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	\| name = Charu Majumdar		\| name = Charu Majumdar
	\| image = ~~Charu_Majumder~~.jpg		\| image = Charu Majumdar.jpg
	\| caption =		\| caption = Majumdar at a [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation\|CPIML]] rally in Kolkata, 2021
	\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=yes\|1919\|05\|15}}		\| birth_date = {{birth date\|df=yes\|1919\|05\|15}}
	\| birth_place = [[Siliguri]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj\|British India]]		\| birth_place = [[Siliguri]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj\|British India]]
	\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1972\|07\|28\|1919\|03\|12\|df=y}}		\| death_date = {{death date and age\|1972\|07\|28\|1919\|03\|12\|df=y}}
	\| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], India		\| death_place = [[Calcutta, West Bengal]], India
	\| alma_mater = [[University of North Bengal]]<br/>[[Siliguri College]]<br/>[[Pabna Edward College]]		\| alma_mater = [[University of North Bengal]]<br />[[Siliguri College]]<br />[[Pabna Edward College]]
	\| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]]		\| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]]
	\| spouse = Lila Mazumdar Sengupta		\| spouse = Lila Mazumdar Sengupta
	\| footnotes =		\| children = 1
	\| office = General Secretary of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)\|CPI(ML)]]		\| footnotes =
	\| term = 1969–1972		\| office = General Secretary of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)\|CPI(ML)]]
	\| predecessor =		\| term = 1969–1972
	\| criminal_charge = Criminal ~~Conspiracy~~		\| predecessor =
	\| criminal_penalty = Jailed		\| criminal_charge = Criminal conspiracy
	\| criminal_status = Death in ~~Jail~~		\| criminal_penalty = Jailed
			\| criminal_status = Death in jail
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	'''Charu Majumdar''' (15 May 1919 – 28 July 1972), popularly known as '''~~Comrade~~ CM''', was a communist ~~revolutionary~~ from [[India]], and founder and chief theoretician of the Naxalite movement.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Roy\|first=Arundhati\|date=2010-03-29\|title=Walking With The Comrades\|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/walking-with-the-comrades/264738\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-10-18 \|publisher=[[Outlook India]]\|language=en}}</ref> Born into a progressive landlord family in Siliguri in 1918, he became a Communist during the [[Indian independence movement\|Indian Independence Movement]], and later formed the militant [[Naxalite]] cause. During this period, he authored the historic accounts of the 1967 [[Naxalbari uprising]] and his writings— particularly the [[Historic Eight Documents]]— have become part of the ideology which guides ~~the~~ Naxal movement.<ref name=":0">{{cite web		'''Charu Majumdar''' (15 May 1919 – 28 July 1972), popularly known as '''CM''', was a communist leader from India, and founder and chief theoretician of the Naxalite movement.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Roy\|first=Arundhati\|date=2010-03-29\|title=Walking With The Comrades \|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/walking-with-the-comrades/264738 \|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-10-18 \|publisher=[[Outlook India]]\|language=en}}</ref> Born into a progressive landlord family in Siliguri in 1918, he became a Communist during the [[Indian independence movement\|Indian Independence Movement]], and later formed the militant [[Naxalite]] cause. During this period, he authored the historic accounts of the 1967 [[Naxalbari uprising]] and his writings— particularly the [[Historic Eight Documents]]— have become part of the ideology which guides Naxal movement.<ref name=":0">{{cite web
	\|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM1/Charu-Majumdar-The-Father-of-Naxalism/Article1-6531.aspx		\|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM1/Charu-Majumdar-The-Father-of-Naxalism/Article1-6531.aspx
	\|title = Charu Majumdar – The Father of Naxalism		\|title = Charu Majumdar – The Father of Naxalism
	\|publisher = Hindustan Times		\|publisher = Hindustan Times
	\|url-status = dead		\|url-status = dead
	\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104221701/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM1/Charu-Majumdar-The-Father-of-Naxalism/Article1-6531.aspx		\|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104221701/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM1/Charu-Majumdar-The-Father-of-Naxalism/Article1-6531.aspx
	\|archive-date = 4 November 2012		\|archive-date = 4 November 2012
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			[[File:Statue of Charu Majumdar & Saroj Dutta.jpg\|thumb\|Statue of Comrade CM & SD, Behala]]

