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Forty-one sheets from the Government of India, Home Department (Political) files on the Communist Party of India, 1940–1944. Every sheet transcribed verbatim, with its signatories, annotations and physical condition recorded, and the original scan beside each transcript.

41Documents
1940–44Date range
16Bearing signatures
1Sheet missing (18e)
No.DateDocumentFromSig.
11942-01-10Circular enclosing a memorandum on the treatment of those who have opposed the war effort but now change their attitudeSir Richard Tottenham●
21942-04-06Sir Stafford Cripps's Secretary to Sir Reginald Maxwell — arranging the withdrawal of P.C. Joshi's warrant for an interview—●
31942-04-07Telegram suspending the warrant for P.C. Joshi's arrest for ten daysHome Department●
41942-04-21Circular from the Government of India to all Provincial Governments on the release of convicted CommunistsSir Richard Tottenham●
51942-04-27 (note); minuted 28 and 29 April 1942Intelligence Bureau note proposing that P.C. Joshi's warrant be withdrawn "as an experiment", with Tottenham's minute—●
61942-04-28Memorandum certifying the withdrawal of the detention order against Puran Chand JoshiS.J.L. Olver●
71940-03-06Order under Rule 26 of the Defence of India Rules for the arrest and detention of P.C. Joshi — subsequently cancelled—●
81942-04-30Express Letter withdrawing the warrant against P.C. JoshiSir Richard Tottenham●
91942-06-08Government of India letter on releasing detained Communists and cancelling outstanding warrants — closing page—●
10n.d.Communist Party of India representation on the newsprint control order — schedule of paper permits demandedGeneral Secretary●
111943-11-08Communist Party of India to the Government of Bombay — application for increased electricity for the New Age Printing PressCentral Headquarters·
12n.d.Provincial fortnightly report (Madras) — Communists, students and collective fines—·
13n.d.Provincial fortnightly report (Bombay) — Criminal Law Amendment Act action, market conditions and Communist activities—·
14n.d.Provincial fortnightly report (Bihar) — Communist and student activity [composite image of two fragments]—·
15n.d.P.C. Joshi to Sir Reginald Maxwell on the Madura arrestsP.C. Joshi●
161942-07-13Extract from War Cabinet Conclusions 91(42) — raising the ban on the Communist Party of IndiaWar Cabinet (London)·
171943-03-15P.C. Joshi to Sir Reginald Maxwell, covering the Party Centre's memorandum on the ProvincesP.C. Joshi●
18a1943-03-15P.C. Joshi to Sir Reginald Maxwell — "On the Legality of the Communist Party" (opening page of the memorandum)—·
18bn.d.Communist Party of India memorandum — "Our Policy and Organisation"Communist Party of India·
18cn.d.Communist Party of India memorandum — "Our Attitude to the Government"Communist Party of India·
18dn.d.Communist Party of India memorandum — fighting sabotage, and being blamed for the collapse of the "struggle"Communist Party of India·
18fn.d.Communist Party of India memorandum — "Our Plan of Work"Communist Party of India·
18gn.d.Communist Party of India memorandum — "Legality" and "Release our convicted comrades"Communist Party of India·
18hn.d.Communist Party of India memorandum — categories of imprisoned comrades and "Why do we make these demands?"Communist Party of India·
18in.d.Communist Party of India memorandum — closing page, signed by P.C. JoshiP.C. Joshi●
19an.d."Memo on Political-Practical Activities in Kerala since August 9" — opening pageCommunist Party of India·
19bn.d."Memo on Political-Practical Activities in Kerala" — schedule of pamphlets, leaflets and song-books issuedCommunist Party of India·
19cn.d."Memo on Political-Practical Activities in Kerala" — meetings, baithaks, signature campaign and propaganda squadsCommunist Party of India·
19dn.d."Memo on Political-Practical Activities in Kerala" — obstruction by police and bureaucracy; the production frontCommunist Party of India·
19en.d.Communist Party of India memorandum on Kerala — students, prevention of hartals and prevention of lootingCommunist Party of India·
19fn.d.Communist Party of India memorandum on Kerala — "Relations with Government (Kerala)"Communist Party of India·
19gn.d.Communist Party of India — "Our Demands" (Kerala)Communist Party of India·
19h1943-01-11"List of Comrades in Jail" — Kerala, 11 January 1943Communist Party of India·
19in.d.Communist Party of India — argument for releasing detained comrades (closing page of a list)Communist Party of India·
19jn.d.Communist Party of India note on Cochin, with demands and list of arrestsCommunist Party of India·
19k1943-01-06Communist Party of India note on Travancore, with list of arrestsCommunist Party of India·
20a1943-03-22 (covering note); the assessment following is Tottenham's, signed 24.3.43 at 20b (D33)Home Department covering note and the Additional Secretary's assessment of P.C. Joshi's memorandumand then the Additional Secretary●
20b1943-03-24 (minutes); the typed note undatedHome Department note on the Communist reports, with Tottenham's minutes of 24 March 1943—●
20cn.d.Intelligence Bureau comments on P.C. Joshi's memorandum—·
20dn.d.Intelligence Bureau comments on P.C. Joshi's memorandum — Jamshedpur, Cawnpore, and the Morazha case—·
211944-06-11 (the letter); page reproduced from a modern printed editionGandhi's letter to P.C. Joshi, 11 June 1944 — printed in The Collected Works of Mahatma GandhiM.K. Gandhi●

