36 SOCIAL SCIENTIST If, in spite of all these difficulties, the communists succeeded in securing for themselves a formidable position inside the AITUG within a very short period (1925-28), that speaks highly of their dedication and tenacity of purpose. 1 S A Dange, Collected Works, Vol I, 1974, p 129; Muzaffar Ahmad, Myself and the Communist Party of India (Bengali), Calcutta, National Book Agency, 1977, p 20. 2 Cecil Kaye, Communism in India, 1971, p 20. 3 Demetrio Boersner, The Bolsheviks and the National and Colonial Questions, 1957, p 66. The analysis presented in the manifesto seems to reflect Trotsky's theory of permanent revolution. 4 G Adhikari, Documents of the History of the Communist Party of India, Vol I, New Delhi, People's Publishing House, 1972, p 105. 6 Ibid, p 109. e Ibid,? 152. 7 Ibid, p 154. 8 R H Donaldson, Soviet Policy towards India, 1974, pp 8-9; Sobhanlal Datta Gupta, Comintern and the Colonial Question (Occasional papers No 10), Calcutta, Council of Social Science Research, 1976, p 3. 9 Adhikari, op cit, p 180. 10 Item No. 10 of MN Roy's draft thesis, ibid, pp 186-188. 11 Sobhanlal Datta Gupta (quoted,), op cit, p 10. 12 Ibid, p 10; Alfred Rosmer, Moscow under Lenin, 1972, p 72; H C Encaussc and S R Schram, Marxism and Asia, 1969, pp 150-167. 18 Charles Ashleigh f alias Nanda Lal) was one of the earliest emissaries who arrived in Bombay on September 19, 1922. 14 C Kaye, op cit, p 54. 15 See for example Muzaffar Ahmad, op cit. 16 Ibid. 17 Moni Ghosh, Our Struggle, 1959, p 2. 18 Adhikari, op cit, p 184. 19 Ibid, pp 187-188. 20 The decision to form AITUG was taken at a meeting held in Bombay on July 16, 1920. 21 Adhikari, op cit, pp 207-208. 22 Ibid, p 201. Statement submitted by Wadia to the joint committee of the two Houses of Parliament on Indian reforms, August 12, 1919. 23 Kaye, op cit, p 48. 24 Ibid, p 55. 25 Sanat Bose, "Parties and Politics in Indian Trade Union Movement", Social Scientist, Vol 7, No 12, July 1979. 26 Sukomal Sen, The Indian Working Class, 1977. 27 VB Karnik, Indian Trade Unions, 1966,p 39. The inclusion ofM Singaravelu Ghetti-ar is significant. He was one of the earliest communist leaders. 28 The Trade Union Act was passed in 1926. 29 Burnett-Hurst, Labour and Housing in Bombay, 1925, pp 104-105. 80 AITUC—Fifty Years, Vol I, pp XIII-XIV. See also Sukomal Sen, op cit.