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| name = All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation
| abbreviation = AIPSO
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| headquarters = Munshi Niketan, Flat No. 16, 2nd Floor
1/10B Asaf Ali Road, [[New Delhi]] 110002, [[India]]
| leader_title = General Secretary
| leader_name = Pallab Sengupta
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The '''All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation''' is an organization in India promoting peace, solidarity and friendship between peoples. AIPSO was founded in 1951 and is a member of the [[World Peace Council]].<ref name="KoniecznaSkinner2019"/> As of 2019, Pallab Sengupta is the general secretary of AIPSO.<ref>''People's Democracy''. ''[https://peoplesdemocracy.in/2019/0728_pd/60-years-cuban-revolution-together-we-can-defeat-imperialism 60 Years of Cuban Revolution: Together We Can Defeat Imperialism]''</ref>

Among the 1951 founders of AIPSO were, according to the organization, "Dr. [[Saifuddin Kitchlew]], veteran Congress leader and freedom fighter, Pandit Sundarlal, disciple of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr M M Atal, leader of the [[Dwarkanath Kotnis#Indian medical mission|Indian Medical Mission to China]], [[Ajoy Ghosh]], freedom fighter and Communist leader, [[A.K. Gopalan|A K Gopalan]], freedom fighter and Communist leader, [[Tristão de Bragança Cunha|T B Cunha]], leader of Goa, Prof. [[Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi|D D Kosambi]], as also celebrated film personalities like [[Prithviraj Kapoor]] and [[Balraj Sahni]], noted writers [[Krishan Chander]], [[Rajendra Singh Bedi]], renowned poets [[Vallathol Narayana Menon|Vallathol]], [[Gurbaksh Singh|S. Gurbaksh Singh]], and many other leading personalities".<ref>OHCHR. ''[https://uprdoc.ohchr.org/uprweb/downloadfile.aspx?filename=5171&file=CoverPage All India Peace and Solidarity Organization (AIPSO)]''</ref>

In late 1964 AIPSO launched an fundraising campaign to help set up an office of the [[African National Congress]] in India. In September 1964 [[Yusuf Dadoo]] and [[J. B. Marks]] conducted a six-week speaking tour across India as part of the fundraising campaign, bringing accounts from the anti-Apartheid struggle to the Indian public. Over 40,000 INR was collected. At the time is had been 'the biggest sustained campaign undertaken on any single anti-imperialist issue in India'. The ANC office in New Delhi was inaugurated in 1967, with recognition from the Indian government. In 1969 it was re-baptised as the Asian Mission of the ANC.<ref name="KoniecznaSkinner2019">{{cite book|author1=Anna Konieczna|author2=Rob Skinner|title=A Global History of Anti-Apartheid: 'Forward to Freedom' in South Africa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_J2SDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA215|date=15 April 2019|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3-030-03652-2|pages=205, 215}}</ref> AIPSO also voiced support for [[MPLA]] in [[Angola]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Africa Quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YsY_AAAAYAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Indian Centre for Africa|page=94}}</ref>

AIPSO campaigned actively against U.S. intervention in Vietnam.<ref name="Krishnan1990"/> In December 1974 AIPSO sent its first delegation to the [[Democratic Republic of Vietnam]]. The delegation, consisting of AIPSO general secretary [[Romesh Chandra]], [[Vayalar Ravi]] (Member of Parliament) and Subrata Banerjee (Assistant Editor of ''[[The Economic Times]]''), was received by Prime Minister [[Phạm Văn Đồng]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Socialist India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nlOP5tT2CPMC&pg=PA87|year=1974|publisher=Indian National Congress. All India Congress Committee.|page=87}}</ref>

Together with the CPI, AIPSO campaign for support to the [[Saur Revolution]] in [[Afghanistan]].<ref name="Krishnan1990">{{cite book|author=N. K. Krishnan|title=Testament of Faith--: Memoirs of a Communist|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GUcgAAAAIAAJ|year=1990|publisher=New Delhi Publishing House|isbn=978-81-7129-006-2|pages=346, 498}}</ref>

In the period of communal violence surrounding the 1992 [[Demolition of the Babri Masjid]] AIPSO organized peace marches and meetings to campaign for communal harmony. On January 30, 1993, it organized a conference on the death anniversary of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], gathering Hindu, Muslim and Christian religious leaders.<ref>{{cite book|title=Peace Courier|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=61cdAQAAMAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Information Centre of the WPC|page=2}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Organizations established in 1951]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India mass organisations]]

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