Shripad Amrit Dange - Foundation of The Communist Party of India

Foundation of The Communist Party of India

The Government of India, under the British Crown, saw the founding of Comintern as a disruptive force that would cause internal disorder. It viewed the nascent leftism in India with great suspicion. During the 1920s, the Government foisted a series of 'conspiracy cases against persons whom they suspected to have communist leanings.

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