Agragami Adivasi Samiti ("Forward Tribal Association"; bn, অগ্রগামী আদিবাসী সমিতি) is an organisation for
Adivasi
The Adivasi refers to inhabitants of Indian subcontinent, generally tribal people. The term is a Sanskrit word coined in the 1930s by political activists to give the tribal people an indigenous identity by claiming an indigenous origin. The term ...
people in
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...
,
India
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. The organisation is linked to the
All India Forward Bloc
The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party a ...
.
History
The organisation was founded at a convention in
Bankura
Bankura () is a city and a municipality in the state of West Bengal, India. It is the headquarters of the Bankura district.
Etymology
In the Mahabharata, Bankura was described as Suhmobhumi. The word or (in Nagari: rāḍh) was introduced af ...
January 28–29, 2009. The Bankura convention elected
Jatin Soren and
Nishikanta Mehta as joint presidents and
Biswanath Kisku and
Rebati Bhattacharya as joint general secretaries, as leaders of a 39-member State Committee. The Bankura convention adopted a twenty-one point list of demands; that the Forest Dweller Act provisions on the right to water-forest-land be implemented, that tribal certificates be given to all Adivasi families, reservation of seat in the Development Committees in Adivasi villages, that landless Adivasi families be given government lands; providing ration cards for Adivasis, development of the
Ol Chiki script, institution of a 500
rupee
Rupee is the common name for the currencies of
India, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Seychelles, and Sri Lanka, and of former currencies of Afghanistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates (as the Gulf rupee), British East Africa, B ...
pension for poor handicapped persons, free medical centres, agricultural aid, drinking water, electricity and compulsory primary education in all Adivasi villages, stipends for forming cooperatives and self-help groups and development of cottage industries.
Tribal Peoples' Convention At West Bengal
". ''Towards Socialism''. February 2009. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
Incidents
On 16 December 2010 seven activists of Agragami Adivasi Samiti were killed by the Communist Party of India (Maoist).bandh
Bandh (Devanagari: बंद) (literally: shutting down) is a form of protest used by political activists in South Asian countries such as India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the s ...
in Purulia District in protest.[Seven FB Adivasi Leaders killed by Maoists]
. ''Ganashakti''. [Left parties condemn Purulia killings]
". ''The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the secon ...
''. 18 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
References
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Organisations based in West Bengal
All India Forward Bloc
Political parties established in 2009
2009 establishments in West Bengal