Documents of the history of the Communist party of India/ edited by

It is with a heavy heart we present this 1928 volume. Our beloved Doc, comrade Gangadhar Adhikari, is no more with us to guide us at every step in editing these docu ments. His was a lifelong service to the communist move ment which he had first joined in the middle twenties in Berlin where he was a brilliant student of science. He was one of the foremost builders and leaders of the Com munist Party of India from 1928 onwards. He had de cided to devote the last hase of his life to make avail able the documents which provide one of the most essen tial source materials for writing the history of the Com munist Party of India.

It was in this last phase of his life that intense per sonal bereavements and even, unfortunately, the loss of his eyesight occurred. But nothing could daunt him. The titan that he was, he worked till the very last, inspiring all of us with his advice, with his personal genial tem perament, his never-failing paternal affection to younger comrades and always full of the mirth, humour and joys of life.

He had completed the first eight chapters of this 1928 volume, including the writing of the Introduction to it, which we have decided to collect separately as Part I of this volume.