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{{Infobox political party
{{Infobox political party
| name            = Communist Consolidation
| name            = Communist Consolidation
| native_name      = कम्युनिस्ट समेकन
| colorcode        = Red
| colorcode        = Red
| spokesperson    = [[Shiv Verma]],<br/>[[Hare Krishna Konar]]
| foundation      = {{start date and years ago|26th April 1935|df=yes}} at [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands|Andaman]], [[Cellular Jail]]
| foundation      = {{start date and years ago|26th April 1935|df=yes}} at [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands|Andaman]], [[Cellular Jail]]
| ideology        = {{ubl|[[Indian nationalism]]|[[Communism]]|[[Marxism–Leninism]]}}
| ideology        = {{ubl|[[Indian nationalism]]|[[Communism]]|[[Marxism–Leninism]]}}
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| membership      = {{increase}} 800 (1936)
| membership      = {{increase}} 800 (1936)
| position        = [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
| position        = [[Left-wing politics|Left-wing]]
| slogan          = "[[Inquilab Zindabad]]"<br/>"[[Workers of the world, unite!|Duniya ke Mazdooron ek ho]]"
| slogan          = "[[Inquilab Zindabad]]"<br />"[[Workers of the world, unite!|Duniya ke Mazdooron ek ho]]"
}}
}}
{{Anushilan Samiti}}
{{Anushilan Samiti}}


'''Communist Consolidation''' (26 April 1935{{snd}}15 August 1947) was an [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]] and [[Communism|communist]] organization, formed among the prisoners of the [[Cellular Jail]] in the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] on 26 April 1935. It was the largest resistance group against [[British Raj|British rule]] in the Cellular Jail, and the historical 36-day [[hunger strike]] in 1937 was led by this organization. Many legendary [[freedom fighter]]s were members of this [[organization]], which had the goals of uprooting British rule and creating a communist [[India]].<ref name="sanyal">{{Cite book|last=Sanyal|first=Sachindranath|title=Bandi Jeevan|date=2017-01-01|publisher=[[Sachindra Nath Sanyal]]|year=2017|isbn=8184408978|language=Hindi}}</ref>
'''Communist Consolidation''' (26 April 1935{{snd}}15 August 1947) was an [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]] and [[Communism|communist]] organization, formed among the prisoners of the [[Cellular Jail]] in the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] on 26 April 1935. It was the largest resistance group against [[British Raj|British rule]] in the Cellular Jail, and the historical 36-day [[hunger strike]] in 1937 was led by this organization. Many legendary [[freedom fighter]]s were members of this [[organization]], which had the goals of uprooting British rule and creating a communist [[India]].<ref name="sanyal">{{Cite book|last=Sanyal|first=Sachindranath|title=Bandi Jeevan|date=2017-01-01|publisher=[[Sachindra Nath Sanyal]]|isbn=8184408978|language=Hindi}}</ref>


==History (Before 1935)==
==History (Before 1935)==
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== Formation in 1935 ==
== Formation in 1935 ==
In 1935, Communist Consolidation was founded by 39 inmates, but the main mastermind to form this group was [[Hare Krishna Konar]]. The maximum of its founders belong to the minority tendency of the [[Marxism|Marxist]] and [[Communism|Communist]] or [[Jugantar]] part of [[Anushilan Samiti]]. Although this was a secret revolutionary group and the members of this organization swelled higher and higher.<ref name="majumdar">{{Cite book|last=Majumdar|first=Ramesh Chandra|title=Penal Settlement in Andamans|publisher=Government of India|year=1975|location=Delhi|pages=339|language=English}}</ref><ref name="acjhistory" />  
In 1935, Communist Consolidation was founded by 39 inmates, but the main mastermind to form this group was [[Hare Krishna Konar]]. The maximum of its members belong to the minority tendency of the [[Marxism|Marxist]] and [[Communism|Communist]] or [[Jugantar]] part of [[Anushilan Samiti]]. Although this was a secret revolutionary group and the members of this organization swelled higher and higher.<ref name="majumdar">{{Cite book |last=Majumdar |first=Ramesh Chandra |title=Penal Settlement in Andamans |publisher=Government of India |year=1975 |location=Delhi |pages=339 |language=English |author-link=R. C. Majumdar}}</ref><ref name="acjhistory" />


