Moni Singh (28 June 1901, Durgapur Upazila, Netrokona

Durgapur Upazila, Netrokona

Durgapur is an Upazila of Netrokona District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh.-Geography:Durgapur is located at . It has 32245 units of house hold and total area 293.42 km². Durgapur Upazila is such a unique place where river of clean water, hills, sands make a heavenly natural...

 – 31 December 1990, Dhaka

Dhaka

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) was the founder of the Communist Party of East Pakistan. Prior to the partition of India

Partition of India

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 in August 1947, Singh was a successful workers' leader who led movements to abolish exploitative labour practices. He was imprisoned for long stretches on three occasions: 1930-37, 1967–69, and 1969-71. He was first elected CP head in 1951, when Bangladesh was part of Pakistan, and led it with one short interruption until his death. After the Sino-Soviet split

Sino-Soviet split

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, Singh took the side of the Soviets

Soviet Union

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. Because of this, the party split in 1966.

His autobiography, entitled Jiban Sangram, was first published in the Bengali language

Bengali language

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 in 1983. It was translated into English

English language

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with the title Life is a Struggle (ISBN 81-7007-081-3) in 1988.