01733nam a2200205Ia 4500952010000000999001700100005001700117008004100134020001400175082001800189100002700207245001600234260001400250260001500264260000900279300001000288520119800298650002001496942001101516  00104070aLBSNAAbLBSNAAd2020-02-02eMSRl0o324.25407 Indp26097r2020-02-02w2020-02-02yB  c21838d2183820220324172413.0200202s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a706921038  a324.25407 Ind  a"Chandra, Bipan (ed.)" 0aIndian Left  aNew Delhi  bVikas Pub.  c1983  a452p.  aHistorical conditions and the awareness that existed of modern colonialism offered fertile ground for the growth of a strong left-wing 
movement in India after 1919. Marxism and Communism met with little ideological, political or organisational hostility from the 
established nationalist leaders and cadres. 
After the First World War, the national movement entered a period of political struggle based on the masses and politicisation, and 
from 1920 onwards, at different times, most parts of the country were engulfed by vigorous peasant movements. With the relatively 
rapid development of capitalist industry, plantations, transport and communication systems there emerged a large working class; with it came trade unionisation and its attendant trade union struggles which were militant in nature. The communist and socialist parties attracted a large number of idealist youth and intellectuals who responded positively to Marxist ideas and leaned increasingly leftwards after 1927. In Jawaharlal Nehru, the Left found a popular leader, propagator and symbol. During the 1930s and 1940s they occupied a strong position in the Congress organisation, especially at the grass roots level.   aCommunism-India  cB2ddc