They started a study circle named ''"A Veritable University of Freedom Fighters"'' and this group also started to teach about the principles of [[Socialism]], [[Marxism]] and [[Communism]] were explained, how [[October Revolution]] happened who was [[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]] and finally in year 1936 the members of this organization claimed that they were fighting to uproot [[British Raj]] as well as to make the country totally [[Communism|Communist]] [[India|Country]].<ref name="acjhistory">{{Cite web|date=|title=History of Andaman Cellular Jail|url=http://www.andamancellularjail.org/History.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070113111037/http://www.andamancellularjail.org/History.htm|archive-date=2007-01-13|access-date=2022-02-10|website=Andaman Cellular Jail}}</ref> [[File:What a man writes in a post.jpg|thumb|A social media post in 2017]]
They started a study circle named ''"A Veritable University of Freedom Fighters"'' and this group also started to teach about the principles of [[Socialism]], [[Marxism]] and [[Communism]] were explained, how [[October Revolution]] happened who was [[Karl Marx]], [[Friedrich Engels]] and finally in year 1936 the members of this organization claimed that they were fighting to uproot [[British Raj]] as well as to make the country totally [[Communism|Communist]] [[India|Country]].<ref name="acjhistory">{{Cite web|date=|title=History of Andaman Cellular Jail|url=http://www.andamancellularjail.org/History.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070113111037/http://www.andamancellularjail.org/History.htm|archive-date=2007-01-13|access-date=2022-02-10|website=Andaman Cellular Jail}}</ref>


They only used the [[Class conflict|Class Struggle]] and [[Political slogan|Political Slogan]] “The “[[Inquilab Zindabad]]” and “[[Workers of the world, unite!|Duniya ke Mazdooron ek ho]]” because they claimed that at first they were [[Nationalism|Nationalist]] [[Prisoner|Prisoners]] but after the formation of Communist Consolidation and reading about the principal of  [[Socialism]], [[Marxism]] and [[Communism]] they started believing themself as a [[Politics|Political]] [[Prisoner|Prisoners]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Saha|first=Murari Mohan|title=Documents of the Revolutionary Socialist Party|publisher=Lokayata Chetana Bikash Society|year=2001|location=Agartala|pages=21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-03-11|title=The legend who survived Saaza-E-Kaalapani|url=http://tripurainfo.com/cgi-bin/news/display.cgi?MODE=ShowDetails&ID=27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311111509/http://tripurainfo.com/cgi-bin/news/display.cgi?MODE=ShowDetails&ID=27|archive-date=2007-03-11|access-date=2022-02-10|website=www.tripurainfo.com}}</ref>
They only used the [[Class conflict|Class Struggle]] and [[Political slogan|Political Slogan]] “The “[[Inquilab Zindabad]]” and “[[Workers of the world, unite!|Duniya ke Mazdooron ek ho]]” because they claimed that at first they were [[Nationalism|Nationalist]] [[Prisoner]]s but after the formation of Communist Consolidation and reading about the principal of  [[Socialism]], [[Marxism]] and [[Communism]] they started believing themself as a [[Politics|Political]] [[Prisoner]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Saha|first=Murari Mohan|title=Documents of the Revolutionary Socialist Party|publisher=Lokayata Chetana Bikash Society|year=2001|location=Agartala|pages=21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-03-11|title=The legend who survived Saaza-E-Kaalapani|url=http://tripurainfo.com/cgi-bin/news/display.cgi?MODE=ShowDetails&ID=27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311111509/http://tripurainfo.com/cgi-bin/news/display.cgi?MODE=ShowDetails&ID=27|archive-date=2007-03-11|access-date=2022-02-10|website=www.tripurainfo.com}}</ref>
[[File:Andaman Cellular Jail (2).jpg|thumb]]


==Second Hunger Strike==
==Second Hunger Strike==
The Second [[Hunger strike|Hunger Strike]] was done under the Leadership of Communist Consolidation.  
The Second [[Hunger strike|Hunger Strike]] was done under the Leadership of Communist Consolidation.


