The Communist Party of India (CPI)/ ਭਾਰਤੀ ਕਮਿਊਨਿਸਟ ਪਾਰਟੀ (CPI)
The Communist Party of India (CPI) has completed 100 years since its founding, marking a century of organised Communist politics in India.
The Communist Party of India (CPI) is one of India’s oldest political parties, rooted in Marxist ideology, committed to representing the interests of workers, peasants, and marginalised classes through both mass movements and parliamentary politics.
Established in: December 26, 1925, at Kanpur (then Cawnpore).
Note: An earlier émigré CPI was formed in Tashkent in 1920, a point of historical debate.
Aim:
Liberation of India from British imperialism (pre-1947).
Socialisation of means of production and distribution.
Creation of a socially just, egalitarian society free from exploitation.