This work reveals the lives, geographies, and anti-colonial struggles of Indian revolutionaries and how they sought to remake the world. Driven by the utopian dreams of Communist Internationalism, Indian communists yearned for a revolutionary upheaval that would overthrow European imperialisms and radically transform their societies and the world. In doing so, they joined millions around the world equally invested in the transformative project of Communist Internationalism, by far one of the largest, and most radical, anti-colonial projects of the twentieth century. I present this global story from the vantage point of South Asia from the 1910s to the 1950s.
Ali Raza, Associate Professor, is a historian of South Asia at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). His research and teaching interests include the social and intellectual history of South Asia, comparative colonialisms, 20th century internationalisms, and decolonization. Raza’s work has appeared in Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East; South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies; Itinerario; South Asian History and Culture; and Contemporary South Asia. He is the co-editor of "The Internationalist Moment: South Asia, Worlds, and World Views, 1917-39" (Sage, 2014) and the author of +Revolutionary Pasts: Communist Internationalism in Colonial India" (Cambridge, 2020; Folio Books 2021; Tulika Books 2022).
