, [[Bangabasi College]], [[University of Calcutta]]<br />
| office1 = General Secretary of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]]<br />
| term1 = 1968 - 1974<br />
| preceded1 = [[N. G. Ranga]]<br />
| succeeded1 = [[Hannan Mollah]]<br />
| office2 = Member of West Bengal State Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| term2 = 1964 - 1974<br />
}}<br />
'''Hare Krishna Konar''' (August 5, 1915 – July 23, 1974) was a fire brand politician, belonging to the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and one of the co-founders of communist party of India Marxist, who played a major role in [[land reform]]s in Indian and was the [[Secretary (title)|General Secretary]] of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)|All India Kisan Sabha]]. He was the Minister of Land and Land Revenue in West Bengal and the Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. He was also the revolutionary [[Resistance movement|Freedom Fighter]] of India for his Movement against British he was send to [[Cellular Jail]] for 6years at the age of 18.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ganashakti.tripod.com/archive/hkonar.htm|title=Remembrance:konar|website=ganashakti.tripod.com|access-date=2020-03-31}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Cellular Jail|date=2021-12-16|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cellular_Jail&oldid=1060658644|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2022-01-03}}</ref><br />
<br />
==Early life==<br />
<br />
Hare Krishna Konar was the eldest son of Sharatchandra Konar and Satyabala Devi. He was born on 5 August 1915 in [[Kamargoria]] village, under [[Raina, Bardhaman|Raina]] Police Station in [[Bardhaman district|Bardhaman District]] of Bengal in [[Presidencies and provinces of British India|British India]]. At a young he age, he shifted to South Radhakantopur village of [[Memari]] with his father and started education there. In 1930 while studying at Memari Vidyasagar Smriti Vidyamandir in class 9, he participated in the [[Civil disobedience movement|Indian Civil disobedience movement of 1930]] and was arrested for 6 months. While studying in [[Bangabasi College]], in 1932, was convicted for revolutionary activities. At the age of 18, in 1933, he was condemned to the [[Cellular Jail]] in [[Andaman Islands]] for six years.<ref name="sansad" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=7}}</ref><br />
<br />
Before being arrested in 1932, he was already in contact with communists like Abdul Halim, [[Bankim Mukherjee]], [[Bhupendranath Datta|Bhupendranath Dutta]]. In Andaman jail, he met Satish Pakrashi, Narayan Ray, [[Niranjan Sengupta]] among others and formed the [[Communist Consolidation]] with other communist prisoners.<ref name="sansad" /><ref name=":0" /><br />
<br />
After being released from jail in 1938 he met [[Muzaffar Ahmed (politician)|Muzaffar Ahmed]], Abdul Halim and earned the membership of the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI).<ref name="sansad">Sansad Bangla Charitbhidhan, p. 622, {{ISBN|81-85626-65-0}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><br />
<br />
== Communist activities ==<br />
He first worked among the workers in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] and [[Howrah]]. After some months Comrade [[Benoy Choudhury|Benoy Chowdhury]] took him to Bardhaman district and he started working in the kisan (farmers) movement. In 1939, he participated in the Canal Tax protest in Bardhaman district. In 1940 he was banned by the British Government from entering [[Asansol]], [[Burnpur]] area and later on from Bardhaman district. But he still worked from underground in Bardhaman, and he was once arrested for few months.<ref name=":0" /><br />
<br />
In 1944 he was again arrested and he was banned by the government to step out of [[Bardhaman|Bardhaman City]]. He played important role during the [[Ajay river]] Dam movement of 1943-44 and second stage of Canal Tax protest og 1946-47. While canvassing for elections in colliery area of Asansol he was physically assaulted by goons, and his legs were broken. In March 1948 when the CPI was banned, he was arrested immediately for 3 months. After being released he went into hiding and remained so until 1952. His chief role was maintaining communications between Kolkata, Bardhaman, Howrah and [[Hugli district|Hugli]] in this time. He played an important role during the Food Movement of West Bengal in 1953, and Civil Disobedience movement in 1957, and was arrested both times. In 1962, when [[Sino-Indian War]] happened, he was arrested for a year under India Safety Act, and again for one and a half years in 1964 under the same Act.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=8}}</ref><br />
<br />
