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| motto              = Study & Struggle<ref name="auto2">{{cite journal |last1=Lotha |first1=Arhoni |title=Role of All India Students Federation In Freedom Struggle (1936-1947) |date=2015 |url=http://dspace.lpu.in:8080/jspui/bitstream/123456789/3430/1/11312294_5_2_2015%201_15_01%20AM_full.pdf |access-date=23 March 2021}}</ref>
| formation          = {{Start date and years ago|df=yes|p=y|1936|8|12}}, [[Lucknow]], [[United Provinces of British India|United Province]], [[British Raj]]
| type                = [[Student organisation]]
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| purpose            = [[Scientific socialism]]<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/AISF-fought-heroically-for-freedom/articleshow/1265169941.cms|title=AISF fought heroically for freedom &#124; Hyderabad News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref>
| headquarters        = 4/7, Asaf Ali Road, [[New Delhi]]-110002, India <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aisf.org.in/|title=AISF - Official|website=www.aisf.org.in|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>
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| leader_name2        = Vicky Mahesari
| leader_title        = President
| leader_name        = Shuvam Banerjee
| main_organ          = Students Action
| affiliations        = [[World Federation of Democratic Youth]] (WFDY),<br /> [[International Union of Students]] (IUS)
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| name                = All India Students' Federation
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The '''All India Students' Federation''' (AISF) is the oldest [[student organisation]] in India; it was founded on 12 August 1936 with the guidance of freedom fighters and revolutionaries of that time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aisf.in/history/ |title=History|publisher=All India Students Federation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610115012/http://aisf.in/history/ |archive-date=10 June 2018 |access-date=9 March 2019}}</ref>
==History==
The foundation conference of the AISF was held at Ganga Prasad Memorial Hall in Lucknow. 936 delegates from all over the country participated in the conference.<ref name="auto3">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/AISF-has-it-genesis-in-Lucknow-University/articleshow/51402219.cms|title=AISF has it genesis in Lucknow University &#124; Lucknow News - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref> The conference was inaugurated by [[Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru|Jawaharlal Nehru]]  while [[M.A. Jinnah]] presided.
The conference resolved to establish an All India Students Federation (AISF). Prem Narayan Bhargava was elected the first general secretary of the AISF.<ref name="auto3"/>
[[Hemu Kalani]], an AISF leader, was arrested by the British army in 1942 for leading the [[Quit India Movement]] and he was publicly hanged in 1943 at the age of nineteen. AISF leader [[Kanaklata Barua]] was a martyrdom student who participated in the freedom struggle.<ref name="auto2"/>
AISF delegation visited the state and engaged in the relief activities of the [[Bengal famine of 1943]].<ref name="Satpal Dang: My Friend & Colleague, My Ideal">{{cite journal | url=http://www.tehelka.com/2013/06/satpal-dang-my-friend-colleague-my-ideal/ | title=Satpal Dang: My Friend & Colleague, My Ideal | author=A. B. Bardhan | author-link=A. B. Bardhan | journal=Tehelka | date=June 2013}}</ref>
The historic [[Royal Indian Navy mutiny|Naval uprising]] took place in Bombay in February 1946. Workers and students also came out in support actively. AISF played an active part in mobilizing students in support of the Naval Ratings.<ref name="auto2"/>
==AISF in independent India==
After independence, AISF concentrated its activities mainly in educational issues, [[Anti-imperialist]] and anti-feudal struggle. It addressed various daily problems of students after independence and worked for students’ unity against communal threats. AISF played a main role in the [[Telangana Rebellion|Telangana armed struggle]] against the imperialism of the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://journals.openedition.org/samaj/6488|title=Student Politics in British India and Beyond: The Rise and Fragmentation of the All India Student Federation (AISF), 1936–1950|first=Tom|last=Wilkinson|date=15 December 2019|journal=South Asia Multidisciplinary Academic Journal|issue=22|access-date=1 December 2020|via=journals.openedition.org|doi=10.4000/samaj.6488|doi-access=free}}</ref>
AISF continued to fight for the cause of all India, until finally [[Goa Liberation Movement|liberating Goa]]. Satyagrahis from all over the country entered Goa on 15 August 1955 and were fired upon. 23 year old Karnail Singh Benipal was killed when he tried to save his leader V.C. Chitale<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.goanews.com/news_details.php?id=5904|title=Karnail Singh: The Unsung Young Hero of Goa Liberation (By: PRAJAL SAKHARDANDE, PANAJI)|website=Goa News|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> The general secretary of the AISF Sukhendu Mazumdar was present with AISF leader [[C.K. Chandrappan]] on 15 August at the Goa border, to help the student satyagrahis.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/for-him-personal-was-also-political/article3155593.ece|title=For him, personal was also political|first=C. Gouridasan|last=Nair|date=23 March 2012|access-date=1 December 2020|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>
