Was Bengal the richest state of India?

Figure 1 shows the state-level distribution of per capita NDP in 1960 and 1993, expressed relative to Maharashtra. Maharashtra was the third richest state in 1960, while West Bengal was the richest state in India with a per capita income that was about 5 percent higher than Maharashtra’s.

Which Communist Party is banned in India?

The Indian government, led by the United Progressive Alliance, banned the CPI (Maoist) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) as a terrorist organisation on 22 June 2009.

Why did communist party split in India?

In 1964 a major split occurred in the Communist Party of India. The split was the culmination of decades of tensions and factional infighting. As relations between the Nehru government and the Soviet Union improved, a faction that sought cooperation with the dominant Indian National Congress emerged within CPI.

Who discovered communism?

Foremost among these critics were Karl Marx and his associate Friedrich Engels. In 1848, Marx and Engels offered a new definition of communism and popularized the term in their famous pamphlet The Communist Manifesto.

What happened to the millions of Partition refugees in West Bengal?

After 1947, unlike in Delhi or Punjab, the millions of Partition refugees in West Bengal were not accommodated through expansive planning by the Indian state. More than four million Hindus crossed from East Pakistan at that time (and many millions more would cross in the coming decades).

What has happened to the Left Front in Bengal?

The Communists once considered Bengal their fort but now they cannot even hold on to their pocket boroughs in the face of the onslaught of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress and recently aggressive BJP, both of which have combined to turn the Left Front into what seems like a bit player in the state.

How many political murders have there been in Bengal since 1997?

Don’t forget that the Communist government admitted on the floor of West Bengal Assembly in 1997 that 28,000 political murders had happened in the state since the Communists came to power. Imagine what the real number could be. But the days of Communist rule in Bengal are long gone.