Revolutionary Communist Party of India

This article is about the RCPI founded in 1934, and the Dasgupta/Kumar faction that was the majority wing in the 1948 split. For information on the party led by S.N. Tagore 1948–1974, see Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Tagore).

Revolutionary Communist Party of India
AbbreviationRCPI
SecretaryMihir Bain
FounderSaumyendranath Tagore
Founded1 August 1934 (1 August 1934)
HeadquartersKolkata
NewspaperGanavani
Toilers' Front
Red Front
IdeologyCommunism
Anti-capitalism
Anti-Stalinism
ColoursRed  
AllianceLeft Front
Left Democratic Manch
Party flag
Website
www.rcpi-communist.in

The Revolutionary Communist Party of India (abbreviated as RCPI) is a political party in India. The party was founded as the Communist League by Saumyendranath Tagore in 1934, breaking away from the Communist Party of India (CPI). RCPI led armed uprisings after the independence of India, but later shifted to parliamentary politics. The party is active in Assam, Kerala, West Bengal, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The party was represented in the West Bengal government while being a part of Second United Front Cabinet (1969) as well as in various state government during the Left Front rule in the state (1977–2011). In Assam, the party won four Legislative Assembly seats in 1978, but its political influence has since declined in the state.

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