East Pakistan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist)

East Pakistan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist), a communist party in the erstwhile East Pakistan. The party emerged in 1966, after a split in the Communist Party of East Pakistan. Sukhendu Dastidar became the general secretary of EPCP(M-L).Amin, Md. Nurul. " [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0004-4687%28198607%2926%3A7%3C759%3AMIBTCO%3E2.0.CO%3B2-T Maoism in Bangladesh: The Case of the East Bengal Sarbohara Party] " in Asian Survey, Vol. 26, No. 7. (Jul., 1986), pp. 759-773.]

In 1971, EPCP(M-L) was divided over how to view the Bangladesh Liberation War. Two separate EPCP(M-L)s were formed, one led by Mohammed Toha and one led by Abdul Haque. Toha's EPCP(M-L) evolved into the Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist). [Rashiduzzaman, M. " [http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0004-4687%28197902%2919%3A2%3C191%3AB1SFAP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I Bangladesh 1978: Search for a Political Party] ", in Asian Survey, Vol. 19, No. 2, A Survey of Asia in 1978: Part II. (Feb., 1979), pp. 191-197.] In 1978 Haque's party took the name Revolutionary Communist Party of Bangladesh (Marxist-Leninist). [ [http://banglapedia.search.com.bd/HT/H_0049.htm BANGLAPEDIA: Haque, Abdul ] ]

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