Abdul Halim (communist)

Abdul Halim was born in Burdwan district of Bengal Province in the British India. His father was Abul Hassan. Due to lack of funds, he was unable to complete his secondary education.[2]

In 1921, he joined Mahatma Gandhi's non-cooperation movement and was imprisoned.[3] After his release, he made contact with Muzaffar Ahmad and Addur Rezzak Khan; and joined the Workers and Peasants Party. He was involved in the publication of Langal by Kazi Nazrul Islam and Ganabani by Muzaffar Amhad.[2][3] When(1929-1936) Ahmad and others were imprisoned in the Meerut Conspiracy Case, he worked to organize the Communist Party. In 1933–34, he was influential in reshaping the CPI Central Committee.[4] In 1925, he co-founded the Labor Swaraj Party alongside Hemant Kumar Sarkar, writer Naresh Chandra Sengupta, and advocate Atul Gupta. On the initiative of publishing communist literature, he founded 'Ganashakti Publishing House. He has been imprisoned several times for his involvement with the tram, the food movement, and his writing. From 1952 until his death on April 29, 1966, he was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Council .[1]

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  Abdul Halim, Saroj Mukherjee, Muzaffar Ahmed (From left to right) at Chandarnagore

He wrote some books on communism, including[2]

• Tikasaha Communist Ishtahar (টীকা সহ কমিউনিস্ট ইশতেহার)
• Russiar Ganaandolan(রুশিয়ার গণ-আন্দোলন)
• Communism (কমিউনিজম)