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The Communist Party of India held its first conference at Kanpur, which is officially regarded as its founding, on:

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Answer: Option A — 26 December 1925

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The Communist Party of India (CPI) officially regards 26 December 1925 as its founding date, when the first Indian Communist Conference was held at Kanpur.

The Kanpur conference:

  • It was organised by Satyabhakta and was attended by communists from different parts of the country.
  • Singaravelu Chettiar of Madras presided over the conference.
  • The conference resolved to form the Communist Party of India, with its headquarters in Bombay.

Rival claim about the founding:

  • Another view, held by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), is that the party was founded earlier, in 1920, by a group of Indian revolutionaries abroad.
  • The CPI officially uses 26 December 1925 as its founding date.

Early history:

  • The British government saw the communists as a threat and launched several conspiracy cases against them.
  • The Kanpur Bolshevik Conspiracy Case (1924) and the Meerut Conspiracy Case (1929 to 1933) were filed against communist leaders and trade unionists.
  • The CPI was banned by the British in 1934, and the ban was lifted in 1942.

Role in the national movement:

  • Communists worked among workers and peasants, and many were active in the trade union movement.
  • During the Second World War, after the Soviet Union joined the Allies, the CPI supported the British war effort and opposed the Quit India Movement, which made it unpopular with many nationalists.

After independence:

The CPI became the main opposition party in the first Lok Sabha.

In 1957, the CPI formed the government in Kerala under E.M.S. Namboodiripad, the first elected communist government in India.

The split of 1964:

On 7 November 1964, a section broke away and formed the Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M).

Present status:

The CPI(M) is the larger of the two parties today.

Why not the other options?

  • ✗6 April 1980 is the founding date of the BJP.
  • ✗7 November 1964 is when the CPI(M) was formed.
  • ✗1 May 1920 does not match.

Quick tip

Remember: CPI = founded at Kanpur on 26 December 1925 (official date); CPI(M) split in 1964.

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