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Singaravelar chairs first Communist conference at Kanpur

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Singaravelar chairs first Communist conference at Kanpur
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M. Singaravelu, a labour leader from Madras, presided over the founding convention of the Communist Party of India in Kanpur.

Back in 1918 Malayapuram Singaravelu of Madras had set up one of the earliest trade unions in India, and in 1923 he organised the country's first May Day celebration. The Labour Kisan Party of Hindustan was also his creation. Among the founders of the Communist Party of India in 1925, he chaired its first convention at Kanpur. His name had previously figured in the Kanpur Bolshevik Conspiracy case. He stayed a prominent leader of communist and labour politics in the Madras Presidency.

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