In the 1980s, during the [[Khalistan movement]], AISF under the leadership of its former General Secretary [[Satyapal Dang]] underwent armed training to counter Khalistan militants, with his base at Ekta Bhawan, a centre he had built in Chheharta.<ref name="auto4">{{Cite magazine|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/other/obituary/communist-legend/article4840752.ece|title=Communist legend|first=Venkatesh|last=Ramakrishnan|date=12 July 2013|work=Frontline|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref> Harpal Mohali who was the AISF leader from Mohali lead movements in Punjab University. In response to his attempt to counter Khalistan ideologically he was shot by the militants and got paralyzed. AISF activists lost their lives in the struggle against Khalistan separatism.<ref name="auto4"/>
The AISF played a huge role in completing the [[Kothari Commission]] report which is the basis for all the educational reforms in India.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ks02QzhnAMC&q=aisf+in+kothari+commission&pg=PA99|title = Radical Politics in Meghalaya: Problems and Prospects|isbn = 9788178357423|last1 = Gupta|first1 = Susmita Sen|year = 2009}}</ref>
==Motto and organisational structure==
The organisation now works for the betterment of students with its focus on peace, progress and scientific socialism. The motto "Freedom, Peace and Progress", which had been raised since its formation, was amended
at the 1958 National Convention. Since then, the AISF has come up with the motto "Study & Struggle".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aisf.org.in/who-are-we.php|title=AISF - Official|website=www.aisf.org.in|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>
The administrative structure of the federation is as follows:
# National executive body
# State executive body
# State administrative body
# District administrative body
# Block level committee
# Institutions level unions
==AISF National Conferences==
{| class="wikitable"
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! National Conference !! Year !! Place !! General Secretary !! President
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|1<br/>(Founder Conference)||12–13 August 1936|| Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) ||Prem Narayan Bhargava||
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|2  || 22 November 1936|| Lahore ||Prem Narayan Bhargava||
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|3 || 1–3 January 1938||Madras ||Ansar Harvani||
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|4 || 1–2 January 1939||Calcutta||M.L.Shah||
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|5 || 1–2 January 1940 || Delhi ||M.L.Shah||
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|6 || 25–26 December 1940||Nagpur||M. Farooqui ||
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|7||31 December 1941 to 1 January 1942||Patna||[[Perin Bharucha]]||
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|||||||Prashanta Sanyal||
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|8 || 28–31 December 1944||Calcutta||[[Satyapal Dang]]||
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|9|| 20 January 1946|| Guntur ||[[Satyapal Dang]]||
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|10|| 3 January 1947|| Delhi||Annada Shankar Bhattacharya||
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|11||29–31 December 1947|| Bombay||Annada Shankar Bhattacharya||[[Satyapal Dang]]
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|12|| 23–27 July 1949|| Calcutta|| Annada Shankar Bhattacharya||Susheela Madiman
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||| 1950|| Calcutta||Sukhendu Mazumdar (Acting general secretary) ||Susheela Madiman
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||| 1952|| Calcutta||Annada Shankar Bhattacharya||Susheela Madiman
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|13|| 1–5 January 1953|| Hyderabad ||[[Dasari Nagabhushana Rao|N.R. Dasari]]||Harish Chandra Tiwari
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|14|| 5–8 January 1955|| Lucknow|| Sukhndu Mazumdar||B. Narsingha Rao
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|15|| 2–4 January 1959|| Udaipur|| Hiren Dasgupta||Nautiyal
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|16|| 25–27 October 1961,<br/> but it could not be held due to natural disaster||Kanpur||||
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|17|| 29 December 1965 – 2 January 1966|| Pondicherry ||[[Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy|S. Sudhakar Reddy]] ||Joginder Singh Dayal
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|18|| 21–23 December 1969|| New Delhi||Ranjit Guha||Bant Singh Brar
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|19|| 20 January 1974|| Cochin||[[Syed Azeez Pasha|Aziz Pasha]]||[[Shambhu Sharan Shrivastava]]
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|20|| 1–9 February 1979|| Ludhiana||[[Amarjeet Kaur (politician)|Amarjeet Kaur]]||[[Atul Kumar Anjan]]
