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100 Years of Communist Party of India (CPI)
December 29 , 2025
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- The Communist Party of India (CPI) completed 100 years on 26 December 2025.
- The CPI was first formed in 1920 at Tashkent by Indian revolutionaries including M.N. Roy, Mohammad Ali, M.P.T. Acharya, and Mohammad Shafiq.
- It was formally established in India at the Kanpur Communist Conference in December 1925.
- Singaravelu Chettiar was the first President of the Communist Party of India.
- The slogan “Inquilab Zindabad” was coined by Maulana Hasrat Mohani and was raised at the Kanpur Conference.
- The CPI helped build organisations such as the All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) and the All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS).
- It also supported organisations like the All-India Students’ Federation (AISF), Progressive Writers’ Association (PWA), and Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA).
- The CPI led major movements such as the Telangana armed struggle, the Tebhaga movement, and the Punnapra–Vayalar struggle.
- The party supported the demand for complete independence from British rule.
- The CPI strongly advocated the formation of a Constituent Assembly for free India.
- M.N. Roy proposed a constitution in 1934.
- The CPI raised issues of land redistribution, labour rights, minimum wages, and social security.
- The party also supported federalism and linguistic and cultural diversity in India.
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