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History of the Communist Movement in India
Focusing on the early history of the Indian Communist movement, and on the periods of intensified struggle against revisionism, such as the 1960s. Note well: Of course, many of the documents in these collections have serious political problems and errors. [Further introduction to be added.]
Book Series: Historical and Polemical Documents of the Communist Movement of India
Published in Vijayawada, India, by the Tarimela Nagi Reddy Memorial Trust, which represents the views of some of the middle forces within the CPI(ML) and its descendants.
- “Volume 1 — 1943-1951”, published in June 2007, 606 pages. Searchable PDF format (14,277 KB)
- “Volume 2 — 1964-1972”, published in May 2008, 879 pages. We believe this is the first appearance of this notable volume on the
Internet. The documents included near the end of this volume are among the most important. Especially noteworthy is the article “About the
Talk Held in 1970 between Comrade Chou En-lai and Comrade Souren Bose”, starting on page 843.
Searchable PDF format (26,253 KB)
Book Series: Documents of the Communist Movement in India
Focuses on the original Communist Party of India during its early period, and then on the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from its beginning to the present day. The CPI(Marxist) has been, of course, the largest revisionist party in India for many decades. Making its official publications available here may facilitate criticisms of that party. This set was published in Calcutta by the National Book Agency. Many volumes here are copied from the Internet Archive.
- “March of the Communist Movement in India: An Introduction to the Documents of the History of the Communist Movement in India”, by Harkishan Singh Surjeet, General Secretary of the CPI(Marxist), (Calcutta: National Book Agency, October 1998), 268 pages. Searchable PDF format (Large file: 47,323 KB)
- “Volume 1 — 1917-1928”, 1,134 pages, n.d. Searchable PDF format (24,398 KB)
- “Volume 2 — 1929 — The Meerut Conspiracy Case”, 1,465 pages. Searchable PDF format (37,786 KB)
- “Volume 3 — 1929-1938”, 945 pages, n.d. Searchable PDF format (23,381 KB)
- “Volume 4 — 1939-1943”, 948 pages, n.d. Searchable PDF format (31,456 KB)
- “Volume 5 — 1944-1948”, 1,165 pages, n.d., Searchable PDF format (50,465 KB)
- “Volume 6 — 1949-1951”, 832 pages, n.d. Searchable PDF format (17,869 KB)
- “Volume 7 — 1952-1956”, 902 pages, n.d. Searchable PDF format (17,189 KB)
- “Volume 8 — 1957-1961”, 1,042 pages, n.d. Searchable PDF format (30,992 KB)
- “Volume 9 — 1962-1963”, 948 pages, n.d. Includes documents from Maoist China and from the revisionist Soviet Union. Searchable PDF format (18,100 KB)
- “Volume 10-A — 1964 [Part I]”, 372 pages, November 1997. Searchable PDF format (14,162 KB)
- “Volume 10-B — 1964 [Part II]”, 642 pages, November 1997. Searchable PDF format (23,384 KB)
- “Volume 11 — 1965-1967”, 1,120 pages, November 1997. Searchable PDF format (16,646 KB)
- “Volume 12 — 1968”, 1,083 pages, n.d. Searchable PDF format (18,563 KB)
- “Volume 13 — 1969”, 717 pages, January 1998. Searchable PDF format (25,951 KB)
- “Volume 14 — 1970”, 893 pages, January 1998. Searchable PDF format (30,675 KB)
- “Volume 15 — 1971-1972”, 1,034 pages, January 1998. Searchable PDF format (37,466 KB)
- “Volume 16 — 1973-1974”, 668 pages, May 1998. Searchable PDF format (19,467 KB)
- “Volume 17 — 1975-1977”, 717 pages, May 1998. Searchable PDF format (Large file: 47,642 KB)
- “Volume 18 — 1978-1979”, 738 pages, May 1998. Searchable PDF format (11,574 KB)
- “Volume 19 — 1980-1981”, 610 pages, May 1998. Searchable PDF format (15,931 KB)
- “Volume 20 — 1982-1983”, 766 pages, May 1998. Searchable PDF format (28,401 KB)
- “Volume 21 — 1984-1986”, 877 pages, May 1998. Searchable PDF format (28,405 KB)
- “Volume 22 — 1987-1988”, 859 pages, August 1998. Searchable PDF format (26,018 KB)
- “Volume 23 — 1989-1990”, 765 pages, August 1998. Searchable PDF format (21,812 KB)
- “Volume 24 — 1992-1993”, 850 pages, August 1998. Searchable PDF format (28,837 KB)
- “Volume 25 — 1994-1996”, 998 pages, August 1998. Searchable PDF format (34,385 KB)
- “Volume 26 — 1997-1998”, 863 pages, published in January 1999. Searchable PDF format (29,775 KB)
Book Series: Documents of the History of the Communist Party of India
Published in New Delhi by the People’s Publishing House, and edited by G. Adhikari & others. Volumes copied from the Internet Archive.
- “Volume 1 — 1917-1922”, 736 pages. PDF format (16,932 KB)
- “Volume 2 — 1923-1925”, 814 pages, published in 1971. PDF format (19,060 KB)
- “Volume 3C — 1928”, 813 pages. Searchable PDF format (25,054 KB)
- “Volume 7 — 1948-1950”, 1,160 pages, reprinted 1975. PDF format (35,552 KB)
- “Volume 8 — 1951-1956”, 680 pages, 1960. PDF format (Large file: 48,494 KB)
Other Materials:
- “Pamphlets on Indian Communism (1912-2011)”, a list of 1,658 pamphlets, compiled by unknown author(s), from an unknown source, 155 pages. [From the contents, this list seems to have been compiled by someone associated with the revisionist Communist Party of India (Marxist), and has very few items from an MLM perspective]. Searchable PDF format (476 KB)