	== Biography ==		== Biography ==
	Majumdar was born in 1919 in [[Siliguri\|Matualaloi, Rajshahi]] (now Siliguri) to the [[Zamindari\|Zamindar]] family.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/tehkhana/50-years-of-naxalbari-remembering-charu-majumdar-kanu-sanyal-and-jangal-santhal/		Majumdar was born in 1919 in [[Siliguri\|Matualaloi, Rajshahi]] (now Siliguri) to the [[Zamindari\|Zamindar]] family.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/tehkhana/50-years-of-naxalbari-remembering-charu-majumdar-kanu-sanyal-and-jangal-santhal/
	\|title=नक्सल आंदोलन इन्होंने शुरू किया, आज उनके नाम पर आतंकवादी घूमते हैं		\|title=नक्सल आंदोलन इन्होंने शुरू किया, आज उनके नाम पर आतंकवादी घूमते हैं
	\|publisher=thelallantop}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/naxalbari-50-meet-the-woman-who-lit-the-first-fire-of-uprising/story-5ey8bOCHpquwFT33vo9H5I.html		\|publisher=thelallantop}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/naxalbari-50-meet-the-woman-who-lit-the-first-fire-of-uprising/story-5ey8bOCHpquwFT33vo9H5I.html
	\|title=Naxalbari@50: Maoist uprising was sparked by this tribal woman leader		\|title=Naxalbari@50: Maoist uprising was sparked by this tribal woman leader
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	The CPI was banned in 1948 and he spent the next three years in jail. In January 1952 he married Lila Mazumdar Sengupta, a fellow CPI member from Jalpaiguri. The couple moved to Siliguri, which was the center of Majumdar's activities for a few years. He was briefly imprisoned in 1962.		The CPI was banned in 1948 and he spent the next three years in jail. In January 1952 he married Lila Mazumdar Sengupta, a fellow CPI member from Jalpaiguri. The couple moved to Siliguri, which was the center of Majumdar's activities for a few years. He was briefly imprisoned in 1962.

	During the mid-1960s Majumdar organized a [[leftist]] faction in [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)) in northern Bengal. In 1967, a militant peasant uprising took place in [[Naxalbari]], led by his comrade-in-arms [[Kanu Sanyal]]. This group would later be known as the [[Naxalite]]s, and eight articles written by him at this time—known as the [[Historic Eight Documents]]—have been seen as providing their ideological foundation: arguing that revolution must take the path of armed struggle on the pattern of the Chinese revolution. The same year, Majumdar broke away and formed the [[All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries]] which in 1969 founded the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]]—with Majumdar as its General Secretary. He was captured at his hideout on 16 July 1972 at 3 am by officer Ranjit Guha Niyogi (alias Runu Guha Niyogi) and his team. He died of a massive heart attack at 4 am on 28 July 1972 – aged 53 – in the same lock-up, the CPI (ML) records say.		During the mid-1960s Majumdar organized a [[leftist]] faction in [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)) in northern Bengal. In 1967, a militant peasant uprising took place in [[Naxalbari]], led by his comrade-in-arms [[Kanu Sanyal]]. This group would later be known as the [[Naxalite]]s, and eight articles written by him at this time—known as the [[Historic Eight Documents]]—have been seen as providing their ideological foundation: arguing that revolution must take the path of armed struggle on the pattern of the Chinese revolution. The same year, Majumdar broke away and formed the [[All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries]] which in 1969 founded the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]]—with Majumdar as its General Secretary. He was captured at his hideout on 16 July 1972 at 3 am by officer Ranjit Guha Niyogi (alias Runu Guha Niyogi) and his team. He died of a massive heart attack at 4 am on 28 July 1972 – aged 53 – in the same lock-up, the CPI (ML) records say.

