{{Use dmy dates, date=October 2015 Forward Communist Party was a

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. FCP was formed in 1948 following a split from the

Forward Bloc (Marxist) 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 ...

. In FB(M) (today known just as All India Forward Bloc), the then party president

K.N. Joglekar K.N. Joglekar (died November 1970) was an Indian politician and one of the founding members of Communist Party of India. Then he joined All India Forward Bloc. He became the General Secretary of the All India Forward Bloc from 1948 to 1952. Then ...

opposed the alignment of FB(M) with the

United Socialist Organisation of India United Socialist Organisation was a left-wing alliance in India. The USOI was launched by Sarat Chandra Bose, the elder brother of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, after his resignation from the Indian National Congress in 1947. Bose wanted to assemble ...

. Thus Joglekar broke away and formed FCP. He took with him units of FB(M) in

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and

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. In 1952 FCP disintegrated into two separate parties,

Forward Communist Party (Joglekar) Forward Communist Party (Joglekar) was a political party in India. FCP(J) was formed in 1952 following a split in the Forward Communist Party. The group was led by K.N. Joglekar. In the same year as that split, FCP(J) merged with the Communist Pa ...

and

Forward Communist Party (Anandi Mukherji) {{Use dmy dates, date=October 2015 Forward Communist Party (Anandi Mukherji) was a political party in India. FCP(AM) was formed in 1952 following a split in the Forward Communist Party. The group was led by Anandi Mukherji. In the same year as tha ...

. The same year, FCP(J) merged with the

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and FCP(AM) merged with

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Sources

#Bose, K., ''Forward Bloc'', Madras: Tamil Nadu Academy of Political Science, 1988. Defunct communist parties in India Political parties established in 1948 1948 establishments in India Political parties disestablished in 1952 1952 disestablishments in India