The Left

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As the nationalist movt and the social and economic upliftment of poor came together. It gave rise to socialist ideas.
The CPI and the Congress Socialist Parties were 2 leftists that were formed.
Russian revolution provided an inspiration to the nationalists in India.
They were also unhappy with the Gandhian swarajist programs.
The Socialist was started by SA Dange, Muzzaffar Ahmed brought out the Navayug and later the Langal, in Punjab Ghulam Hussain published the Inquilab, in Madras M Singaravelu founded the Labour Kisan Gazette.
Unemployment, economic depression, rise of trade unions, peasant workers participation in the nationalist movt all worked towards the inc Marxist and Socialist ideas among the masses.

Factors that Led to Growth of Left Ideologies in India

financial burder due to WW1 and its consequence exposed evils of imperialist capitalist domination
Revolutionary ideas of Marx, formation of USSR,
Gandhiji’s advent brought mass politics into foray including worker and pesants in large no -> fertile ground for growth of ideas.
unemployment among educated middle class had lost faith in liberalism.
Certain section of radicals were dissatisfied with weak and watery reformism of Gandhijis and saw him as obstruction towards a real revolutionary mass struggle against Br imperialims.

LM developed into 2 main streams
1. Communism influenced by International Communist Movt governed by the Comintern
2. Congress Socialist Party which functioned as left withing the INC inspired by Democratic Socialism
both derived inspiration from anti imperialist sentiment prevalent among Indians.

Trace the course of the people’s movement in Indian States after 1937. How did the Congress leadership react to it?

At different periods and at various levels, the National Movement assumed social, cultural and economic dimensions. Amplify. [1988, 60m]