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==History== | ==History== | ||
The group was founded by | The group was founded by 39 inmates later the group declared allegiance to the [[Communist Party of India]]. Its founders belong to the minority tendency of the [[Marxism|Marxist]] part of the [[Anushilan Samiti]]. The historic 36-day hunger strike with 187 political prisoners in the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands|Andaman]] [[Cellular Jail]] in July 1937 was led by the '''Communist Consolidation'''.<ref name=":0"/> | ||
[[File:Andaman Cellular Jail (1).jpg|thumb|In 2001, Guardian had an article describing Cellular Jail and [[Mahavir Singh (revolutionary)|Mahavir Singh's]] death at this dreaded [[Cellular Jail|Jail]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2001-06-23|title=Survivors of our hell|url=http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2001/jun/23/weekend.adrianlevy|access-date=2022-01-26|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref>]] | |||
Narayan Ray, [[Niranjan Sengupta]] and the consolidation's Lahore group smuggled most of the [[Communism|communist]] and [[Socialism|socialist]] literature inside the [[prison]]. The leaders of the group organized study circles, where the principles of [[Socialism]] and [[Communism]] were studied. | |||
[[File:What a man writes in a post.jpg|thumb|A social media post in 2017]] | |||
[[Hare Krishna Konar]], [[Dhanwantri]], [[Bejoy Kumar Sinha]], [[Batukeshwar Dutt]], Bankeshwar, Narayan Roy and [[Niranjan Sengupta]] were appointed to the editorial board of a [[manuscript]] paper called "The Call", which they published from [[Cellular Jail]]. "The Call" began as a monthly [[paper]]. The members of the [[Consolidation]] [[Committee]] contributed articles on various issues related to [[Class conflict|class struggle]]. Only one copy of that one and a half hundred handwritten pages was kept in the library. | |||
[[May Day]], [[October Revolution|November Revolution]], etc. were celebrated with due dignity in prison. [[Nationalism|Nationalist slogans]] like [[Bande Mataram (publication)|Bandemataram]], [[Bharat Mata|Bharat mata ki jai]] etc. were never used, instead slogans of class struggle like “[[Inquilab Zindabad]]”, “[[Workers of the world, unite!|Duniya ke Mazdooron ek ho]]”, etc. Were the first choice of the [[prisoner]]s. | |||
[[File:Andaman Cellular Jail (2).jpg|thumb|[[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar|Savarkar]] was 28 when he set foot on [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands|Andaman]] on July 4th 1911. | |||
No one else in [[Cellular Jail]] submitted to the [[British Empire|British]] like [[Vinayak Damodar Savarkar|Savarkar]] did.]] | |||
'''Khushi Ram Mehta, a nationalist prisoner, not sympathetic to the revolutionary group, betrayed other prisoners in way proving his loyalty to the monarchy by reporting to the Intelligence Bureau; He reports:''' | |||
{{blockquote|“Finally, the control of the library passed into the hands of the terrorists. This was about the year 1935. The prisoners spent most of their time in reading communist or socialist literature with the result that there was hardly any left who had not been become a confirmed Communist or Socialist.”<ref>{{Cite web|last=ahmed|first=zubair|title=Cellular Jail: Stories of Clemency and Betrayal|url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/newsdetail/index/2/15951/cellular-jail-stories-of-clemency-and-betrayal|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.thecitizen.in|language=en-US}}</ref>}} | |||
==Membership== | ==Membership== | ||
Revision as of 14:26, 30 January 2022
| Motto | To Independent Motherland India |
|---|---|
| Founded | 26th April 1935 |
| Founder | Hare Krishna Konar |
| Dissolved | 15th August 1947 |
| Type | Communist organization |
| Purpose | Revolution |
| Headquarters | Cellular Jail (upto 1947) |
| Location | |
| Methods | Rebel |
Membership |  1 lack (1940) |
Ideologies | Nationalism Communism Marxism Socialism |
Key people |
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Communist Consolidation (26 April 1935 – 15 August 1947) was an Indian independence and communist organization, formed among the prisoners of Andaman Cellular Jail in 26th of april 1935. It was the largest resistance group against British rule in the Cellular Prison. Many legendary Freedom Fighters was the Members of this Organization and this organization was towards to uproot the British rule from INDIA.[1]
History
The group was founded by 39 inmates later the group declared allegiance to the Communist Party of India. Its founders belong to the minority tendency of the Marxist part of the Anushilan Samiti. The historic 36-day hunger strike with 187 political prisoners in the Andaman Cellular Jail in July 1937 was led by the Communist Consolidation.[1]
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Narayan Ray, Niranjan Sengupta and the consolidation's Lahore group smuggled most of the communist and socialist literature inside the prison. The leaders of the group organized study circles, where the principles of Socialism and Communism were studied.
