| Publisher |
MANOHAR PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS |
| Publication Year |
2005 |
| ISBN-13 |
9788173046339 |
| ISBN-10 |
8173046336 |
| Binding |
Hardcover |
| Number of Pages |
357 Pages |
| Language |
(English) |
| Dimensions (Cms) |
20.3 x 25.4 x 4.7 |
| Weight (grms) |
558 |
Naina Singh Dhoot (1904-1989) played a pioneer role in the communist movement of the Indian subcontinent. He grew up in the Chenab Canal Colony, joined the Ghadar Party in Argentina and studied Marxism in Moscow. Returning to India in 1936, NSD established a night school at Callcutta for teaching Marxism. He revived the muzara movement in the Nili Bar and suffered police torture in the Lahore Fort. He guided major strikes of industrial workers in Jamshedpur, Amritsar and Okara.
Surinder Singh
Surinder Singh has taught at the Department of History, Panjab University, Chandigarh. His main interest is Medieval India. In nearly 55 research papers, he has explored themes of state formation, social structure, religious practices, Persian texts and popular culture. His publications include Sufism in Panjab: Mystics, Literature and Shrines (2009) and Popular Literature and Pre-Modern Societies in South Asia (2008), both edited with I.D. Gaur; Political Memoirs of an Indian Revolutionary: Naina Singh Dhoot (2005).
Surinder Singh
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