	The radical leftist movement in India has seen many ideological splits since Majumdar's death.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Kujur\|first=Rajat\|date=2009\|title=Naxal conflict in 2008: an assessment\|url=http://www.ipcs.org/issue_briefs/issue_brief_pdf/848082154RP15-Kujur-Naxal.pdf\|journal=Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies}}</ref> [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)\|The Communist Party of India (Maoist)]] observes Martyrs Week in the last week of July in remembrance of Majumdar's death, where members revisit his ideology and memorialise his influence on their movement.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Bhattacharjee\|first=Sumit\|date=2020-07-31\|title=Is Charu Majumdar’s ideology relevant today?\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/is-charu-majumdars-ideology-relevant-today/article32236475.ece\|access-date=2021-10-18\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		The radical leftist movement in India has seen many ideological splits since Majumdar's death.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Kujur\|first=Rajat\|date=2009\|title=Naxal conflict in 2008: an assessment\|url=http://www.ipcs.org/issue_briefs/issue_brief_pdf/848082154RP15-Kujur-Naxal.pdf\|journal=Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies}}</ref> [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)\|The Communist Party of India (Maoist)]] observes Martyrs Week in the last week of July in remembrance of Majumdar's death, where members revisit his ideology and memorialise his influence on their movement.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Bhattacharjee\|first=Sumit\|date=2020-07-31\|title=Is Charu Majumdar’s ideology relevant today?\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/is-charu-majumdars-ideology-relevant-today/article32236475.ece\|access-date=2021-10-18\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
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	\| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], India		\| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], India
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	\| alma_mater = [[University of North Bengal]]<br/>[[Siliguri College]]<br/>[[Pabna Edward College]]		\| alma_mater = [[University of North Bengal]]<br/>[[Siliguri College]]<br/>[[Pabna Edward College]]
	~~\| term = 1969–1972~~
	~~\| predecessor =~~
	\| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]]		\| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]]
	\| spouse = Lila Mazumdar Sengupta		\| spouse = Lila Mazumdar Sengupta
	\| footnotes =		\| footnotes =
	\| office = General Secretary of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)\|CPI(ML)]]		\| office = General Secretary of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)\|CPI(ML)]]
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	\| criminal_penalty = Jailed		\| criminal_penalty = Jailed
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	'''Charu Majumdar''' (May ~~15,~~ 1919 – July ~~28,~~ 1972), popularly ~~<small>~~known as Comrade CM, was~~</small>~~ a communist revolutionary from [[India]]. Born in a progressive landlord family in Siliguri in 1918, he later formed the militant [[Naxalite]] cause. ~~He also~~ authored the historic accounts of the 1967 [[Naxalbari uprising]] and his ~~writings~~ have become the ideology which guides the Naxal movement.<ref>{{cite web		'''Charu Majumdar''' (15 May 1919 – 28 July 1972), popularly known as '''Comrade CM''', was a communist revolutionary from [[India]], and founder and chief theoretician of the Naxalite movement.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Roy\|first=Arundhati\|date=2010-03-29\|title=Walking With The Comrades\|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/walking-with-the-comrades/264738\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-10-18 \|publisher=[[Outlook India]]\|language=en}}</ref> Born into a progressive landlord family in Siliguri in 1918, he became a Communist during the [[Indian independence movement\|Indian Independence Movement]], and later formed the militant [[Naxalite]] cause. During this period, he authored the historic accounts of the 1967 [[Naxalbari uprising]] and his writings— particularly the [[Historic Eight Documents]]— have become part of the ideology which guides the Naxal movement.<ref name=":0">{{cite web
	\|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM1/Charu-Majumdar-The-Father-of-Naxalism/Article1-6531.aspx		\|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM1/Charu-Majumdar-The-Father-of-Naxalism/Article1-6531.aspx
	\|title = Charu Majumdar – The Father of Naxalism		\|title = Charu Majumdar – The Father of Naxalism
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	\|publisher=hindustantimes}}</ref> His father was a [[freedom fighter]] during the [[Indian independence movement]]. Majumdar dropped out of college in 1938.		\|publisher=hindustantimes}}</ref> His father was a [[freedom fighter]] during the [[Indian independence movement]]. Majumdar dropped out of college in 1938.

