The message of Bolshevik revolution reached Bengal in the twenties of the last century. During the next twenty years many Marxist parties and groups surfaced in Bengal some of which were Stalinists, and some ardently followed the doctrines of Trotsky. Though Communists and socialists worked together in the Congress, they fell apart during the Second World War. The Communists supported the war efforts of the govt. and did not participate in the August revolution. ...
