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Kanai Chatterjee popularly known as K.C. (1933 – 18 July 1983) was a Bengali maoist ideologue, founder of the Maoist Communist Centre of India.[1]

Early life

Chatterjee was born in 1933 at Baruikhali village, Barishal British India. He participated anti British movement in student life. He completed B.Com and joined student movements led by the undivided Communist Party of India.

Political activities

In 1953 he started work in Tiljala area of Kolkota and became popular amongst the local people. Chatterjee became the secretary of the Ballygunj Local Committee of the Communist Party in 1959. He also took active part in the food movement and seriously injured by police firing. In 1962, he was arrested at the time of Indo China War. Chatterjee launched a magazine Dakhshin Desh with another activist Amulya Sen to fight against revisionism.[2] In 1967, the Naxalbari uprising took place under the leadership of Charu Mazumdar but, due to differences on ideology, Chatterjee's group Dakhshin Desh could not join the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist).[3] On 20 October 1969 he created Maoist Communist Centre with Amulya Sen and Chandrashekar Das.[4] [5] He died at the age of 49, in 1982, due to illness while staying underground.[6]

References

  1. ^ "PW, MCC put 'Black Chapter' behind". thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved September 25, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  2. ^ V R Raghavan. "The Naxal Threat: Causes, State Response and Consequences". Retrieved September 25, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  3. ^ Arun Srivastava. "Maoism in India". Retrieved September 25, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ Bidyut Chakrabarty, Rajat Kumar Kujur. "Maoism in India: Reincarnation of Ultra-Left Wing Extremism". Retrieved September 25, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ Bidyut Chakrabarty, Rajat Kumar Kujur. "Maoism in India: Reincarnation of Ultra-Left Wing Extremism". Retrieved September 25, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  6. ^ "The Communist Party of India (Maoist) — Born in India". Retrieved September 25, 2018. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)