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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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'''Kanai Chatterjee''' popularly known as '''K.C.''' (1933 — 18 July 1983) was a [[Bengalis|Bengali]] [[Maoism|Maoist]] ideologue, founder of the [[Maoist Communist Centre of India]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/10/16/stories/2004101602181700.htm|title=PW, MCC put 'Black Chapter' behind|last=Kurmanath|first=K. W.|date=16 October 2004|newspaper=The Hindu Business Line|access-date=23 August 2019}}</ref>

==Early life==
Chatterjee was born in 1933 at Baruikhali village, [[Barisal District|Barishal]] [[British India]]. He participated anti British movement in student life. He completed B.Com and joined student movements led by the undivided [[Communist Party of India]].

==Political activities==
In 1953 he started work in [[Tiljala]] area of [[Kolkota]] and became popular amongst the local people. Chatterjee became the secretary of the [[Ballygunj]] Local Committee of the Communist Party in 1959. He also took active part in the food movement and seriously injured by police firing. In 1962, he was arrested at the time of [[Indo-China War of 1962|Indo China War]].{{citation needed|date=October 2018}} Chatterjee launched a magazine ''Dakhshin Desh'' with another activist Amulya Sen to fight against revisionism.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sPqpCQAAQBAJ&q=Kanai+Chatterjee+Dakhshin+Desh&pg=PA106|title=The Naxal Threat: Causes, State Response and Consequences|last=V R Raghavan|date=18 May 2011|isbn=9789381411940|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref> In 1967, the [[Naxalbari uprising]] took place under the leadership of [[Charu Majumdar|Charu Mazumdar]] but, due to differences on ideology, Chatterjee's group Dakhshin Desh could not join the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OHttCwAAQBAJ&q=Kanai+Chatterjee+maoist&pg=PA111|title=Maoism in India|last=Arun Srivastava|date=January 2015|isbn=9789351865131|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref> On 20 October 1969 he created Maoist Communist Centre with Amulya Sen and Chandrashekar Das.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ceOAgAAQBAJ&q=Comrade+Kanai+Chatterjee+passed+from&pg=PA55|title=Maoism in India: Reincarnation of Ultra-Left Wing Extremism|last=Bidyut Chakrabarty, Rajat Kumar Kujur|date=4 December 2009|isbn=9781135236489|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ceOAgAAQBAJ&q=Kanai+Chatterjee+maoist&pg=PA54|title=Maoism in India: Reincarnation of Ultra-Left Wing Extremism|last=Bidyut Chakrabarty, Rajat Kumar Kujur|date=4 December 2009|isbn=9781135236489|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=The who's who of Left-wing extremism|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/the-whos-who-of-left-wing-extremism/articleshow/1257897.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2021-03-18}}</ref> He died at the age of 49, in 1982, due to illness while staying underground.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bannedthought.net/India/PeoplesMarch/PM1999-2006/archives/2004/nov-dec2k4/Born%20in%20India.htm|title=The Communist Party of India (Maoist) — Born in India|access-date=25 September 2018}}</ref>

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