Philip Spratt

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Philip Spratt, a British communist sent by Communist International (Comintern), based in Moscow, to spread Communism in India, later became a friend and colleage of M.N. Roy, founder of the Communist parties in Mexico and India, and along with him became an anti-communist activist [http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article285.html M N Roy] Mainstream, Vol XLV, No 35.] .

He was among the first architects of Communist Party of India, who was among the chief accused in the Meerut Conspiracy Case, and was arrested on March 20 1929 and imprisoned [http://www.wcml.org.uk/internat/meerut1.htm "Working Class Movement Library" "Meerut Conspiracy Trial"] ] [ [http://pd.cpim.org/2007/0819/08192007_jyoti%20basu.htm ROLE OF THE COMMUNISTS] "60 Years Of Our Independence And The Left: Some Thoughts" - Jyoti Basu, "Communist Party of India (Marxist)" official website."We should remember the contribution of communists Rajani Palme Dutt (RPD), Clemens Dutt, Philip Spratt and Ben Bradley."] .

Through his reading during his time in jail and subsequent marriage to an Indian woman, Philip Spratt then renounced Communism, and was among the lone voices against the well-intentioned fashionable leftist policies of Nehru and Indian government. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=MUeyUhVGIDMC&pg=PA280&lpg=PA280&dq=%22Philip+Spratt%22+communist&source=web&ots=vU8K33PaVw&sig=RZiIDb9Az0mO8UqVMXh6xx5vmV4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result Renounced communism..] "Jawaharlal Nehru:A Biography", by Sankar Ghose, Allied Publishers, 1993, ISBN 8170233690. page 280. ] he also became the editor of MysIndia, a pro-American weekly.

Further reading

* [http://www.voiceofdharma.com/books/gagon/for.htm Foreword by Philip Spratt] "New Orientation: Lectures Delivered at the Political Study Camp Held at Dehra Dun from May 8th to 18th, 1946".Calcutta, Renaissance Publishers. 1946.

References

* Guha, Ramchandra: India after Gandhi
* Communist International

External links

* http://www.voiceofdharma.com/books/gagon/ch01.htm
* http://www.antiqbook.com/boox/hur/003514.shtml