B. Srinivasa Rao

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B. Srinivasa Rao was an Indian politician. He was born in April 10, 1907.[1] B. Srinivasa Rao was a member of the Congress Socialist Party and the Communist Party of India.[2] He hailed from present-day Karnataka, but moved to Tamil Nadu and became a peasant organiser there.[2][3] He was an associate of S.V. Ghate and P. Jeevanandham, and was one of the nine founding members of the Tamil Nadu unit of CPI.[2][4] He played an important role in the Tamil peasant movement from 1935 onward, in spite of not knowing Tamil language upon his arrival in the region.[2] As of 1935 he was the secretary of the Congress Socialist Party in Madras.[2] B. Srinivasa Rao was jailed for having distributed leaflets calling for boycott to the King George V Silver Jubilee celebration.[2] After his release from prison he worked with P. Jeevanandham and P. Ramamurthi in setting up various trade unions.[2] According to P. Ramamurthi, he founded the peasants and agricultural labour movement in Thanjavur District as "[h]e toured the district for months, lived with the peasants and agricultural labourers, ate in their houses and built a strong movement."[5]

He managed the monthly publication of CPI 1938-1939.[3] Upon the outbreak of World War II, he was arrested under the Defense of India Rules for having made anti-war speeches.[2][4] He served as Joint Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha 1954-1957.[3] He was elected to the CPI National Council at the 1958 Amritsar Party Congress.[3]

He died in September 30, 1961.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marxist. பி.எஸ்.ஆரின் நூற்றாண்டு: வாழ்வும் பணியும்
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 History of People and Their Environs: Essays in Honour of Prof. B.S. Chandrababu. Bharathi Puthakalayam. 2011. pp. 417, 457–458. ISBN 978-93-80325-91-0.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Marshall Windmiller (2011). Communism in India. University of California Press. p. 389, 392, 542. GGKEY:NSY99CAKNFU.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 N. Rama Krishnan. P. Ramamurti A Centenary Trubute. Bharathi Puthakalayam. pp. 46, 61. ISBN 978-81-89909-33-8.
  5. ↑ Pi Rāmamūrtti (1987). The Freedom Struggle and the Dravidian Movement. Orient Longman. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-86131-769-1.
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