and will not die"The same year, Majumdar broke away and formed the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries which in 1969 founded the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)—with Majumdar as its General Secretary. Death He was captured in a state of bad health at his hideout on 16 July 1972 at 3 AM by an officer of Calcutta Police, Ranjit Guha Niyogi (alias Runu Guha Niyogi) and his team. As per the police, Majumdar died of a massive heart attack at 4 AM on 28 July 1972. But all the fractions of Naxalaites opine that it was a custodial murder and he was killed by not providing medicine in the police lock up. His body was cremated at Keoratola crematorium under the surveillance of armed police and paramilitary forces. The radical leftist movement in India has seen many ideological splits since Majumdar's death. The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation observes Martyrs day in the day of Majumdar's death. The Communist Party of India (Maoist) observes Martyrs Week in the last week of July in remembrance of Majumdar's death, where members revisit his ideology and memorialise his influence on their movement. Books on Charu Majumdar's life Charu Majumdar: The Dreamer Rebel, written by Ashoke Mukhopadhyay, published by Niyogi Books in June 2022. India after Naxalbari: unfinished history, written by Bernard D'Mello, published by Monthly Review Press New York in 2018. References External links Charu Majumdar Archives Is there a Charu Mazumdar Thought? 1916 births 1972 deaths Indian communists Indian revolutionaries Stalinism Maoist theorists Anti-revisionists Prisoners and detainees of British India People from Siliguri Deaths in police custody in India 20th-century Indian politicians Bengali politicians Pabna Edward College alumni Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) politicians Indian people who died in prison custody University of North Bengal alumni