Charu Majumdar: Difference between revisions

| name               = Charu Majumdar

| image             = Charu_Majumder.jpg

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| birth_date         = {{birth date|df=yes|1919|05|15}}

| birth_place       = [[Siliguri]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]

| death_date         = {{death date and age|1972|07|28|1919|03|12|df=y}}

| death_place       = [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]], India

| alma_mater         = [[University of North Bengal]]<br/>[[Siliguri College]]<br/>[[Pabna Edward College]]

| party             = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]]

| spouse             = Lila Mazumdar Sengupta

| footnotes         =  

| office             = General Secretary of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)|CPI(ML)]]

| term               = 1969–1972

| predecessor       =  

| criminal_charge   = Criminal Conspiracy

| criminal_penalty   = Jailed

| criminal_status   = Death in Jail

'''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

  |title       = Charu Majumdar – The Father of Naxalism

  |publisher   = Hindustan Times

  |url-status     = dead

  |df         = dmy-all

|title=नक्सल आंदोलन इन्होंने शुरू किया, आज उनके नाम पर आतंकवादी घूमते हैं  

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.  

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