	After dropping out ~~of college in 1937–38~~, Majumdar joined the then banned [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) to work in its peasant front. Soon an arrest warrant forced him to go underground for the first time as a leftist activist. Although the CPI was banned at the outbreak of World War II, he continued CPI activities among peasants and was made a member of the CPI Jalpaiguri district committee in 1942. The promotion emboldened him to organize a 'seizure of crops' campaign in Jalpaiguri during the [[Famine in India\|Great Famine of 1943]], more or less successfully. In 1946, he joined the [[Tebhaga movement]] in the Jalpaiguri region and embarked on a proletariat militant struggle in [[North Bengal]]. The stir shaped his vision of a revolutionary struggle. Later he worked among tea garden workers in [[Darjeeling]].		After dropping out, Majumdar joined the then banned [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) to work in its peasant front. Soon an arrest warrant forced him to go underground for the first time as a leftist activist. Although the CPI was banned at the outbreak of World War II, he continued CPI activities among peasants and was made a member of the CPI Jalpaiguri district committee in 1942. The promotion emboldened him to organize a 'seizure of crops' campaign in Jalpaiguri during the [[Famine in India\|Great Famine of 1943]], more or less successfully.<ref name=":0" /> In 1946, he joined the [[Tebhaga movement]] in the [[Jalpaiguri district\|Jalpaiguri]] region and embarked on a proletariat militant struggle in [[North Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Banerjee\|first=Rabi\|date=2016-07-03\|title=The man India loves to forget\|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/charu-majumdar-naxalbari.html\|url-status=live\|access-date=2021-10-18\|website=theweek.in}}</ref> The stir shaped his vision of a revolutionary struggle. Later he worked among tea garden workers in [[Darjeeling]].

	The CPI was banned in 1948 and he spent the next three years in jail. In January 1952 he married Lila Mazumdar Sengupta, a fellow CPI member from Jalpaiguri. The couple moved to Siliguri, which was the center of Majumdar's activities for a few years. ~~His ailing father and unmarried sister lived there in abject poverty.{{citation needed\|date=December 2017}}~~ He was briefly imprisoned in 1962.		The CPI was banned in 1948 and he spent the next three years in jail. In January 1952 he married Lila Mazumdar Sengupta, a fellow CPI member from Jalpaiguri. The couple moved to Siliguri, which was the center of Majumdar's activities for a few years. He was briefly imprisoned in 1962.

	During the mid-1960s Majumdar organized a [[leftist]] faction in [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)) in northern Bengal. In 1967, a militant peasant uprising took place in [[Naxalbari]], led by his comrade-in-arms [[Kanu Sanyal]]. This group would later ~~become~~ known as the [[Naxalite]]s, and eight articles written by him at this time—known as the [[Historic Eight Documents]]—have been seen as providing their ideological foundation: arguing that revolution must take the path of armed struggle on the pattern of the Chinese revolution. The same year, Majumdar broke away and formed the [[All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries]] which in 1969 founded the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]]—with Majumdar as its General Secretary. He was captured at his hideout on 16 July 1972 at 3 am by officer Ranjit Guha Niyogi (alias Runu Guha Niyogi) and his team. He died of a massive heart attack at 4 am on 28 July 1972 – aged 53 – in the same lock-up, the CPI (ML) records say.		During the mid-1960s Majumdar organized a [[leftist]] faction in [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)) in northern Bengal. In 1967, a militant peasant uprising took place in [[Naxalbari]], led by his comrade-in-arms [[Kanu Sanyal]]. This group would later be known as the [[Naxalite]]s, and eight articles written by him at this time—known as the [[Historic Eight Documents]]—have been seen as providing their ideological foundation: arguing that revolution must take the path of armed struggle on the pattern of the Chinese revolution. The same year, Majumdar broke away and formed the [[All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries]] which in 1969 founded the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]]—with Majumdar as its General Secretary. He was captured at his hideout on 16 July 1972 at 3 am by officer Ranjit Guha Niyogi (alias Runu Guha Niyogi) and his team. He died of a massive heart attack at 4 am on 28 July 1972 – aged 53 – in the same lock-up, the CPI (ML) records say.

	The radical leftist movement in India has seen many ideological splits since Majumdar's death.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Kujur\|first=Rajat\|date=2009\|title=Naxal conflict in 2008: an assessment\|url=http://www.ipcs.org/issue_briefs/issue_brief_pdf/848082154RP15-Kujur-Naxal.pdf\|journal=Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies}}</ref>		The radical leftist movement in India has seen many ideological splits since Majumdar's death.<ref>{{Cite journal\|last=Kujur\|first=Rajat\|date=2009\|title=Naxal conflict in 2008: an assessment\|url=http://www.ipcs.org/issue_briefs/issue_brief_pdf/848082154RP15-Kujur-Naxal.pdf\|journal=Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies}}</ref> [[Communist Party of India (Maoist)\|The Communist Party of India (Maoist)]] observes Martyrs Week in the last week of July in remembrance of Majumdar's death, where members revisit his ideology and memorialise his influence on their movement.<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Bhattacharjee\|first=Sumit\|date=2020-07-31\|title=Is Charu Majumdar’s ideology relevant today?\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/is-charu-majumdars-ideology-relevant-today/article32236475.ece\|access-date=2021-10-18\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

