the all india workers and peasants party came in to existence in 1921.
when did the all india workers and peasants party came in to existence?
1921
section::::founding of the party.









































the party was founded in bengal on 1 november 1925, as the labour swaraj party of the indian national congress. the founding leaders of the party were kazi nazrul islam, hemanta kumar sarkar, qutubuddin ahmad and shamsuddin hussain. the founding manifesto was signed by kazi nazrul islam. during the first three month of existence, the party organisation was very provisional.
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in late november 1928 the wpp of bengal executive committee met with philip spratt and muzaffar ahmed. they decided to appoint sohan singh josh of the punjab kirti kisan party to chair the all india workers and peasants conference, to be held in calcutta in december. the provincial wpps attended all india workers and peasants conference in calcutta on 22 december – 24 december 1928, at which the all india workers and peasants party was formed. a 16-member national executive was elected. the bengal, bombay, punjab and united provinces were allocated four seats each in the national executive. out of these 16, ten were either identified as cpi members or as 'communists'. r.s. nimbkar was the general secretary of the party. the conference discussed an affiliation of the party with the league against imperialism. spratt and ahmed urged the conference to approve the affiliation of the party to the league. the conference decision to postpone a decision on the issue to a later occasion.
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