== Members ==
== Members ==
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*[[Shiv Verma]]
*[[Shiv Verma]]
*[[Ganesh Ghosh]]
*[[Ganesh Ghosh]]
*[[Batukeshwar Dutt]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-05-03|title=Revolutionaries: Section 'D'|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060503013636/http://www.andamancellularjail.org/D1.htm|access-date=2022-02-10|website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
*[[Batukeshwar Dutt]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-05-03 |title=Revolutionaries: Section 'D' |url=http://www.andamancellularjail.org/D1.htm |access-date=2022-02-10 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060503013636/http://www.andamancellularjail.org/D1.htm |archive-date=3 May 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[Jaidev Kapoor]]
*[[Jaidev Kapoor]]
*[[Ambika Chakrabarty]]
*[[Ambika Chakrabarty]]
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== See also ==
== See also ==
{{Portal|India|Communism|Socialism}}
{{Portal|India|Communism|Socialism}}
* [[Cellular Jail]]
* [[Revolutionary movement for Indian independence]]
* [[Revolutionary movement for Indian independence]]
* [[Indian independence movement]]
* [[Indian independence movement]]
* [[Communist Party of India]]
* [[Communist Party of India]]
* [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]


== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


{{Indian Independence Movement}}{{Indian Revolutionary Movement}}
{{Sister project links|display=Communist Consolidation|wikt=no|c=no|commonscat=no|n=no|q=no|s=no|author=no|b=no|voy=no|v=no|d=y}}
 
{{Indian Revolutionary Movement}}


[[Category:1935 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1935 establishments in India]]

Revision as of 16:37, 15 March 2022



Communist Consolidation
कम्युनिस्ट समेकन
SpokespersonShiv Verma,
Hare Krishna Konar
FounderHare Krishna Konar
Founded26th April 1935; 90 years ago (26th April 1935) at Andaman, Cellular Jail
Dissolved15th August 1947 (15th August 1947)
Merged intoCommunist Party of India
HeadquartersCellular Jail, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, (upto 1947)
Newspaper"The Call"
MembershipIncrease 800 (1936)
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing
Colors  Red
Slogan"Inquilab Zindabad"
"Duniya ke Mazdooron ek ho"

Communist Consolidation (26 April 1935 – 15 August 1947) was an Indian independence and communist organization, formed among the prisoners of the Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on 26 April 1935. It was the largest resistance group against British rule in the Cellular Jail, and the historical 36-day hunger strike in 1937 was led by this organization. Many legendary freedom fighters were members of this organization, which had the goals of uprooting British rule and creating a communist India.[1]

History (Before 1935)

The history of Communist Consolidation is older than, when the group was formed in 1935. On 12 May 1933, some of the prisoners of Cellular Jail gathered and started a hunger strike, causing the deaths of Mahavir Singh, Mohan Kishore Namadas, and Mohit Moitra. The British Raj acceded to the demands of the freedom fighters to stop the hunger strike and finally after 46 days hunger strike end on 26 June 1933.

Formation in 1935

In 1935, Communist Consolidation was founded by 39 inmates, but the main mastermind to form this group was Hare Krishna Konar. The maximum of its members belong to the minority tendency of the Marxist and Communist or Jugantar part of Anushilan Samiti. Although this was a secret revolutionary group and the members of this organization swelled higher and higher.[2][3]

They started a study circle named "A Veritable University of Freedom Fighters" and this group also started to teach about the principles of Socialism, Marxism and Communism were explained, how October Revolution happened who was Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels and finally in year 1936 the members of this organization claimed that they were fighting to uproot British Raj as well as to make the country totally Communist Country.[3]

They only used the Class Struggle and Political Slogan “The “Inquilab Zindabad” and “Duniya ke Mazdooron ek ho” because they claimed that at first they were Nationalist Prisoners but after the formation of Communist Consolidation and reading about the principal of Socialism, Marxism and Communism they started believing themself as a Political Prisoners.[4][5]

Second Hunger Strike

The Second Hunger Strike was done under the Leadership of Communist Consolidation.

Members

The organization's membership expanded rapidly to more than 800 inmates.

Some of the members were:

See also

References

  1. Sanyal, Sachindranath (1 January 2017). Bandi Jeevan (in Hindi). Sachindra Nath Sanyal. ISBN 8184408978.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  2. Majumdar, Ramesh Chandra (1975). Penal Settlement in Andamans. Delhi: Government of India. p. 339.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "History of Andaman Cellular Jail". Andaman Cellular Jail. Archived from the original on 13 January 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  4. Saha, Murari Mohan (2001). Documents of the Revolutionary Socialist Party. Agartala: Lokayata Chetana Bikash Society. p. 21.
  5. "The legend who survived Saaza-E-Kaalapani". www.tripurainfo.com. 11 March 2007. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  6. "Revolutionaries: Section 'K'". Andaman Cellular Jail. Archived from the original on 14 July 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  7. "Revolutionaries: Section 'D'". 3 May 2006. Archived from the original on 3 May 2006. Retrieved 10 February 2022.


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