Vinod Mishra
Vinod Mishra | |
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विनोद मिश्रा | |
General Secretary of CPIML Liberation | |
In office 1974–1975 | |
Preceded by | Saroj Dutta |
Succeeded by | Kartik Paul |
Personal details | |
Born | CPIML Liberation | 24 March 1947
Profession | Politician |
Vinod Mishra (
Early life and student activism
Mishra was born to Suryakesh Mishra in
Mishra became the secretary of the Durgapur Local Organising Committee of the
1972–1975
He was unconditionally released from prison on 20 June 1972 as one year without trial had passed. However, his release arose suspicion in the CPI(ML). He was deployed to a remote village in the Agradwip area of
In 1974 Mishra came into contact with Subrata Dutta (Jauhar), a leader of armed struggle in the plain areas of
Party leader
Mishra served as West Bengal secretary of the new party organization. Under Mishra's leadership new dalams (guerilla squads) were formed. In November 1975 Jauhar was killed. Mishra became the new party General Secretary in a reorganized five-member Central Committee. Mishra organized a second party congress, held clandestinely in the rural areas of Gaya district in February 1976. The congress unanimously re-elected Mishra as General Secretary.[1]
On 1–2 January 1979 Mishra was encircled by police forces at Badpathujote in the Phansidewa area of Darjeeling district. In the midst of a prolonged gun-battle, Mishra sustained multiple injuries and his comrade Bakul Sen (alias Amal) was killed. Mishra was able to escape, assisted by the dalam commander Nemu Singh.[1] Mishra secretly visited China in 1979.[1]
After the
Mishra was re-elected General Secretary of the party at the sixth congress of CPI(ML) Liberation in Varanasi in October 1997.[1]
Political legacy
Mishra was the political architect of the process of re-orientation of CPI(ML) Liberation.
Death
On 18 December 1998, in connection with a Central Committee meeting in
Personal life
Mishra married thrice; in 1974 to Jyotsna (an underground cadre), in 1983 to Shikha (a party cadre) from Calcutta and in 1991 to fellow Central Committee member Kumudini Pati.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Sen, Arindam. The Life of Vinod Mishra Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Karat, Prakash. Naxalism Today; At an Ideological Deadend. The Marxist, Volume: 3, No. 1, January–March 1985
- ^ . Volume 22 - Issue 21, 8–21 October 2005
- ^ Hindustan Times. Formation of private armies
- Indian Express. Vinod Mishra cremated in Patna