Hare Krishna Konar

Hare Krishna Konar (Bengali: হরেকৃষ্ণ কোঙার, romanized: Harēkr̥ṣṇa kōṅāra, /ˈhɑːrə ˈkrɪʃnə ˈkɔːnɑːr/ ⓘ; 5 August 1915 – 23 July 1974) was an Indian Marxist revolutionary, political theorist, charismatic peasant leader and politician. Konar was a founding member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the figurehead behind India's first land reform, and the chief architect of the West Bengal land distribution. Between the 1960s and 1970s, he became one of the principal leaders of the Communist movements in India. In 1932, due to his involvement in the Begut Robbery Case of the Jugantar Party, Konar was deported to the Cellular Jail of the Andaman for 6 years at the age of 18, there he took part in the first hunger strike and in 1935 he founded the Communist Consolidation and led the historical second hunger strike.

Comrade
Hare Krishna Konar
Konar in 1963
General Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha
In office
1968–1974
PresidentA. K. Gopalan
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byK. Chathunni
Minister of Land and Land Reforms, Government of West Bengal
In office
1969–1970
Chief MinisterAjoy Mukherjee
Preceded byPresident's rule and Himself (as Minister of Land and Land Revenue)
Succeeded byBenoy Choudhury (1977)
Minister of Land and Land Revenue, Government of West Bengal
In office
1967–1967
Chief MinisterAjoy Mukherjee
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byPresident's rule and Himself (as Minister of Land and Land Reforms)
Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
1957–1972
Preceded byBaidyanath Sanyal,
Rash Behari Sen
Succeeded byNurul Islam Molla
ConstituencyKalna
International affiliation
Member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
1960–1974
DirectorWang Jiaxiang
Liu Ningyi
Geng Biao
Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
In office
1960–1974
General SecretaryHo Chi Minh
Lê Duẩn
Deputy Member of the Administrative Committee of the TUIAFPW
In office
1970–1974
General SecretaryClaude Billault
Personal details
Born(1915-08-05)5 August 1915
Kamargoria village, Burdwan, Bengal Presidency, British India
(present-day Kamargoria village, Purba Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India)
Died23 July 1974(1974-07-23) (aged 58)
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Cause of deathCancer
Resting placeSahanagar crematorium
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
(1964–1974)
Communist Party of India
(1938–1964)
Spouse
Biva Konar
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(m. 1941)​
Children3
RelativesBenoy Krishna Konar (brother)
Alma materBangabasi College
Signature
NicknameKesto
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