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Revolutionary Pasts Inthisengagingandinnovativehistoryofthecommunistmovementin colonialIndia,AliRazarevealsthelives,geographies,andanti-colonial strugglesofIndian revolutionaries and how theysought toremakethe world. Driven by the utopian visions of Communist Internationalism, Indianrevolutionariesyearnedandstruggledforaglobalupheavalthat wouldoverthrowEuropeanimperialismsandradicallytransformIndia and the world. In an age marked by political turmoil, intellectual ferment,collapsingempires,andglobalconflicts,Indianrevolutionaries stoodalongsidecountlessothersinthecolonizedworldandbeyondin theirdesiretousherinafutureliberatedfromcolonialismandcapital- ism. Drawing from a wealth of archival materials, Raza demonstrates howCommunist Internationalism was a crucial project inthe struggle for national liberation and inaugurates a new approach to the global historyofcommunismanddecolonization. ali raza isAssociateProfessorofHistoryattheLahoreUniversityof ManagementSciences. Revolutionary Pasts Communist Internationalism in Colonial India Ali Raza LahoreUniversityofManagementSciences UniversityPrintingHouse,CambridgeCB28BS,UnitedKingdom OneLibertyPlaza,20thFloor,NewYork,NY10006,USA 477WilliamstownRoad,PortMelbourne,VIC3207,Australia 314–321,3rdFloor,Plot3,SplendorForum,JasolaDistrictCentre, NewDelhi–110025,India 79AnsonRoad,#06–04/06,Singapore079906 CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthepursuitof education,learning,andresearchatthehighestinternationallevelsofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781108481847 DOI:10.1017/9781108693875 ©AliRaza2020 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished2020 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyTJInternationalLtd,PadstowCornwall AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. ISBN978-1-108-48184-7Hardback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracy ofURLsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain, accurateorappropriate. In memory of Jauhar Hussain Contents Listof Figures page viii Acknowledgements ix Listof Abbreviations xiv 1 RevolutionaryPasts 1 2 Travellers, Migrants, Rebels 27 3 Break with the Old World 66 4 This Time is Ours 102 5 Entangled Histories 150 6 Red Scare 177 7 A Dream Deferred 209 Epilogue: UtopiasLost 241 Glossary 256 Bibliography 258 Index 275 vii Figures 2.1 Front page ofthe Ghadar (issue ofDecember 1916) page 31 4.1 Coverdepicting the body of aworker being garlanded by the extended arms oftheKirti 111 4.2 Kirticoverdepicting an agriculturist and afactoryworker 112 4.3 Communists marching in the Harse Chhina agitation against decreased irrigation distribution in 1946 121 4.4 Peasants – men, women, and children – marching across fields in the 1946 communist-led Harse Chhina agitation 122 4.5 Women listening to aspeakerat the Harse Chhina agitation 123 4.6 GurmukhSinghLaltonbeinggreetedonhisreturnin1946 131 4.7 ‘Baba’Jawala Singh lying in state 132 5.1 Darshan Singh Pheruman and Sohan Singh Bhaknaunder arrest 173 7.1 AchharSingh Chhinaand others under arrest during the HarseChhinaagitation 236 viii
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