Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan

Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan (24 September 1924 – 2 January 2016) was a trade union leader and the former general secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI), one of the oldest political parties in India.

Early life

Bardhan was born in Barisal, Bengal Presidency, British India (now Bangladesh) on 24 September 1924. He embraced Communism at the age of 15 after he moved to Nagpur. He joined the All India Students Federation at the Nagpur University in 1940.

He is remembered for the campaign he initiated in response to Lal Krishna Advani's Rath Yatra. Bardhan always supported the cause of a secular India. Bardhan had a brother-like relation with the veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sumatitai Sukaklikar from Nagpur. Although they contested elections against each other, Sumatitai was like an elder sister to Bardhan.

His death was condoled by many including the President of India Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. ; Class, Caste Reservation & Struggle Against Casteism ; 80 CPI ; Generalists, specialists and the working class ; The tribal problem in India ; India's Freedom Struggle: Several Streams ; Hutatma Bhagat Singh ; Prejudices & myths that feed communalism x-rayed; Reforms 2020: Last 20 Years, Next 20 Years .