S. V. Ghate

Sachchidanand Vishnu Ghate
General Secretary of the
Communist Party of India
In office
1925–1933
Preceded byPosition Created
Succeeded byGangadhar Adhikari
Personal details
Born(1896-12-14)14 December 1896
Mangalore, Madras Presidency, British India
Died28 November 1970 (1970-11-29) (aged 73)
New Delhi, India
Political partyCommunist Party of India
OccupationPolitician

Sachchidanand Vishnu Ghate (14 December 1896 – 28 November 1970), also known as S.V. Ghate,[1] was a freedom fighter and first General Secretary of the Communist Party of India.[2][3][4] The Communist Party of India Karnataka State headquarters, Ghate Bhavan, is named in his honor.[5]

  1. ^ Ghate, Sachchidanand Vishnu (29 July 1971). "S. V. Ghate: Our First General Secretary: A Memorial Volume". Communist Party Publication – via Google Books.
  2. ^ SV Ghate: First General Secretary of CPI, in New Age Weekly. No. 69, 2021. pp. 11-12
  3. ^ "Remembering S.V. Ghate - Mainstream Weekly". www.mainstreamweekly.net.
  4. ^ "Kanpur Communist Conference (December 1926)". Communist Party of India (Marxist). 28 April 2015.
  5. ^ IPA Staff (27 December 2019). "Jharkhand Defeat Is A Definite Shift - India Press Agency". IPA Newspack. Retrieved 20 August 2020.