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Dada spent his twilight years in the 1970s and 1980s in
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in 1918. It became apparent later that he joined both institutions to be able to travel all over the world so he could do some practical learning and gain some first-hand experiences of the world on his own and judge the real-world circumstances for himself. Consequently, he worked at dockyards and
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Dada attended the
International Trade Union (Profintern) Congress as member of the presidium and also attended the 16th Congress of the CPSU in 1930. After his return to Bombay, he was sent to Madras to avoid arrest as still he was wanted in the Meerut Conspiracy Case. He carried on the political
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A seminar was held in
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In 1949, Dada was arrested from the Party office in
Rawalpindi under the Communal Act and released after 15 months. He got re-arrested after a few months from Rawalpindi Kutchery (Rawalpindi court) for organizing the defense of
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jail where Dada wrote the first part of his memoirs. In 1942, he was the last of the
Communists to be released after People’s War thesis. He worked for the Trade Union in Mumbai. He also attended the Natrakona (Mymansingh)
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jail. He had been labeled as the most dangerous individual by the
British authorities. When he was released in 1938, he started open public political activity in Bombay. The left wing of Congress elected him to the
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There is hardly any book available that describes and records for the future generations the experiences of an Indian and events of his time (early 20th century) from a progressive viewpoint. Dada discusses
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During his stay in USA, he was subjected to racist harassment and segregation attitudes when attempting to learn how to fly a plane in
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was the nucleus of his activities. In Lahore, he used to take refuge in the house of a Sufi saint named
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with a science laboratory. These schools were later approved by the government and placed under government control.
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