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‘Gandhism’ according to Roy was dangerous because “on the strength of one man’s personality, India was falsely construed as a pure cultural entity”.

THE LAST GOOD COMMUNIST PASSED AWAY ON THIS DAY IN 1954.

The readers will judge why I used these words once you finish reading
this thread/post.

In 1938, the hosts at Wadia House, Bombay were taken aback to see #Roy coming to the breakfast table in white Dhoti-Kurta in true Bengali Style who preferred to wear suits shirts & trousers.
Noticing the puzzled look he said, I'M GOING TO PAY MY RESPECTS TO
#VeerSavarkar.

#ManabendranathRoy, the founder of #CommunistPartyofIndia added, I'm sure the Old Man will be pleased to see me dressed as a full fledged Indian rather than as Westernized Revolutionary.
Having said that MN Roy went to meet Veer Savarkar & BOWED TO HIS FEET.
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Today's the Jayanti of
#PunjabKesari Lala Lajpat Rai.

Few lesser known facts about the Lal of Lal, Bal, Pal.

1) Lala Lajpat Rai Published A Newspaper in #Urdu
"Vande Mataram".

2) 1920, Lala Lajpat Rai Along With Joseph Baptista and NM Joshi Founded
"All India Trade Union
Congress" (AITUC) in Mumbai.
AITUC Got Merged With Communists in 1945.

3) In 1925, Hindu Maha Sabha Organised Session at Calcutta and Lalaji Was President.

4) Lalaji Was The Founder Of
"Punjab National Bank".

5) In 1916, in Young India, the then Congress Mouthpiece, he
wrote, Congress is trying to appease British Masters rather than winning liberty for Bharatiyas.

6) About Untouchability, he wrote, there's no evidence of Untouchability in our Shastras and most progressive upper castes denounce it.

7) Lala Lajpat Rai was always in the
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#ThisPartOfHistory

One morning in 1938, the hosts at Wadia House, Bombay were taken aback to see #Roy coming to the breakfast table in white Dhoti-Kurta in true Bengali Style instead of his preferred choice, suits/bush shirts & trousers.
Noticing the puzzled look he said,
I'M GOING TO PAY MY RESPECTS TO #VeerSavarkar.

#ManabendranathRoy, the founder of #CommunistPartyofIndia added, I'm sure the Old Man will be pleased to see me dressed as a full fledged Indian rather than as Westernized Revolutionary.
Having said that MN Roy went & met Savarkar
& BOWED TO HIS FEET.

Yesterday was the smaran divas of Narendranath Bhattacharya (22/03/1887), the founder of 1st Communist Party outside Russia, the Mexican Communist Party & @cpimspeak who later distanced himself from the party he founded due to IDEOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES &
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