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Index of persons

Everyone named in the transcripts, with the documents they appear in.

P.C. JoshiCommunist Party of India — General Secretary
23567810151718a18b18d18f18g18h18i19a19b19c19d19e19f19g19h19i19j19k20a20c20d21
Sir Reginald MaxwellGovernment of India — Home Member
2151718a18b18d18f18g18h18i
Sir Richard TottenhamGovernment of India — Additional Secretary, Home Department
145820a20b
M.K. GandhiIndian National Congress
18f19c19d21
E.M.S. NamboodiripadCommunist Party of India — Kerala
19a19b19f
A.K. GopalanCommunist Party of India — Kerala
19f19h
Chandroth Kunhiraman NairCommunist Party of India — Kerala
19f19h
E. Conran-SmithGovernment of India — Secretary, Home Department (signature reading uncertain)
79
K. DamodaranCommunist Party of India — Kerala
19f19h
K.P. GopalanCommunist Party of India — Kerala
19f19h
K.P.R. GopalanCommunist Party of India — Kerala (Morazha case)
19b20d
Rahul SankrityayanCommunist Party of India — Bihar
914
Sir Stafford CrippsCripps Mission
25
A.K. GhoshCommunist Party of India
9
A.S.K. AyyangarCommunist Party of India
9
B.R. Ambedkar
13
B.T. RanadiveCommunist Party of India
9
C. Achutha MenonCommunist Party of India — Cochin
19j
C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji)Indian National Congress
19c
C. YagnamurthyCommunist Party of India — Cochin
19j
E.K. NayanarCommunist Party of India — Kerala (Kayyur case)
19h
E.P. GopalanCommunist Party of India — Kerala
19h
G.M. AdhikariCommunist Party of India
9
H.D. MalaviyaCommunist Party of India
9
H.K. MazumdarCommunist Party of India
9
H.V.R. IengarGovernment of Bombay — Secretary, Home Department
11
Jan MohammedCommunist Party of India — Cawnpore
18h
Karyanand SharmaKisan leader — Bihar
14
M.N. Govindan NairCommunist Party of India — Travancore
19k
M.P. BhattathiripadCommunist Party of India — Kerala
19b
Mohan KumaramangalamCommunist Party of India — Madras
12
P. JeevanandamCommunist Party of India — Travancore
19k
P. Sundarama ReddiCommunist Party of India
9
P.T. PunnooseCommunist Party of India — Travancore
19k
R.C. SinhaCommunist Party of India
9
R.D. BharadwajCommunist Party of India
9
S.A. DangeCommunist Party of India
9
S.G. PatkarCommunist Party of India
9
S.J.L. OlverGovernment of India — Under Secretary
6
S.K. MukerjeeCommunist Party of India
9
S.S. BatliwalaCommunist Party of India
9
S.S. MirajkarCommunist Party of India
9
S.V. GhateCommunist Party of India
9
Sajjad ZaheerCommunist Party of India
9
Sher JungCommunist Party of India
9
Subhas Chandra BoseForward Bloc
12
Subramanya SharmaCommunist Party of India — Tamilnad, Provincial Committee
15