Bachcha Munsi

Bachcha Munsi
বাচ্চা মুন্সি
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office 1977–1987
Preceded by	Office created
Succeeded by	Mohammad Mahamuddin
Constituency	Chopra
Personal details
Died	Chopra, West Bengal, India
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Occupation	Politician Revolutionary Communist Leader
Indian independence movement

Bachcha Munsi (Bengali: বাচ্চা মুন্সি) (died October 10, 1987) was an Indian freedom fighter and communist politician who belonged to Communist Party of India Marxist. He was a legendary farmer leader of the Kisan Sabha and an influential figure in the Tebhaga movement in the Dinajpur district of undivided Bengal. He was twice a member of the West Bengal State Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Revolutionary Activities and Biography[]

His real name was Majitullah. He was a heroic freedom fighter. He was a member of the Chopra Vidhan Sabha in 1977 and 1982. He was the son of a poor peasant family and a partner in many groundbreaking movements. In 1939, he jumped into the militant movement in Dinajpur, present day Bangladesh, against the high interest charged by moneylenders. He distributed food among the afflicted people by breaking the stocks of oppressive landlords Debnath Saha and Trilokya Saha in Bonda area during the terrible famine in 1942. Prominent communist leader Comrade M.A. Rasul pseudonymed him Bachcha Munshi to avoid the attention of the British government. This is the name by which he is known. In 1946, at Nilphamari in Rangpur district, Tebhaga's historic resistance was fought under the leadership of fearless Bachcha Munshi and Narayan Barman. His comrade Narayan Barman was martyred in the firing of zamindars. He fled from East Pakistan as there was a warrant in his name and took shelter at the house of Mr. Kalim in Nahargach village of Daspara, Chopra. The first public meeting of the undivided Communist Party was held on 19 November 1956 at Dhwanirhat. That is where the party flag was hoisted for the first time. It was initiated by Bachcha Munshi and his comrades Golam Rabbani and Samsuddin Saheb. The first party unit of Islampur Municipality was formed in March 1957 at Dhwanirhat area.

Electoral History[]

Later life[]

Munsi died on October 10, 1987.

Legacy[]

There are schools named after him, such as Bachcha Munshi Smriti Balika Vidyalay in Chopra's Lalbazar.^[3]

Many leftist party offices are named after him, such as CPIM's party office in Chopra (Bachcha Munshi Bhavan),The DYFI-SFI office (Bachcha Munshi Bhavan) in Raiganj's supermarket and the name of CPIM's zonal party office (Bachcha Munshi Bhavan) in Balurghat are also named in his memory.

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