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}}</ref> and it involved people such as Ranga, Namboodiripad, [[Karyanand Sharma]], [[Yamuna Karjee]], [[Yadunandan (Jadunandan) Sharma]], [[Rahul Sankrityayan]], [[P. Sundarayya]], [[Ram Manohar Lohia]], [[Jayaprakash Narayan]], [[Acharya Narendra Dev]] and [[Bankim Mukherjee]]. The Kisan Manifesto released in August 1936, demanded the abolition of the [[zamindari]] system and cancellation of rural debts, and in October 1937, it adopted red flag as its banner.<ref name=ma>''Mahatma Gandhi'', by Sankar Ghose. Published by Allied Publishers, 1991. {{ISBN|81-7023-205-8}}. ''Page 262''.</ref> Soon, its leaders became increasingly distant with Congress, and repeatedly came in confrontation with Congress governments, in Bihar and United Province.<ref name=ma/><ref name=sta/> | }}</ref> and it involved people such as Ranga, Namboodiripad, [[Karyanand Sharma]], [[Yamuna Karjee]], [[Yadunandan (Jadunandan) Sharma]], [[Rahul Sankrityayan]], [[P. Sundarayya]], [[Ram Manohar Lohia]], [[Jayaprakash Narayan]], [[Acharya Narendra Dev]] and [[Bankim Mukherjee]]. The Kisan Manifesto released in August 1936, demanded the abolition of the [[zamindari]] system and cancellation of rural debts, and in October 1937, it adopted red flag as its banner.<ref name=ma>''Mahatma Gandhi'', by Sankar Ghose. Published by Allied Publishers, 1991. {{ISBN|81-7023-205-8}}. ''Page 262''.</ref> Soon, its leaders became increasingly distant with Congress, and repeatedly came in confrontation with Congress governments, in Bihar and United Province.<ref name=ma/><ref name=sta/> | ||
In the subsequent years, the movement was increasingly dominated by Socialists and Communists as it moved away from the Congress,<ref name=pea/> by 1938 Haripura session of the Congress, under the presidency of [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose]], the rift became evident,<ref name=ma/> and by May 1942, the [[Communist Party of India]], which was finally legalised by then government in July 1942,<ref>''Caste, Protest and Identity in Colonial India: The Namasudras of Bengal, 1872-1947'', by Shekhar Bandyopadhyaya. Routledge, 1997. {{ISBN|0-7007-0626-7}}. ''Page 233''.</ref> had taken over AIKS, all across India including [[Bengal]] where its membership grew considerably.<ref name=sta>''States, Parties, and Social Movements'', by Jack A. Goldstone. Cambridge University Press, 2003. {{ISBN|0-521-01699-1}}. ''Page 192''.</ref> It took on the Communist party's line of People's War, and stayed away from the [[Quit India Movement]], which started in August 1942, though this also meant its losing its popular base. Many of its members defied party orders and joined the movement, and prominent members like Ranga, [[Indulal Yagnik]] and Saraswati soon left the organisation, which increasing found it difficult to approach the peasants without the watered-down approach of pro-British and pro-war, and increasing its pro-nationalist agenda, much to the dismay of the British Raj which always thought the Communists would help them in countering the nationalist movement.<ref>''Peasants in India's Non-violent Revolution: Practice and Theory'', by [[Mridula Mukherjee]]. Published by SAGE, 2004. {{ISBN|0-7619-9686-9}}. ''Page 347''.</ref><ref>http://www.newageweekly.in/2011/06/75-years-of-aiks-saga-of-glory.html</ref> | In the subsequent years, the movement was increasingly dominated by Socialists and Communists as it moved away from the Congress,<ref name=pea/> by 1938 Haripura session of the Congress, under the presidency of [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose]], the rift became evident,<ref name=ma/> and by May 1942, the [[Communist Party of India]], which was finally legalised by then government in July 1942,<ref>''Caste, Protest and Identity in Colonial India: The Namasudras of Bengal, 1872-1947'', by Shekhar Bandyopadhyaya. Routledge, 1997. {{ISBN|0-7007-0626-7}}. ''Page 233''.</ref> had taken over AIKS, all across India including [[Bengal]] where its membership grew considerably.<ref name=sta>''States, Parties, and Social Movements'', by Jack A. Goldstone. Cambridge University Press, 2003. {{ISBN|0-521-01699-1}}. ''Page 192''.</ref> It took on the Communist party's line of People's War, and stayed away from the [[Quit India Movement]], which started in August 1942, though this also meant its losing its popular base. Many of its members defied party orders and joined the movement, and prominent members like Ranga, [[Indulal Yagnik]] and Saraswati soon left the organisation, which increasing found it difficult to approach the peasants without the watered-down approach of pro-British and pro-war, and increasing its pro-nationalist agenda, much to the dismay of the British Raj which always thought the Communists would help them in countering the nationalist movement.<ref>''Peasants in India's Non-violent Revolution: Practice and Theory'', by [[Mridula Mukherjee]]. Published by SAGE, 2004. {{ISBN|0-7619-9686-9}}. ''Page 347''.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=75 Years of AIKS: A Saga of Glory |url=http://www.newageweekly.in/2011/06/75-years-of-aiks-saga-of-glory.html|website=newageweekly.in |language=en}}</ref> | ||
The Communist Party of India split into two in 1964. Following this, so too did the AIKS, with each faction affiliated to the splinters. | The Communist Party of India split into two in 1964. Following this, so too did the AIKS, with each faction affiliated to the splinters. | ||