Dr. Gangadhar Adhikari (Aged 83) a prominent Marxist theoretician and prolific writer, was born on December 8, 1898. He was the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI), one of the oldest political parties in India. Adhikari was also a chemical scientist who earned his Ph.D. degree in Berlin in 1927. During his work at the university laboratory, Einstein came to see him and wanted to ‘have a look’ at the young Indian scientist. Adhikari worked with some of the best scientists, attending lectures by Max Planck and Albert Einstein.
He passed his Intermediate science exams in 1918, topping the entire state, and graduated in 1920. Adhikari was awarded scholarships at every stage of his education. He joined IISc (Indian Institute of Science), Bangalore, as a research scholar, where he was impressed by the achievements of Germany and learned German. He wrote an MSc dissertation on the extraction of salts from barium sulphate, passing MSc without having to appear for a viva. He was one of those rare students who was awarded a Masters degree in absentia.
Adhikari attended his first political meeting in 1918, addressed by Tilak, and also listened to speeches at the Marathi Literary Society established by S. A. Dange and others in the college. He was deeply impressed by Khudiram Bose, Dr R. G. Bhandarkar, and had great regard for scientist J. C. Bose. Adhikari was arrested on March 20, 1929, along with 31 others and lodged in Meerut Jail in the most inhuman conditions.
Adhikari’s position on the national question, published in 1943 under the name ‘Pakistan and Indian National Unity’, was inspired by Joseph Stalin’s Marxism and the National Question, as it stressed the importance of a nationality to share a common language, a defined territory, and a common national consciousness. He compiled the ten-volume ‘Documents of the Communist Party of India’. He passed away on November 21, 1981.
Gangadhar Adhikari
(1898 – 1981) – (Maharashtra)
Dr. Gangadhar Adhikari (Aged 83) a prominent Marxist theoretician and prolific writer, was born on December 8, 1898. He was the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI), one of the oldest political parties in India. Adhikari was also a chemical scientist who earned his Ph.D. degree in Berlin in 1927. During his work at the university laboratory, Einstein came to see him and wanted to ‘have a look’ at the young Indian scientist. Adhikari worked with some of the best scientists, attending lectures by Max Planck and Albert Einstein.
He passed his Intermediate science exams in 1918, topping the entire state, and graduated in 1920. Adhikari was awarded scholarships at every stage of his education. He joined IISc (Indian Institute of Science), Bangalore, as a research scholar, where he was impressed by the achievements of Germany and learned German. He wrote an MSc dissertation on the extraction of salts from barium sulphate, passing MSc without having to appear for a viva. He was one of those rare students who was awarded a Masters degree in absentia.
Adhikari attended his first political meeting in 1918, addressed by Tilak, and also listened to speeches at the Marathi Literary Society established by S. A. Dange and others in the college. He was deeply impressed by Khudiram Bose, Dr R. G. Bhandarkar, and had great regard for scientist J. C. Bose. Adhikari was arrested on March 20, 1929, along with 31 others and lodged in Meerut Jail in the most inhuman conditions.
Adhikari’s position on the national question, published in 1943 under the name ‘Pakistan and Indian National Unity’, was inspired by Joseph Stalin’s Marxism and the National Question, as it stressed the importance of a nationality to share a common language, a defined territory, and a common national consciousness. He compiled the ten-volume ‘Documents of the Communist Party of India’. He passed away on November 21, 1981.
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