Communism in Punjab and The Ghadar Party in Russia with Professor Ali Raza

Hi, I’m Sukhraj Singh from Sikh Archive and welcome to the 51st episode of our Podcast series of conversations with historians, authors, academics, researchers and activists on topics related to their areas of expertise on Sikh or Panjabi history. In this episode, we are joined by Ali Raza, who is a historian specializing in the history of modern South Asia from the Lahore University of Management Sciences. His research and teaching interests include the social and intellectual history of South Asia, comparative colonialisms, decolonization, and post-colonial theory. Today we will be discussing his work on the communist internationalism in Colonial India, in particular the establishment of the Ghadar Party, their role with the Communist Party as well as their connection with Moscow. We also take a close look at the Kirti Kisan Party in Punjab and the evolution of this movement after independence.

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Communism in Punjab and The Ghadar Party in Russia with Professor Ali Raza is an episode from SikhArchive by Sukhraj Singh.

This episode is 01:07:54 long.

This episode was published on Aug 17, 2022.

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