S.K. Limaye
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Shripad Krishna Limaye (born 8 December 1909, date of death unknown) was an Indian politician and trade unionist.[1] Limaye served as a member of the Rajya Sabha (upper house of the Indian parliament) from Maharashtra in the 1960s.
Communist Party cadre
Limaye was engaged in the struggle for Indian independence, becoming politically active in 1935. In that year he joined the
At the time of the expulsion, Limaye's group counted around 200 men.[4] In 1943 Limaye's group founded the Navjivan Sangathana ('New Life Organization').[3] In 1950 the organization, which was led by Limaye and Yashwant Chavan, discussed a possible merger with the Peasants and Workers Party of India (PWP). The then party leader of the PWP opposed the merger, as he thought that the entry of the Navjivan group would empower his rival Datta Deshmukh within the party.[5] However, the merger went through and the Navjivan Sangathana members were admitted en bloc into the PWP.[4]
The presence of the Limaye group in the PWP sharped the internal divisions inside the PWP. In the end the party was split, with the Limaye group joining the splinter group Kamgar Kisan Paksha. Soon that party was split as well, on the issue of its relations with the Communist Party. Limaye and Deshmukh did not go along with the merger of the party into the Communist Party, instead they regrouped as the Lal Nishan Gat ('Red Banner Group').[4] This group would later be known as the Lal Nishan Party.[3] Limaye served as editor of the periodical Lal Nishan.[1]
Parliamentarian
Limaye was elected to the Rajya Sabha in April 1960.
Personal life
Born in
Bibliography
- Limaye, S. K. An Inevitable Review of Certain Aspects of the Policies of the Indian Communist Leadership. [Poona, India]: Navajeevan Sanghtana (United Maharashtra), 1949.
References
- ^ a b c d e India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (1961). Who's who, Vol. 5. Rajya Sabha Secretariat. p. 144.
- ^ Vāmana Bāpaṭa (1992). My Life: The Story of a Crusader. Granthali. p. 40.
- ^ ISBN 978-81-7827-064-7.
- ^ ISBN 9780070965911.
- ^ Y. D. Phadke (1979). Politics and language. Himalaya Pub. House. p. 58.
- ISBN 978-81-7626-008-4.
- ^ La Vanguardia. Nehru: <<La India nunca se sometera>>