Communist Consolidation was an Indian communist organisation, formed amongst prisoners at the Andaman Cellular Jail. The group was founded on April 26, 1935 by 39 inmates. The group declared its adherence to the Communist Party of India. Its founders belonged to a minority tendency with the pro-Marxist section of the Anushilan Samiti. The majority of the nationwide Anushilan marxist tendency however distrusted the Communist Party and did not join it. This article or section may be confusing for some readers, and should be edited to be clearer or more simplified. ... The Cellular Jail (also known as Kaala paani, literally Black water, a term for the deep sea and hence exile) situated in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (India) was completed in 1906. ... April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. ... Anushilan Samiti was the principal secret revolutionary organisation operating in Bengal in the first quarter of the 20th century. ...

The group organised a May Day celebration in 1935. The group edited a hand-written magazine, The Call. May Day refers to any of several holidays celebrated on May 1 or in the beginning of May. ...

The membership of the organization expanded rapidly (different sources talk about 200-500 members). Its members included Shiv Verma (an associate of Bhagat Singh, later CPI(M) leader in Uttar Pradesh), Hare Krishna Konar (later a founding leader of CPI(M)), Biplabi Dhrubesh Chattopadhyay (sentenced to 7 years imprisonment in connection with the Dakhineswar Bomb Case), Ananta Chakravorty (a Jugantar member, sentenced for the Conspiracy and Bomb Case), Nalini Das (a Jugantar member, sentenced for the Mechua Bazar Bomb Case), Fakir Sen and Jibendra Das (an Anushilan revolutionary from Tripura). Bhagat Singh (Punjabi: ) (September 27, 1907 – March 23, 1931) was an Indian revolutionary, considered to be one of the most famous martyrs of the Indian freedom struggle. ... CPI(M) flag The Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI(M), is a political party in India. ... Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: اتر پردیش, IPA: ), also popularly known by its abbreviation U.P., is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Union of India. ... Jugantar or Yugantar (nearest English word epoch-making) was one of the secret revolutionary organisations operating in Bengal for Indian independence. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tripura Tripura (Bengali: ত্রিপুরা, Hindi: त्रिपुरा) is a state in North East India. ...

References

• Saha, Murari Mohan (ed.), Documents of the Revolutionary Socialist Party: Volume One 1938–1947. Agartala: Lokayata Chetana Bikash Society, 2001. p. 21
• Andaman Cellular Jail, [1], [2]
• Biplabi Dhrubesh Chattopadhyay
• Tripurainfo.com
• Frontline: Tale of Two Bhagat Singhs
• Ganashakti, Remembrance: Harekrishna Konar
• People's Democracy: Comrade Shiv Verma

Further reading

• Das, Nalini, Swadinatha Samgrame Dwipantarer Bandi. Calcutta: Manisha Granthalaya, 1974.
• Mazumdar, Satyendra Narayan, In Search of a Revolutionary Ideology and a Revolutionary Programme. A Study in the Transition from National Revolutionary Terrorism to Communism. New Delhi: People's Publishing House, 1979.
• Sinha, Bejoy Kumar, In Andamans — the Indian Bastille. Kanpur: 1939