V.D. Chitale
V.D. Chitale | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Kasba Peth | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Vishnu Damodar Chitale 4 January 1906 |
| Died | 1961 |
| Political party | Communist Party of India |
Vishnu Damodar Chitale (1906–1961) was an Indian freedom fighter, nationalist and prominent leader of the
Poona city.[1] He was a staunch opponent of British imperialism in India. He was also a Sanskrit scholar.[2]
Chitale was born on 4 January 1906.Salt Satyagraha. He was also elected a member of the All India Congress Committee.[4]
At the 1940 Ramgarh session of the Indian National Congress, Chitale and fellow communist delegate
K.M. Ashraf proposed an amendment to the main resolution, calling for 'immediate launching of the struggle' for independence and rejecting any compromise with British rule.[5]
Chitale led the third 1955
satyagrah to Goa, leading a thousand volunteers in a march to demand integration of Portuguese-controlled Goa with India.[6][7][8][9] Portuguese military forces opened fire, injuring Chitale among many others.[9][10]
Chitale was elected to the
Kasba Peth constituency.[11] He was part of the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti bloc in the Legislative Assembly.[1] He died in 1961.[3][1]
References
- ^ a b c V. M. Sirsikar (1965). Political Behaviour in India: A Case Study of the 1962 General Elections. Manaktalas. pp. 51, 117.
- ^ Communist Party of India. Congress (1964). Proceedings of the ... Congress of the Communist Party of India. The Party. p. 210.
- ^ a b Library of Congress (1965). Subject Catalog. The Library. p. 167.
- ISBN 9788174831002.
- ^ Marshall Windmiller (2011). Communism in India. University of California Press. pp. 182–. GGKEY:NSY99CAKNFU.
- ^ Leo Lawrence (1963). Nehru Seizes Goa. Pageant Press. p. 74.
- ISBN 9788192027135.
- ^ Current Events. July 1960. p. 58.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-333-93689-4.
- ^ Goa Today. Goa Publications. 1980. p. 13.
- ^ India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (1957). India, a Reference Annual. Research and Reference Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. p. 596.