East Pakistan Communist Party (Marxist–Leninist)

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East Pakistan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist), a communist party in the erstwhile East Pakistan. The party emerged in 1966, after a split in the Communist Party of East Pakistan. Sukhendu Dastidar became the general secretary of EPCP(M-L).[1]

In 1971, EPCP(M-L) was divided over how to view the Bangladesh Liberation War. Two separate EPCP(M-L)s were formed, one led by Mohammed Toha and one led by Abdul Haque. Toha's EPCP(M-L) evolved into the Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist).[2]In 1978 Haque's party took the name Revolutionary Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist).[3]

References

  1. ^ Amin, Md. Nurul. Maoism in Bangladesh: The Case of the East Bengal Sarbohara Party in Asian Survey, Vol. 26, No. 7. (Jul., 1986), pp. 759-773.
  2. ^ Rashiduzzaman, M. Bangladesh 1978: Search for a Political Party, in Asian Survey, Vol. 19, No. 2, A Survey of Asia in 1978: Part II. (Feb., 1979), pp. 191-197.
  3. ^ BANGLAPEDIA: Haque, Abdul