He was one of the 32 founder-members of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] when it was formed from [[Communist Party of India]] in 1964. From 1957 he was a member of the West Bengal State Council of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]. From 1964 until his death he was a member of West Bengal State Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. From 1958 he was a member of National Council of CPI and from 1964 until his death he was a member of Central Committee of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2015-08-11|title=Present Stage of Peasant Movement|url=https://www.cpim.org/content/present-stage-peasant-movement|access-date=2020-03-31|website=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|language=en}}</ref> From 1954 to 1966 he was the Secretary of West Bengal Provincial Krishak Sabha (part of [[All India Kisan Sabha]]) and member of central council of [[All India Kisan Sabha]]. From 1968 until his death he was the Secretary of West Bengal Provincial Krishak Sabha (part of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)]]) and General Secretary of [[All India Kisan Sabha (36 Canning Lane)]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book|title=Nirbachito Rochona Sonkolon Harekrishna Konar|publisher=National Book Agency|year=1978|location=Kolkata|pages=9}}</ref><br />
<br />
As an representative of the Communist Party of India, he had attended the [[Communist Party of Vietnam|Vietnam Worker's Party]]'s Congress in 1960, visited [[China]] in 1960, and the [[Trade Union International of Agricultural, Forestry and Plantation Workers]]' Conference at [[Nicosia]], [[Cyprus]] in 1970; at [[Rome]], [[Italy]] in 1971; at [[Prague]], [[Czechoslovakia]] in 1972; and at [[Berlin]], [[East Germany]] in 1973.<ref name=":3" /> <br />
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===Land reforms===<br />
Hare Krishna Konar played a leading role in getting surplus land held by big land owners in excess of land ceiling laws and kept ‘benami’ (or false names) vested with the state. The quantum of land thus vested was around one million acres (4,000&nbsp;km²) of good agricultural land. Subsequently, under the leadership of [[Benoy Choudhury]], this land was distributed amongst 2.4 million landless and poor farmers. It has been argued that this land reform along with [[Operation Barga]] formed the base for the [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] victory in subsequent elections.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319550&catid=39 |title = The story of a pretender |publisher = The Statesman, 9 February 2010 |access-date = 2010-11-12 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110807052518/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=319550&catid=39 |archive-date = 7 August 2011 |df = dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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Barga Operation was his notable contribution. To begin with, group meetings between Officials and [[Bargadar]]s were organized during "settlement camps" (also called "Reorientation camps"), where the bargadars could discuss their grievances. The first such camp was held at Halusai in Polba taluk in Hooghly district from 18 to 20 May 1978. In noted camp two Adibashi Borgaders objected procedure adopted by the official for Barga Operation. They suggested to start it organising people in the field instead of sitting in the houses of rural rich people or the places dominated by them. Having that report Hare Krishna Konar immediately reorganised action plan and successful Barga Operation was done.<ref name=":3" /><br />
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==Elections==<br />
He won the elections to the state assembly from [[Kalna (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] in [[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]], [[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]], [[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]], [[1969 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1969]] and [[1971 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1971]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Reports of Assembly Elections|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/electionstatistics.asp|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|archive-date=5 October 2010|access-date=2010-11-12|work=General Election Results and Statistics|publisher=Election Commission of India|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He was Minister for Land and Land Revenue in the United Front ministries in [[United Front (West Bengal)|1967]] and [[Second Ajoy Mukherjee ministry|1969]].<ref name=sansad/><ref name=":3" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
He died on 23 July 1974 in Kolkata due to cancer at the age of 58.<ref name=":3" /> His brother [[Benoy Krishna Konar]] was another CPI(M) leader.<br />
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