South Asian Oral History
Naxalite Movement
Leaders of the Naxalite movement of India (incl. the former Chief Minister of West Bengal), interviewed by Shahriar Kabir
1. Suniti Kumar Ghosh
2. Souren Basu
3. Monga Rajgonal
4. Kanu Sanyal
5. Azizul Hague
6. Ashim Chatarjee
7. Shoibal Mitra
8. Panjab Rao
9. Santosh Rana
10. Khokan Majumdar
11. Vashkar Nandi
12. Khodanlal Mallik
13. Sumanta Banerjee
14. Krishnabhakta Sharma
15. Mujibar Rahman
16. Asit Bhattacharya
17. Raghunath Biswakarmakar
18. Utpalendu Chakraborty
19. Suresh Biswas
20. Ajit Pandey
21. Anita Majumdar
22. Siddharta Shankar Ray (former Chief Minister of West Bengal)
23. Shanti Munda
24. K.G. Kannabiren
25. Mohammad Tajuddin Khan
26. Phani Bagchi
27. Saifuddin
28. Janojoar
29. Arun Prakash Mukherjee
30. Prasad Bose
31. Varvara Rao
Interviews with the Naxalite leaders & activists on the Naxalite Movement and on Comrade Charu Majumdar (44 cassettes)
- Comrade Suniti Kumar Ghosh, ex CC member of CPI (M-L), close associate of Charu Majumdar. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Calcutta on 23.12.96, Bengali (GC8/160)
- Comrade Souren Basu, ex CC member of CPI (M-L), and comrade Monga Rajgonal (local leader), both close associates of Charu Majumdar. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Shiligari on 18/12/1996 and 20/12/1996, Bengali (GC8/154-155)
- Comrade Kanu Sanyal, ex CC member of CPI (M-L), close associate of Charu Majumdar. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Bogdogra, Shiligari on 20.12.96, Bengali (GC8/149-151)
- Comrade Azizul Hague, ex-Naxalite leader, writer & columnist. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Calcutta on 17.12.96, Bengali (GC8/152-153)
- Comrade Ashim Chatarjee, ex CC member of CPI (M-L), close associate of Charu Majumdar. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Calcutta on 17.12.96, Bengali (GC8/156-157)
- Comrade Shoibal Mitra, ex-president Calcutta University Students Union, writer & college teacher. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Calcutta on 22.12.96, Bengali (GC8/159)
- Comrade Panjab Rao of Naxalbari, close associate of Charu Majumdar & Kanu Sanyal and Souren Basu. Anita, Mohumita and Abhijeet Majumdar, children of Charu Majumdar. This tape starts with the landscape of Naxalbari, statues of Charu Majumdar & others. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Naxalbari, Shiligari on 19.12.96, Bengali (GC8/158)
- Comrade Santosh Rana, Naxalite leader, former MLA and writer. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Calcutta on 9.4.97, Bengali (GC8/186)
- Comrade Khokan Majumdar, close associate of Charu Majumdar. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Naxalbari, Shiliari on 14.4.97, Bengali (GC8/182-183)
- Comrade Vashkar Nandi, Naxalite leader. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Jalpaiguri on 16.4.97, Bengali (GC8/180-181)
- Comrade Khodanlal Mallick, associate of Charu Majumdar. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Naxalbari, on 15.4.97, Bengali (GC8/189)
- Journalist Sumanta Banerjee, former Naxalite activist, writer of a couple of books on the Naxalite movement. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Delhi, on 9.1.97, Bengali (GC8/185)
- Comrade Krishnabhakta Sharma, close associate of Charu Majumdar, went to China in the late sixties with a secret mission. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Naxalbari, on 17.4.97, Bengali. This tape also contains the interview of late Naxalite leader Jangal Saotak's wife Nilmony. (GC8/190)
- Comrade Mujibar Rahman, associate of Charu Majumdar, local leader. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, at Charu Majumdar's residence in Shiligari on 19.4.97, Bengali (GC8/187)
- Comrade Asit Bhattacharya & comrade Raghunath Biswa Karmakar, local leaders. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, at Charu Majumdar's residence in Shiligari on 19.4.97, Bengali (GC8/188)
- Filmmaker Utpalendu Chakrabarty, ex-Naxalite activist, writer. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Calcutta on 7.4.97, Bengali (GC8/184)
- Mass Singer Suresh Biswas, former Naxalite activist. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Calcutta on 12.4.97, Bengali (GC8/179)
- Singer Ajit Pandey, former Naxalite activist, ex MLA. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Calcutta on 20.4.97, Bengali (GC8/177)
- Anita Majumdar, eldest daughter of Charu Majumdar. Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, at Charu Majumdar's residence in Shiligari on 19.12.96, Bengali (GC8/165)
- Siddharta Shankar Ray, former Chief Minister of West Bengal (during the Naxalite insurgency & the Bangladesh Liberation War) Interviewed by Shahriar Kabir, in Calcutta on 23.12.96, Bengali.
- Songs on the Naxalite movement sang by Anita, Modhumita, Abhijeet Majumdar & Debashish. Recorded by Shahriar Kabir, at Charu Majumdar's residence in Shiligari on 16.4.97, Bengali (GC8/178)
- Discussion on Comrade Charu Majumdar's 25th Death Anniversary held at Calcutta University Students Hall on 28.7.97. Recorded by Shahriar Kabir (GC8/206-208)
- Kanu Sanyal on his China visit and Shanti Munda (local Naxalite womanleader and close associate of Kanu Sanyal) on the Naxalite movement; interviewed on 23.7.97 at Hatighisha in Naxalbari Shiliguri, India (2 tapes) (GC8/327-328)
- Advocate K.G. Kannabiren, president People's Union for Civil Liberties, on Naxalite movement in Andhra Pradesh; interviewed on 13.10.97 in Sekandrabad (BG GC8/334)
- Mohammad Tajuddin Khan, president Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberteis Committee Hydrabad, on Naxalite movement in Andhra Pradesh; interviewed on 13.10.97 (GC8/336)
- Phani Bagchi, general secretary CPI (M-L) Reddy Group, on Naxalite movement of India; interviewed on 2.5.99 in Calcutta, India (GC8/344)
- Saifuddin, General-Secretary West Bengal State Committee of CPI (M-L) N.D.; interviewed on 25.4.99 in Calcutta, India (GC8/348)
- Janojoar, a cultural group of Naxalites of Hawrah, West-Bengal, India (29/07/1997) (GC8/674)
- Arun Prakash Mukherjee, ex S.P. Darjeeling, Mizoram on the Naxalite Movement (interviewed in Calcutta, 07/05/1999)(GC8/676-678)
- Prasad Bose, ex-IGP West Bengal on the Naxalite Movement (interviewed in Calcutta, 08/05/1999) (BG GC8/694)
- Comrade Varvara Rao, poet and activist on the Naxalite Movement in Andhra Pradesh (interviewed in Hyderabad by Shahriar Kabir & Abhijid Majumdar, 16/10/1997) (BG GC8/696)