Abdul Halim (6 December 1901 – 29 April 1966) was an

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i politician, and communist activist. He was a member of the

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from 1952 to 1966.

Background

Halim was born in

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of Bengal Province in the

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.His father was Abul Hassan. Due to lack of funds, he was unable to complete his secondary education.

Political movement

In 1921, he joined

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and was imprisoned. After his release, he made contact with

Muzaffar Ahmad Muzaffar Ahmad (known as Kakababu; 5 August 1889 – 18 December 1973) was an Indian-Bengali politician, journalist and a co-founder of Communist Party of India. Background Ahmed was born at Musapur village in Sandwip Island in Chittagong Dis ...

and Addur Rezzak Khan; and joined the Workers and Peasants Party. He was involved in the publication of ''Langal'' by

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and ''Ganabani'' by Muzaffar Amhad. When(1929-1936) Ahmad and others were imprisoned in the Meerut Conspiracy Case, he worked to organize the

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. In 1933–34, he was influential in reshaping the

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Central Committee. In 1925, he co-founded the Labor Swaraj Party alongside Hemant Kumar Sarkar, writer Naresh Chandra Sengupta, and advocate Atul Gupta. On the initiative of publishing communist literature, he founded '

Ganashakti ''Ganashakti Patrika'' (1967-present) is an Indian Bengali daily newspaper published from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Initially the paper started as an organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) West Bengal State Committee.

Publishing House. He has been imprisoned several times for his involvement with the tram, the food movement, and his writing. From 1952 until his death on April 29, 1966, he was a member of the

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, Muzaffar Ahmed (From left to right)at Chandarnagore

Books

He wrote some books on communism, including * ''Tikasaha Communist Ishtahar'' (টীকা সহ কমিউনিস্ট ইশতেহার) * ''Russiar Ganaandolan(''রুশিয়ার গণ-আন্দোলন) * ''Communism'' (কমিউনিজম)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Halim, Adul Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal 1901 births Bengali communists 1966 deaths Members of the West Bengal Legislative Council