Notes
1 While the author mainly focuses on Kerala, it is noteworthy that communists also had significant influence in other Indian areas, such as Jammu and Kashmir, during the same era. Joseph Korbel, in his 1954 book ‘Danger in Kashmir,’ speculated that Kashmir might be the first Indian state to adopt communism. For more see; Waseem Ahmad Bhat, ‘Impact of Communist Ideology on the Politics of Kashmir’, Social Scientist Vol. 50. Issue 7/8 (590–591) (2022): 27–40; Waseem Ahmad Bhat, ‘Re-examining the Rise of Left in India’, Critique Vol. 51. Issue 1 (2023): 131–139.