B. T. Ranadive | |
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| General Secretary,Communist Party of India | |
| In office 1948–1950 | |
| Preceded by | Puran Chand Joshi |
| Succeeded by | Chandra Rajeswara Rao |
| President, Center of Indian Trade Unions | |
| In office 1970–1990 | |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | E. Balanandan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1904-12-19)19 December 1904 |
| Died | 6 April 1990(1990-04-06) (aged 85) |
| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) (1964–1990), Communist Party of India (before 1964) |
| Relatives | Ahilya Rangnekar (sister) |
| Occupation | Freedom fighter, leader |
| Known for | Co-founder of Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Bhalchandra Trimbak Ranadive (/rɑːnəˈdiːveɪ/; 19 December 1904 – 6 April 1990), popularly known asBTR, was an Indiancommunist politician and trade union leader.
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He was elder brother ofAhilya Rangnekar, a CPI-M leader and 6th Lok Sabha member fromMumbai North Central (Lok Sabha constituency). They belonged to aChandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu(CKP) family but Ranadive, a brilliant student, would teach Dalit students in his spare time.[1][2][3][4]
Ranadive completed his studies in 1927, obtaining an M.A. degree with distinction and in 1928 he joined the clandestineCommunist Party of India. In the same year he became a major leader of theAll India Trade Union Congress inBombay. He was active with the Girini Kamgar Union of the textile workers inBombay and with the struggles of the railway workers. He became the secretary of the GIP Railwaymen's Union. In 1939, he married Vimal, a trade union activist.
In 1943 he was elected to the central committee of the party. In February 1946 Ranadive played a major role in organizing a general strike in support of theNaval ratings revolt.
At its2nd Party Congress held inCalcutta in February, 1948 the party elected Ranadive in place ofP.C. Joshi as its general secretary.[5] Ranadive was the general secretary of CPI 1948–1950. During that period the party was engaged inrevolutionary uprisings, such as theTelangana armed struggle. In 1950 Ranadive was deposed, and denounced by the party as a "left adventurist".
In 1956, at the 4th Party Congress inPalghat BTR was again included in the Central Committee. He became a leading figure of the leftist section of the CC.
At the time of theIndo-China border conflict in 1962, Ranadive was one of many prominent communist leaders jailed by the government. In 1964 he became one of the main leaders ofCommunist Party of India (Marxist).
At the founding conference of theCentre of Indian Trade Unions inCalcutta May 28–31 1970, Ranadive was elected president.
The central building ofCITU inNew Delhi is named after him—BTR Bhavan.
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Ahilya Rangnekar was born in Pune in 1922 in a Chandrasena Kayastha Prabhu family. Her father Trimbak Ranadive was deeply influenced by the social reformers of his times...(she was a trained classical singer, and had a lovely voice which she had often used in street performances to sell the Party paper on Bombay's streets along with her more well-known brother, the radical communist leader and trade union fighter, B T Ranadive
{{cite magazine}}:Cite magazine requires|magazine= (help)She strongly believed that Ranadivés had an obligation to fight for social justice because of their caste (the Hindu designation of social rank). The family is Kshatriya—born to be warriors and rulers
{{cite magazine}}:Cite magazine requires|magazine= (help)Finally, when asked about his memories of his grand uncle, the late Indian communist leader BT Ranadivé, he says laughing, "I know he wanted to make people's lives better, which is what I also want to do, but in a different way."
My family was from the Chandrasena Kayastha Prabhu community, popularly called the CKP community, from which a large number of the social reformers came." Ahilya recalls an event that took place in Malad, where a big satyagraha was organized against untouchability. "My father, although a government servant, gave this campaign all his support.My brother B.T. Ranadive, who was a brilliant student, used to tutor dalit boys when he was at University,...
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