M. N. Roy, an Indian revolutionary, radical activist, and political thinker, was born in 1887.
Manabendra Nath Roy, who lived from March 21, 1887 to January 25, 1954, was an Indian Communist revolutionary, radical activist, and political thinker, as well as a renowned twentieth-century philosopher. Roy established the Mexican Communist Party and the Communist Party of India. He was also a delegate to Communist International congresses and Russia's adviser to China. Following Joseph Stalin's ascension to power, Roy quit the mainstream communist movement to pursue an independent radical politics. Vinay Roy was involved in the creation of the Radical Democratic Party in 1940, an organisation in which he was a key figure throughout most of the 1940s.
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