Monday, November 15, 2010

Congress Socialist Party 
- In 1934, the Congress Socialist Party was formed within the Indian National Congress.
- The Congress Socialist Party was formed due to the efforts of Acharya Narendra Dev, Jay Parkash Narayan and Dr. Lohia.
 
- This party mainly worked for the peasants.
 
d: Other Parties dominated by Socialist Ideology:
 
- Communist Party under the leadership of Comrade Dange also favoured a socialist direction to the independence movement of India.
 
- Radical Humanist Party of Manvendra Nath Roy also favoured a socialist agenda for the future independent India.
 
- The Leftist Parties played a major role in leaving a great influence of socialist ideology on the mind of the Indian youth of earlier 20th century.
 
- As a result of Congress Socialist Party and the Leftist parties, the national independence movement was influenced by the socialist thought.
 
e: Contribution of the Socialist Ideology to the National Movement:
- The issues like the agricultural labourers, socialist economy, equitable distribution of wealth, communization of means of production etc became important issue even before the independence of India.
 
- The issues raised by the socialist ideology became the inseparable part of the manifesto of the Indian National Congress and played a major role in deciding the policies of the Independent India.
 

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