The Communist Party emerged in 1920 in different parts of India. It took inspiration from the Bolshevik revolution in Russia. It supported socialism. The Communist Party was primarily modern, secular and also authoritarian. The party also wanted radical nature of Congress but went through violence to achieve its aims. After independence, the party thought that the transfer of power in 1947 was not true independence and encouraged violent uprisings in Telangana. The communists failed to generate popular support for their position and were crushed by the armed forces. This forced them to rethink their position. In 1951 the Communist Party abandoned the path of violent revolution and decided to participate in the approaching general elections.
The principles of the party were as follows:
a. It worked for proportional representation in the government.
b. This party followed communist ideology in various policies.
c. It emphasised on a control over electronic mass media by an autonomous body or corporation.
The important leaders of CPI were A.K. Gopalan, S.A. Dange, E.M.S. Namboodiripad, P.C. Joshi, Ajay Ghosh etc.
