Acknowledgements vi
Introduction 1
1 Chatto and His Crusade against the Empire 5
2 Abani Mukherjee: A Pioneering Indian Communist Revolutionary 34
3 G. A. K. Luhani: An Indian émigré Revolutionary and Comintern Activist 61
4 Khusi Muhammad, Abdul Qayyum, and Abdullah Safdar: Hijrat Activists Turned Revolutionaries 72
5 Muhammad Nisar: Soviet Indologist and a Victim of the Great Purge 83
6 The Great Purge (1936–1938) 86
Bibliography 111
Index 117
Biography
Pratyay Banerjee is an English language teacher. Interested in foreign language learning, the author studied Japanese language at the School of Languages, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. The author received his doctoral degree from the Faculty of Arts, Jadavpur University in 2020. The following are some of the publications of the author: “Representation of Japanese Women of the Early Twentieth Century in Bangla Travelogues on Japan”, Summer Hill (IIAS Review), Vol.XXVII, No. 1 (Summer 2021). “Japan in the Context of Popularization of Technical Education during the Swadeshi Age”, The Quarterly Review of Historical Studies, Sl.No. 90, UGC Journal No. 40852, qrhs, his, (April 2018–September 2018). Japan and Bengal Exchange and Encounter.
