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293: 107: 403:, Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee and Acharya Narendra Deva. But few days later, at a session of the All India Congress Committee, J.P. Narayan and the other CSP leaders pledged not to start any other movements parallel to those initiated by Gandhi. The Left Consolidation Committee soon fell into pieces, as the CPI, the CSP and the Royists deserted it. The Anushlian marxists left the CSP soon thereafter, forming the 342:, a former Anushilan militant. The Anushilan marxists decided to join CSP, but keeping a separate identity within the party. With them came the Anushilan Samiti, not only the Marxist sector. The non-Marxists (who constituted about a half of the membership of the Samiti), although not ideologically attracted to the CSP, felt loyalty towards the Marxist sector. Moreover, around 25% of the membership of the 346:
joined the CSP. This group was led by Jogesh Chandra Chatterji. The Anushilan marxists were however soon to be disappointed by developments inside the CSP. The party, at that the time Anushilan marxists had joined it, was not a homogeneous entity. There was the Marxist trend led by J.P. Narayan and
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on 17 May 1934, which founded the Bihar Congress Socialist Party. He was a Gandhian Socialist. Narayan became general secretary of the party and Acharya Narendra Deva became president. The Patna meeting gave a call for a socialist conference which would be held in connection to the Congress Annual
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Party as among the founders of the Congress Socialist Party. The constitution of the CSP defined that the members of CSP were the members of the Provisional Congress Socialist Parties and that they were all required to be members of the Indian National Congress.
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October 22–23 October 1934, they formed a new All India party, the Congress Socialist Party. Narayan became general secretary of the party, and Masani joint secretary. The conference venue was decorated by Congress flags and a portrait of
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organizations or political organizations whose goals were incompatible with the ones of CSP, were barred from CSP membership. The Bombay conference raised the slogan of mobilising the masses for a Constituent Assembly.
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and the Anushilan marxists. At this moment, in October 1939, J.P. Narayan tried to stretch out an olive branch to the Anushilan marxists. He proposed the formation of a 'War Council' consisting of himself,
425:, no-tax, no-rent policies and mobilising for an armed revolution uprising. The National Executive of the CSP assembled at Ramgarh took a decision that all communists were expelled from CSP. 542:, Phulan Prasad Verma, Ram Nandan Mishra, Ganga Sharan Singh, Basawan Singh, Yogendra Shukla, Kishori Prasanna Sinha, Rahul Sankrityayana and others tried to form independent workers' 174:). The CSP advocated decentralized socialism in which co-operatives, trade unions, independent farmers, and local authorities would hold a substantial share of the economic power. 436:
did not join the CSP, which created some rancor among CSP members who saw Nehru as unwilling to put his socialist slogans into action. After independence, the CSP broke away from
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428 pages. The case of Congressmen, Socialists, Communists, and Kisan Sabhites alike. In the Kisan Sabha this leadership resided in the hands of men like
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pages. Intellectuals' like Rahul Sankrityayana and Nagarjuna on the one side and Congress Socialist leaders like Jaya Prakash Narayan,
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they had formulated a thesis that directed the party to work to transform the Indian National Congress into an anti-imperialist front.
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As secularists, they hoped to transcend communal divisions through class solidarity. Some, such as Narendra Deva or
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History of the Indian National Congress in Bihar, 1885-1985.P. N. Ojha, Kashi Prasad Jayaswal
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On the occasion of the 1940 Ramgarh Congress Conference CPI released a declaration called
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The Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha, 1929-1942: a study of an Indian, by Walter Hauser.1961-
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Agrarian movements in India: studies on 20th century Bihar, by Arvind N. Das.1982-152
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Gandhi and the Congress Socialist Party, 1934-48: An Analysis of their Interaction.
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Soon after the Tripuri session, Bose resigned as Congress president and formed the
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and Jayaprakash. They did not use the word 'Congress' with the name of the party.
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During the summer of 1938 a meeting took place between the Marxist sector of the
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Congress Socialist Party possessed countrymade pipe bomb that recovered in 1943.
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Meanwhile, the Bihar Socialist Party had been set up by Ganga Sharan Sinha,
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Why Regional Parties Clientelism, Elites, and the Indian Party System
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Socialist Movement in India: The Congress Socialist Party, 1934-1947.
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Documents of the Revolutionary Socialist Party: Volume One 1938-1947
