UNDER THE BANNER OF STALIN – Ajoy Ghosh & the CPI’s response to the CPSU’s Resolution on Stalin’s Cult of Personality

On February 25, 1956, under the pretext of combating the manifestations of personality cult within the Soviet Communist Party the new leadership of the CPSU with NS Khrushchov at the helm, denounced Stalin from the restrum of the XX Congress. This triggered tremendous reaction in the international communist circuit-of which the Communist Party of India was an integral port. The then CPI-secretary Ajay Ghosh, who was also a close associate of Bhagat Singh, faced the situation boldly and stood against this Khrushchovite onslaught. He tried to offer a solid defence of Stalin and raised several questions against the CPSU leadership. The present volume compiles Ghosh’s views on this particular episode-expressed in the form of articles, letters, reports and speeches

Ajoy Ghosh (1909-1962) was an Indian freedom fighter and a prominent leader of the Communist Party of India. He was the General Secretary of the CP from 1951101962

Grover C. Furr II (1944) is an American professor of Medieval English literature at Montclair State University. He has published several books and papers about Soviet history, especially the Stalinera

Basu Acharya (1982) is a social activist and political commentator hased in West Bengal, India. He has published several books on the history of Indian communist movement.