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|21|| 28–31 January 1983|| Trichy||[[Amarjeet Kaur (politician)|Amarjeet Kaur]]||[[Atul Kumar Anjan]]
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|22|| 13–16 December 1985|| Guntur || T. Laxminarayana||Ravindra Nath Rai
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|23|| 15–18 February 1991|| Bokaro ||Soni Thengamom||Ravindra Nath Rai
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|24|| 7–9 February 1996|| Hyderabad ||T. Srinivas||Rahul Bhaiji
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|25||18–21 October 2000|| Jalandhar||Vijendra Kesari||T. Srinivas,<br/>Ramakrushna Panda
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|26|| 3–6 January 2006|| Chennai||Vijendra Kesari||P. Muralidhar,<br/>Jinu Zakariya Oommen<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.newageweekly.in/2011/08/aisf-poised-to-face-new-challenges.html|title=AISF Poised to Face New Challenges|access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref>
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|27 ||13-15 February 2010|| Puducherry||Abhay Taksal||Paramjit Dhaban
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|28|| 28–30 November 2013|| Hyderabad||Vishwajeet Kumar||Valli Ullah Khadri<ref name="auto"/>
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|29|| 27–30 September 2018|| Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh||Vicky Mahesari||Shuvam Banerjee<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2018-09-24/All-India-Students-Federation-national-convention-on-Sept-27/413845|title=All India Students Federation national convention on Sept 27|first=The Hans|last=India|date=24 September 2018|website=www.thehansindia.com|access-date=4 January 2020}}</ref>
|}<nowiki> </nowiki><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aisf.org.in/past-leadership-conferences.php|title=AISF - Official|website=www.aisf.org.in|access-date=1 December 2020}}</ref>
==Present leadership==
In 29th National Conference held in September 2018 at Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) Shuvam Banerjee of West Bengal was elected as New National President, Vicky Mahesari from Punjab was elected as New General Secretary of AISF.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bhawikhblog.wordpress.com/2018/11/06/29th-national-conference-of-all-india-students-federation/|title=29th National Conference of All India Students Federation|date=6 November 2018|website=ਭਵਿੱਖ - ਵਿਦਿਆਰਥੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਨੌਜੁਆਨਾਂ ਦਾ ਬੁਲਾਰਾ|access-date=14 July 2019}}</ref>
In [[JNUSU]] 2018–19, Amutha Jaydeep was elected the joint secretary and in 2019-20, Md. Danish was elected the joint secretary with huge majority.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chakorborty |first1=Nabanita |title=JNUSU Election Results 2018: Left Unity bags four central panel posts, N Sai Balaji new president |url=https://www.newsnation.in/cities/delhi-and-ncr/jnusu-election-results-2018-live-updates-left-alliance-deals-abvp-a-blow-leading-on-four-crucial-posts-president-vice-president-secretary-joint-secretary-202962.html |access-date=7 February 2020 |work=News Nation |date=16 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shobana |first1=S |title=JNU Election Results Highlights: Left Unity Sweeps JNU Student Polls, Wins All Four Seats |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jnusu-poll-after-day-of-violence-jnu-election-results-expected-today-live-updates-1917177 |access-date=7 February 2020 |work=NDTV.com |date=16 September 2018}}</ref>
==Notable leaders==
*[[I. K. Gujral]] - Former prime minister of India
*[[Karpuri Thakur]] - Former Chief Minister of Bihar state of India.
*[[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]] - Former Kerala chief minister
*[[Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan|A. B. Bardhan]] - Former General secretary of Communist Party of India.
*[[C K Chandrappan]] - Parliamentarian
*[[Aruna Asaf Ali]]- Indian educater
*[[Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy]] - Former General secretary of Communist Party of India.
*[[D Raja]] - Present General secretary of Communist Party of India.
*[[Hemu Kalani]] - Sindh Freedom fighter and Student leader, who was hanged to death by British
*[[Satypal Dang]] - Former minister in the government of Punjab
*[[Kanaklata Barua]]-Freedom fighter
*[[Atul Kumar Anjan]] - senior CPI leader and national secretary.
*[[Kanhaiya Kumar]] - Former President of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union and CPI National executive member.
*[[V. S. Sunil Kumar]] - Minister of Agriculture in Kerala
*[[Binoy Viswam]] - Former national secretary of AISF and Former minister in the Government of Kerala
*[[O.N.V Kurup]] – Malayalam poet & former leader
*[[Malayatoor Ramakrishnan]] – Malayalam writer & former leader
*[[Muhammed Muhsin]] - Pattambi MLA at present
==See also==
* [[List of Indian student organisations]]
==External links==
* [http://www.aisf.org.in/ Official website]
* [https://aisfkottakkalmc.wordpress.com/constitution-of-aisf/ Constitution of AISF]
==References==
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[[Category:Student wings of communist parties of India]]
[[Category:Student wings of political parties in India]]

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