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Documents of the Revolutionary Socialist Party: Volume One 1938-1947
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Documents of the Revolutionary Socialist Party: Volume One 1938-1947
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JP, Lohia & Benipuri at Kisan Sabha CSP Patna Rally, August 1936
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The CSP had adopted Marxism in 1936 and their third conference in
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were released from jail in 1934. JP Narayan convened a meeting in
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Socialism in Theory and Practice: Narendra Deva’s Contribution.
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1934–1948 socialist caucus within the Indian National Congress
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Research Institute.1985-934 pages. Jaya Prakash Narayan,
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In 1936, the CSP began fraternal relations with the
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At this conference, held in 105: 670: 668: 639: 637: 495:Jalandhar, Punjab: Asian Book Services. 253:was among the prominent leaders of the 765: 661:Trotskyism in India (1935-1945) 1 - RH 488:New Delhi: Gitanjali Publishing House. 245:organized the party in other parts of 788:Political parties established in 1934 665: 634: 138:towards the Congress. Influenced by 651:: Orient Longman, 1998. p. 113, 115 571:Ziegfeld, Adam (19 February 2016). 158:as well as those who insisted upon 13: 778:Defunct socialist parties in India 477:Chowdhuri, Satyabrata Rai, 2008. 14: 804: 793:Political party factions in India 474:Calcutta: Progressive Publishers. 598:Surendra Mohan (21 March 2009). 746: 733: 720: 645:M.N. Roy: A Political Biography 229:In the new party the greeting ' 707: 694: 681: 654: 617: 564: 1: 470:Chaudhuri, Asim Kumar, 1980. 464: 405:Revolutionary Socialist Party 392:League of Radical Congressmen 773:1934 establishments in India 557: 479:Leftism in India: 1917-1947. 384:Left Consolidation Committee 7: 447: 273:joined CSP, as part of the 10: 809: 726:Saha, Murari Mohan (ed.), 713:Saha, Murari Mohan (ed.), 700:Saha, Murari Mohan (ed.), 687:Saha, Murari Mohan (ed.), 674:Saha, Murari Mohan (ed.), 251:Ganga Sharan Singh (Sinha) 200: 239:Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya 81: 69: 61: 53: 35: 26: 783:Indian National Congress 442:Socialist Party of India 328:Jogesh Chandra Chatterji 255:Indian National Congress 136:Communist Party of India 128:Indian National Congress 116:Congress Socialist Party 29:Congress Socialist Party 363:socialist trend led by 302:Lanka Sama Samaja Party 281:. In some states, like 71:Political position 332:Tridib Kumar Chaudhuri 297: 111: 21:Indian political party 491:Mahendru, K C, 1986. 340:Acharya Narendra Deva 295: 243:Puroshottam Trikamdas 179:Basawon Singh (Sinha) 167:Nonviolent resistance 156:Basawon Singh (Sinha) 109: 48:Acharya Narendra Deva 752:Ralhan, O.P. (ed.). 739:Ralhan, O.P. (ed.). 623:Ralhan, O.P. (ed.). 336:Keshav Prasad Sharma 183:democratic socialism 484:Gupta, Asha, 1987. 373:Subhas Chandra Bose 347:Narendra Deva, the 324:Jai Prakash Narayan 185:distinct from both 152:Jai Prakash Narayan 40:Jai Prakash Narayan 552:Rambriksh Benipuri 540:Rambriksh Benipuri 528:Rambriksh Benipuri 516:Rambriksh Benipuri 298: 126:caucus within the 112: 505:978-93-81456-36-1 365:Ram Manohar Lohia 326:(leader of CSP), 170:(such as Acharya 104: 103: 91:Political parties 86:Politics of India 44:Ram Manohar Lohia 800: 757: 750: 744: 737: 731: 724: 718: 711: 705: 698: 692: 685: 679: 672: 663: 658: 652: 641: 632: 621: 615: 614: 612: 610: 595: 589: 588: 568: 434:Jawaharlal Nehru 419:Proletarian Path 349:Fabian socialist 277:strategy of the 191:social democracy 144:Marxism-Leninism 24: 23: 808: 807: 803: 802: 801: 799: 798: 797: 763: 762: 761: 760: 751: 747: 738: 734: 725: 721: 712: 708: 699: 695: 686: 682: 673: 666: 659: 655: 642: 635: 622: 618: 608: 606: 596: 592: 585: 569: 565: 560: 467: 450: 203: 148:Yusuf Meherally 100: 31: 30: 22: 17: 12: 11: 5: 806: 796: 795: 790: 785: 780: 775: 759: 758: 745: 732: 719: 706: 693: 680: 664: 653: 643:Roy, Samaren. 633: 616: 590: 583: 562: 561: 559: 556: 548: 547: 536: 535: 524: 523: 512: 511: 508: 496: 489: 482: 475: 466: 463: 462: 461: 456: 449: 446: 423:general strike 401:Pratul Ganguly 202: 199: 189:and reformist 181:, advocated a 102: 101: 99: 98: 93: 88: 82: 79: 78: 73: 67: 66: 63: 59: 58: 55: 51: 50: 37: 33: 32: 28: 27: 20: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 805: 794: 791: 789: 786: 784: 781: 779: 776: 774: 771: 770: 768: 755: 749: 742: 736: 729: 723: 716: 710: 703: 697: 690: 684: 677: 671: 669: 662: 657: 650: 646: 640: 638: 630: 626: 620: 605: 601: 594: 586: 584:9781107118683 580: 576: 575: 567: 563: 555: 553: 545: 544: 543: 541: 533: 532: 531: 529: 521: 520: 519: 517: 509: 506: 502: 497: 494: 490: 487: 483: 480: 476: 473: 469: 468: 460: 457: 455: 454:Triveni Sangh 452: 451: 445: 443: 439: 435: 431: 426: 424: 420: 415: 413: 408: 406: 402: 397: 393: 389: 385: 381: 376: 374: 370: 366: 362: 358: 354: 351:trend led by 350: 345: 341: 337: 333: 329: 325: 321: 316: 314: 309: 307: 303: 294: 290: 288: 284: 280: 276: 275:Popular Front 272: 267: 264: 259: 256: 252: 248: 244: 240: 236: 232: 227: 225: 220: 215: 211: 207: 198: 196: 195:Popular Front 193:. 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Index

Jai Prakash Narayan
Ram Manohar Lohia
Acharya Narendra Deva
Political position
Left-wing
Politics of India
Political parties
Elections

socialist
Indian National Congress
Gandhi
Communist Party of India
Fabianism
Marxism-Leninism
Yusuf Meherally
Jai Prakash Narayan
Basawon Singh (Sinha)
Ahimsa
Nonviolent resistance
Narendra Deva
Basawon Singh (Sinha)
democratic socialism
Marxism
social democracy
Popular Front
JP Narayan
Minoo Masani
Patna
Bombay

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