Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Party Unity: Difference between revisions

The party was founded in 1982, through the mergers of CPI(ML) Unity Organisation of Naveen Prasad (Bihar) and Bhowani Roy Chowdhury (West Bengal) and the COC, CPI(ML) faction led by [[M. Appalasuri]].<ref>Singh, Prakash, ''The Naxalite Movement in India''. [[New Delhi]]: [[Rupa & Co.]], 1999, {{ISBN|81-7167-294-9}}, p. 129.</ref><ref name="pv">''People's March''. ''[http://www.bannedthought.net/India/PeoplesMarch/PM1999-2006/publications/30%20years/part4.htm#12 30 years of Naxalbari — An Epic of Heroic Struggle and Sacrifice]''</ref><ref>Kujur, Rajat. ''[https://www.scribd.com/doc/47307616/Naxal Naxal Movement in India: A Profile]''</ref> CPI(ML) Unity Organisation had been founded in 1978 by a group of [[Naxalite]]s from the Jehanabad-Palamu area, that had been released from prison in 1977.<ref name="pv"/><ref name="an">Clark-Decès, Isabelle, and Christophe Guilmoto. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=98uLj5FpTHQC&pg=PT322 A Companion to the Anthropology of India]''. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. p. 322</ref> The [[Central Organising Committee, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)]] had been formed by some elements of the erstwhile [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)|CPI(ML)]].<ref>Singh, Prakash, ''The Naxalite Movement in India''. [[New Delhi]]: [[Rupa & Co.]], 1999, {{ISBN|81-7167-294-9}}, p. 97, 105.</ref> The COC, CPI(ML) upheld the legacy of [[Charu Majumdar]] but was ready to retain a critical attitude to some aspects of Majumdar's role.<ref>[[Hindustan Times]]: [http://www.hindustantimes.com/Redir.aspx?ID=0b41af48-1ca9-49a1-b064-24843790d6e4 ''History of Naxalism'']</ref>