S. V. Ghate

Sachchidanand Vishnu Ghate, also known as S.V. Ghate,[1] was a freedom fighter and first General Secretary of the Communist Party of India.[2][3]

Early life

Ghate was one of the founders of the Communist Party of India. He was also active in the Bombay trade union movement in the 1920s and was jailed in the Meerut Conspiracy Case in 1929.[4]

Portrait of 25 of the Meerut Prisoners taken outside the jail. Back row (left to right): K. N. Sehgal, S. S. Josh, H. L. Hutchinson, Shaukat Usmani, B. F. Bradley, A. Prasad, P. Spratt, G. Adhikari. Middle Row: Radharaman Mitra, Gopen Chakravarti, Kishori Lal Ghosh, L. R. Kadam, D. R. Thengdi, Goura Shanker, S. Bannerjee, K. N. Joglekar, P. C. Joshi, Muzaffar Ahmed. Front Row: M. G. Desai, D. Goswami, R.S. Nimbkar, S.S. Mirajkar, S.A. Dange, S.V. Ghate, Gopal Basak.
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References
  1. Ghate, Sachchidanand Vishnu (July 29, 1971). "S. V. Ghate: Our First General Secretary: A Memorial Volume". Communist Party Publication – via Google Books.
  2. "Remembering S.V. Ghate - Mainstream Weekly". www.mainstreamweekly.net.
  3. "Kanpur Communist Conference (December 1926)". Communist Party of India (Marxist). April 28, 2015.
  4. Windmiller, Marshall (July 29, 2011). "Communism in India". University of California Press – via Google Books.
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