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| death_place = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], India
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| alma_mater = [[University of North Bengal]]<br/>[[Siliguri College]]<br/>[[Pabna Edward College]]
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| spouse = Lila Mazumdar Sengupta
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'''Charu Majumdar''' (May 15, 1919 – July 28, 1972), popularly <small>known as Comrade CM, was</small> a communist revolutionary from [[India]]. Born in a progressive landlord family in Siliguri in 1918, he later formed the militant [[Naxalite]] cause. He also authored the historic accounts of the 1967 [[Naxalbari uprising]] and his writings have become the ideology which guides the Naxal movement.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM1/Charu-Majumdar-The-Father-of-Naxalism/Article1-6531.aspx
|title = Charu Majumdar – The Father of Naxalism
|publisher = Hindustan Times
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|archive-date = 4 November 2012
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== Biography ==
Majumdar was born in 1919 in [[Siliguri|Matualaloi, Rajshahi]] (now Siliguri) to the [[Zamindari|Zamindar]] family.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelallantop.com/tehkhana/50-years-of-naxalbari-remembering-charu-majumdar-kanu-sanyal-and-jangal-santhal/
|title=नक्सल आंदोलन इन्होंने शुरू किया, आज उनके नाम पर आतंकवादी घूमते हैं
|publisher=thelallantop}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/naxalbari-50-meet-the-woman-who-lit-the-first-fire-of-uprising/story-5ey8bOCHpquwFT33vo9H5I.html
|title=Naxalbari@50: Maoist uprising was sparked by this tribal woman leader
|date=23 May 2017
|publisher=hindustantimes}}</ref> His father was a [[freedom fighter]] during the [[Indian independence movement]]. Majumdar dropped out of college in 1938.

After dropping out of college in 1937–38, Majumdar joined the then banned [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI) to work in its peasant front. Soon an arrest warrant forced him to go underground for the first time as a leftist activist. Although the CPI was banned at the outbreak of World War II, he continued CPI activities among peasants and was made a member of the CPI Jalpaiguri district committee in 1942. The promotion emboldened him to organize a 'seizure of crops' campaign in Jalpaiguri during the [[Famine in India|Great Famine of 1943]], more or less successfully. In 1946, he joined the [[Tebhaga movement]] in the Jalpaiguri region and embarked on a proletariat militant struggle in [[North Bengal]]. The stir shaped his vision of a revolutionary struggle. Later he worked among tea garden workers in [[Darjeeling]].

The CPI was banned in 1948 and he spent the next three years in jail. In January 1952 he married Lila Mazumdar Sengupta, a fellow CPI member from Jalpaiguri. The couple moved to Siliguri, which was the center of Majumdar's activities for a few years. His ailing father and unmarried sister lived there in abject poverty.{{citation needed|date=December 2017}} He was briefly imprisoned in 1962.

During the mid-1960s Majumdar organized a [[leftist]] faction in [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)) in northern Bengal. In 1967, a militant peasant uprising took place in [[Naxalbari]], led by his comrade-in-arms [[Kanu Sanyal]]. This group would later become known as the [[Naxalite]]s, and eight articles written by him at this time—known as the [[Historic Eight Documents]]—have been seen as providing their ideological foundation: arguing that revolution must take the path of armed struggle on the pattern of the Chinese revolution. The same year, Majumdar broke away and formed the [[All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries]] which in 1969 founded the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]]—with Majumdar as its General Secretary. He was captured at his hideout on 16 July 1972 at 3 am by officer Ranjit Guha Niyogi (alias Runu Guha Niyogi) and his team. He died of a massive heart attack at 4 am on 28 July 1972 – aged 53 – in the same lock-up, the CPI (ML) records say.

The radical leftist movement in India has seen many ideological splits since Majumdar's death.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kujur|first=Rajat|date=2009|title=Naxal conflict in 2008: an assessment|url=http://www.ipcs.org/issue_briefs/issue_brief_pdf/848082154RP15-Kujur-Naxal.pdf|journal=Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mazumdar/index.htm Charu Majumdar Archives]
* [http://lesmaterialistes.com/english/there-charu-mazumdar-thought Is there a Charu Mazumdar Thought?]
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