Charu Majumdar

Charu Majumdar
1st General Secretary of CPIML
General Secretary of the CPIML
In office
1969–1972
Darjeeling district secretary of CPIM
In office
1964–1967
State committee member of CPI
for West Bengal
In office
1943–1964
Personal details
Born(1918-05-15)15 May 1918
Siliguri, Bengal Presidency, British India
Died28 July 1972(1972-07-28) (aged 53)
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
SpouseLila Mazumdar Sengupta
ChildrenAbhijit Mazumdar
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
North Bengal University
Siliguri College
Pabna Edward College
Criminal statusDeath in jail
Criminal chargeCriminal conspiracy
PenaltyJailed

Charu Mazumdar (Bengali: চারু মজুমদার; 15 May 1918 – 28 July 1972), popularly known as CM, was an Indian Communist leader, and founder and General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist).[1] Born into a progressive landlord family in Siliguri in 1918, he became a Communist during the Indian Independence Movement, and later formed the militant Naxalite cause. During this period, he authored the historic accounts of the 1967 Naxalbari uprising. His writings, particularly the Historic Eight Documents, have become part of the ideology which a number of political parties in India.[2]

  1. ^ Roy, Arundhati (29 March 2010). "Walking With The Comrades". Outlook India. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Charu Majumdar – The Father of Naxalism". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012.

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