Hare Krishna Konar, Dhanwantri, Bejoy Kumar Sinha, Batukeshwar Dutt, Bankeshwar, Narayan Roy and Niranjan Sengupta were appointed to the editorial board of a manuscript paper called "The Call", which they published from Cellular Jail. "The Call" began as a monthly paper. The members of the Consolidation Committee contributed articles on various issues related to class struggle. Only one copy of that one and a half hundred handwritten pages was kept in the library.
May Day, November Revolution, etc. were celebrated with due dignity in prison. Nationalist slogans like Bandemataram, Bharat mata ki jai etc. were never used, instead slogans of class struggle like “Inquilab Zindabad”, “Duniya ke Mazdooron ek ho”, etc. Were the first choice of the prisoners.
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Khushi Ram Mehta, a nationalist prisoner, not sympathetic to the revolutionary group, betrayed other prisoners in way proving his loyalty to the monarchy by reporting to the Intelligence Bureau; He reports:
“Finally, the control of the library passed into the hands of the terrorists. This was about the year 1935. The prisoners spent most of their time in reading communist or socialist literature with the result that there was hardly any left who had not been become a confirmed Communist or Socialist.”[3]
Membership
The Membership of the organization expanded rapidly to about 200 to 500 members. Some of the Members were:
- Hare Krishna Konar, (Extremist Movement), founder of the organization
- Somnath Lahiri, Anushilan revolutionary from West Bengal
- Niranjan Sengupta, Anushilan revolutionary from West Bengal
- Narayan Ray, Anushilan revolutionary from West Bengal
- Satish Pakrashi, Anushilan revolutionary from West Bengal
- Shiv Verma, associate of Bhagat Singh
- Biplabi Dhrubesh Chattopadhyay, connection with the Dakhineswar Bomb Case
- Sudhangshu Basgupta, connection with the Dakhineswar Bomb Case
- Ananta Chakravorty, for the Conspiracy and Bomb Case
- Nalini Das, for the Mechua Bazar Bomb Case
- Fakir Sen, Anushilan revolutionary from Tripura
- Jibendra Das, Anushilan revolutionary from Tripura
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bandi Jeevan (in Hindi). Sachindra Nath Sanyal. 1 January 2017. ISBN 8184408978.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Survivors of our hell". the Guardian. 23 June 2001. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ↑ ahmed, zubair. "Cellular Jail: Stories of Clemency and Betrayal". www.thecitizen.in. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- Saha, Murari Mohan (ed.), Documents of the Revolutionary Socialist Party: Volume One 1938–1947. Agartala: Lokayata Chetana Bikash Society, 2001. p21
- Andaman Cellular Jail at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-01-13), [1], [2]
- Biplabi Dhrubesh Chattopadhyay
- Tripurainfo.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-03-11)
- Frontline: Tale of Two Bhagat Singhs
- Ganashakti, Remembrance: Harekrishna Konar at the Wayback Machine (archived 2006-05-26)
- People's Democracy: Comrade Shiv Verma at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2009-04-09)