young Patriots moved by the urge to free the motherland from colonial bandage inspired by the October revolution formed the party to fight for national independence On December 26, 1925, a few ardent young patriots moved by the urge to free the motherland from colonial bo***ge, inspired by the Great October Socialist Revolution and fired with revolutionary zeal, braved imperialist persecution and
came together in the city of Kanpur, to form the COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA with a view to fight for national independence and a future of socialism. The birth of the CPI was the result of tremendous historical developments at home and abroad. The WORKERS, PEASANTS, MIDDLE CLASSES, and STUDENTS had been roused to new levels of consciousness and action. The Communist Party of India is the political party of the Indian working class. It is a voluntary organization of workers, peasants, toiling people in general, intelligentsia, and others devoted to the cause of socialism and communism. The Communist Party of India remains firmly wedded to the goal of a just socialist society in which equal opportunities for all cpi website-http://cpi.org.in/