12 Facts About Anuradha Ghandy

Anuradha Ghandy was an Indian communist, writer, and revolutionary leader.

Anuradha Ghandy was a Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India.

Anuradha Ghandy was one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India, in Maharashtra.

Anuradha Ghandy made the guerillas realise the potential of worker cooperatives in areas like agricultural production, in Dandakaranya.

Anuradha Ghandy was critical on shifting patriarchal ideas that were then dominant in the party.

Anuradha Ghandy was born to an older generation of communists, Ganesh and Kumud Shanbag, who were married in the CPI office in Mumbai.

Anuradha Ghandy's brother, Sunil Shanbag, is a progressive Mumbai-based playwright, writing left-wing revolutionary plays.

Anuradha Ghandy was one of the leading communist figures in post-Emergency India, when the Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights was founded.

Anuradha Ghandy was arrested a number of times around this time, after which she went underground.

In November 1983, Anuradha Shanbag married Kobad Ghandy, a Naxalite like herself.

Anuradha Ghandy died of causes related to falciparum malaria on 12 April 2008.

Anuradha Ghandy died at the age of 54 on April 12,2008.