What was the Dutt-Bradley thesis?
- A.The Working Committee of the Indian National Congress decided that Congress should play a crucial role in realising the independence of India
- B.The Socialist party decided to play foremost part in anti-imperialist struggle
- C.Revolutionary socialist Batukeshwar Dutt put forth a ten-point plan to work for the success of anti-imperialist front
- D.It was a Communist party document, according to which the National Congress could play a great part and a foremost part in realising the anti-imperialist people's front
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The correct answer is D. The Dutt-Bradley thesis was a communist document which held that the Indian National Congress could play a great and foremost part in building an anti-imperialist people's front.
It was written in 1936 by Rajani Palme Dutt and Ben Bradley, leaders of the Communist Party of Great Britain, following the Comintern's new line of popular fronts against fascism. It asked Indian communists to give up their hostility to the Congress and work inside it, together with the Congress Socialist Party, to strengthen the national movement. As a result many communists joined the Congress and the CSP in the late 1930s.
A is wrong: the thesis was not a decision of the Congress Working Committee.
B is wrong: it was not issued by the Socialist party.
C is wrong: the Dutt in its name is Rajani Palme Dutt, not Batukeshwar Dutt.
Exam tip: Dutt-Bradley thesis, 1936, R. P. Dutt and Ben Bradley, communists to work through the Congress in a united front.
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