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DANGE, SHRI S.
A., Comm., (Maharashtra-Bombay Central South, 1967):
s. of Shri Amrit
Raghunath Dange; b. at Bombay, October 10, 1899 ; m. Shrimati Ushabai
Dange, August 5, 1927; 2 d.; Social
and Political Worker; left studies and
Joined non-cooperative movement in 1920; was Editor
"Socialist" (Publish Weekly), 1922-24; Member, Bombay
Legislative Assembly, 1946-51; spent about sixteen years in
jail in connection, inter alia, with the Kanpur Conspiracy Case (1924-27),
Meerut Conspiracy Case (1929-35) anti-war activities (1939-43) and Bombay
State Linguistic Agitation (1956); Founder-Member of the Communist Movement
in India from 1922 onwards; Founder-Member of A.I.T.U.C., 1920; Member,
Second Lok Sabha, 1957-62.
Favourite pastime and recreation:
Cricket.
Special interests:
History and economics.
Publications:
Gandhi vs. Lenin, Hell Found, Literature
and People, India-From Primitive Communism to Slavery.
Travels abroad:
All over Europe, including U.S.S.R.,
China.
Permanent address:
Kohinoor Road, Dadar, Bombay-14.
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