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India Freedom Fighters' Organisation A Guide to the Microfiche Edition of Political Pamphlets from the Indian Subcontinent Part 5: Political Parties, Special Interest Groups, and Indian Internal Politics UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA A Guide to the Microfiche Edition of POLITICAL PAMPHLETS FROM THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT PART 5: POLITICAL PARTIES, SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, AND INDIAN INTERNAL POLITICS Editorial Adviser Granville Austin Guide compiled by Daniel Lewis A microfiche project of UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA An Imprint of CIS 4520 East-West Highway • Bethesda, MD 20814-3389 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Indian political pamphlets [microform] microfiche Accompanied by printed guide. Includes bibliographical references. Content: pt. 1. Political Parties and Special Interest Groups—pt. 2. Indian Internal Politics—[etc.]—pt. 5. Political Parties, Special Interest Groups, and Indian Internal Politics ISBN 1-55655-829-5 (microfiche) 1. Political parties—India. I. UPA Academic Editions (Firm) JQ298.A1 I527 2000 <MicRR> 324.254—dc20 89-70560 CIP Copyright © 2000 by University Publications of America. All rights reserved. ISBN 1-55655-829-5. ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................................................................. vii Source Note ............................................................................................................................. xi Reference Bibliography Series 1. Political Parties and Special Interest Groups Organization Accession # Advocates’ Association of Western India 2245 ................................... 1 All India Congress Committee, Indian National Congress 2246–2300 ......................... 1 All India Freedom Fighters’ Organisation 2301 ................................... 6 All India Kisan Sabha 2302–2303 ......................... 6 All India Kisan Sammelan 2304–2305 ......................... 6 All India Trade Union Congress 2306–2309 ......................... 6 All India Youth Federation 2310 ................................... 7 Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee 2311 ................................... 7 Arya Samaj 2312 ................................... 7 Azad Hind Party 2313 ................................... 7 Bharatiya Jana Sangh 2314–2320 ......................... 7 Bharatiya Janata Party 2321–2361 ......................... 7 Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan 2362–2363 ......................... 11 Bhartiya Mazdoor Sangh 2364 ................................... 11 Citizens for Democracy 2365–2366 ......................... 11 City Congress Committee 2367 ................................... 11 Committee for National Conventions 2368 ................................... 12 Communist Party of East Pakistan (Bangladesh) 2369–2370 ......................... 12 Communist Party of India 2371–2686 ......................... 12 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2687–2711 ......................... 34 Congress Forum for Socialist Action 2712–2713 ......................... 36 Congress Party in Parliament, Indian National Congress 2714–2718 ......................... 36 Congress Socialist Forum 2719–2720 ......................... 37 Congress Study Circle 2721 ................................... 37 Democratic Vigilance Committee 2722 ................................... 37 Forum of Free Enterprise 2723–2736 ......................... 37 Forum of National Affairs 2737 ................................... 38 Friends of Democracy 2738 ................................... 38 Fundamental Rights Front 2739 ................................... 38 Golden Tobacco Company Limited 2740 ................................... 38 Hindu Mahasabha 2741–2750 ......................... 38 Indian Association for Afro-Asian Solidarity 2751 ................................... 39 Indian Association of Parliamentarians for Problems of Population and Development 2752 ................................... 39 iii Indian National Congress 2753–2772 ......................... 39 Indian National Trade Union Congress 2773 ................................... 41 International Confederation of Free Trade Unions 2774 ................................... 41 Jammu and Kashmir National Conference 2775–2776 ......................... 41 Janata Party 2777–2783 ......................... 41 Karnataka Legal Aid Board 2784 ................................... 41 Kerala Democratic Front 2785 ................................... 41 Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee 2786 ................................... 42 Khet Mazdoor Union 2787 ................................... 42 Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee 2788 ................................... 42 Mazdoor Shiksha Kendra 2789 ................................... 42 National Democratic Alliance 2790 ................................... 42 National Democrats 2791 ................................... 42 National Marxist Association of India 2792–2796 ......................... 42 National Socialist Congress 2797 ................................... 43 New Wave Society 2798 ................................... 43 People’s Union for Civil Liberties 2799–2804 ......................... 43 Permanent Secretariat of Afro-Asian Solidarity 2805 ................................... 43 Praja Socialist Party 2806–2817 ......................... 43 Radical Democratic Party 2818–2819 ......................... 44 Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh 2820–2826 ......................... 44 Sind Provincial Congress Committee 2827 ................................... 45 Socialist Congressman 2828 ................................... 45 Socialist Party 2829–2839 ......................... 45 Socialist Society of Bombay 2840 ................................... 45 Society for the Defence of Freedom in Asia 2841 ................................... 46 Standard-Vacuum Oil Company 2842 ................................... 46 Swatantra Party 2843–2846 ......................... 46 Vanarai: People’s Movement for Green India 2847–2851 ......................... 46 Series 2. Research Institutes, Universities and Other Organizations Afro-Asian Convention on Tibet and Against Colonialism in Asia and Africa 2852 ................................... 47 Aligarh Muslim University 2853 ................................... 47 Bangalore University 2854 ................................... 47 The Bar Council of India Trust 2855 ................................... 47 Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute 2856 ................................... 47 Center for Research in Rural and Industrial Development 2857 ................................... 47 Centre for Development Studies and Activities 2858–2859 ......................... 47 De Nobili College 2860 ................................... 47 Delhi School of Economics 2861–2862 ......................... 47 Democratic Research Service 2863–2866 ......................... 48 Foreign Relations Society of India 2867 ................................... 48 Harold Laski Institute of Political Science 2868–2985 ......................... 48 Indian History Congress 2986 ................................... 57 Indian Renaissance Institute 2987–2988 ......................... 57 Indian School of International Studies 2989 ................................... 57 Indo-Soviet Co-operation in the Field of Culture 2990 ................................... 57 Indo-Soviet Cultural Society of India 2991 ................................... 57 Institute of Political and Social Studies 2992–2994 ......................... 57 Institute of Public Enterprise 2995 ................................... 57 Jayaprakash Foundation 2996 ................................... 57 National Academy 2997 ................................... 58 iv National Institute of Community Development 2998 ................................... 58 Osmania University 2999 ................................... 58 Peace and Socialism 3000 ................................... 58 Press Institute of India, Press Information Bureau 3001 ................................... 58 Sri Venkateswara University 3002 ................................... 58 Sulakhani Devi Mahajan Trust 3003–3004 ......................... 58 Series 3. Indian Internal Politics and Miscellaneous Government of India 3005–3038 ......................... 59 Government of Bengal 3039 ................................... 61 Government of Bombay 3040–3041 ......................... 61 Government of Karnataka 3042–3051 ......................... 61 Government of Kerala 3052–3054 ......................... 62 Government of Maharashtra 3055 ................................... 62 Government of Uttar Pradesh 3056 ................................... 62 Government of West Bengal 3057 ................................... 62 Government of Jammu and Kashmir 3058 ................................... 62 Government of Madras 3059 ................................... 62 Government of Afghanistan 3060–3061 ......................... 63 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) 3062–3063 ......................... 63 Miscellaneous Pamphlets 3064–3135 ......................... 63 Author Index ............................................................................................................................ 69 Title Index ................................................................................................................................99 v INTRODUCTION Scholars of post-independence Indian history, politics, and culture will welcome University Publications of America’s latest microfiche edition of Political Pamphlets from the Indian Subcontinent. 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