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The '''Communist Party of India''', abbreviated as '''CPI''', is a [[political party]] in [[India]]. It was founded in the [[India#History|British era]] in 1925 at Kanpur. The '''Communist Party of India''' has officially stated that it was formed on 26 December 1925 at the first Party Conference in '''[[Kanpur]]''', then ''Cawnpore''. S.V.Ghate was the first General Secretary of CPI. D. Raja is the current General Secretary of CPI. | The '''Communist Party of India''', abbreviated as '''CPI''', is a [[political party]] in [[India]]. It was founded in the [[India#History|British era]] in 1925 at Kanpur. The '''Communist Party of India''' has officially stated that it was formed on 26 December 1925 at the first Party Conference in '''[[Kanpur]]''', then ''Cawnpore''. S.V.Ghate was the first General Secretary of CPI. D. Raja is the current General Secretary of CPI. | ||
==History== | |||
===Formation=== | |||
The Communist Party of [[India]] was formed on 26 December 1925 at the first Party Conference in Kanpur, which was then known as Cawnpore. S.V. Ghate was the first General Secretary of CPI.<ref>http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article9916.html</ref> There were many communist groups formed by Indians with the help of foreigners in different parts of the world, Tashkent group of Contacts were made with Anushilan and Jugantar the groups in Bengal, and small communist groups were formed in Bombay (led by S.A. Dange), Madras (led by Singaravelu Chettiar), United Provinces (led by Shaukat Usmani), [[Punjab]], Sindh (led by Ghulam Hussain) and Bengal (led by Muzaffar Ahmed).<ref>https://frontline.thehindu.com/the-nation/article30165649.ece</ref> | |||
==References== | |||
[[Category:Political parties in India]] | [[Category:Political parties in India]] | ||
[[Category:Communist parties]] | [[Category:Communist parties]] | ||