Indian Communists and Trade Unionists on Trial: The Meerut Conspiracy, 1929–1933 Search

IOR/L/PJ/8/469 - Expedition of proceedings in criminal trials (in light of the delay in the hearing of the case), 1933-1937. IOR/L/PJ/12/40 - Proposed award of an honour to Philip Vickery...

Date:1929-1937
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Identifier:72696a-04
Archive Reference(s):IOR/L/PJ/8/469; IOR/L/PJ/12/40; IOR/L/PJ/12/352; IOR/R/1/1/1873
Transport Trade Unions United Kingdom Soviet Union (USSR) 1920s 1930s British India India Pakistan Burma Myanmar Notes 1937 Communism 1929 Legal Papers Transport Workers Political Prisoners 1930 1933 1934 1935 1936 Indian Independence Bangladesh Communist International (Comintern) Meerut Conspiracy Case Law & Order Public and Judicial Department (India Office) Home Department (Government of India) Indian Civil Service Director of Public Prosecutions Department Communist Party of India (CPI) Indian Workers & Peasants Party (WPP) Kirti Kisan Party All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) Kakori Train Action Kakori Train Conspiracy East Indian Railway Strike of 1922 Minutes Reports Correspondence

CP/IND/BRAD/01/01. This document contains a manuscript autobiographical note c.1943 describing Ben Bradley's working and political life up to 1942; alongside a transcript biographical (?) statement. circa 1929. These items provide...

Date:1929-1943
Contributor:Labour History Archive & Study Centre
Identifier:72696b-01
Archive Reference(s):CP/IND/BRAD/01/01
Transport Trade Unions United Kingdom 1940s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1890s British India India Pakistan Notes Communism Transport Workers Political Prisoners Indian Independence Bangladesh Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) 1926 General Strike Meerut Conspiracy Case All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) Correspondence

CP/IND/BRAD/01/02. This pocket diary with notes of engagements, mainly with Trades Unions and his Communist Party branch, covers the period from Sunday 8th January 1956 to Sunday 6th January 1957.

Date:1956-1956
Contributor:Labour History Archive & Study Centre
Identifier:72696b-02
Archive Reference(s):CP/IND/BRAD/01/02
Trade Unions United Kingdom 1950s 1956 Welfare State Unemployment Social Services Maternity Benefits Amalgamated Engineering Union Sick Leave Statistics Books Pamphlets Maps Registers Diagrams Diaries

CP/IND/BRAD/01/03. Letters from Ben Bradley in India mainly to his brother Len Bradley, with correspondence of Len Bradley's regarding Ben Bradley's case. Issues covered include legal representation issues, President Elect...

Date:1929-1931
Contributor:Labour History Archive & Study Centre
Identifier:72696b-03
Archive Reference(s):CP/IND/BRAD/01/03
Trade Unions United Kingdom 1920s 1930s British India India Pakistan Notes Communism 1929 Trades Union Congress (TUC) Political Prisoners 1930 1931 1932 Indian Independence Bangladesh Meerut Conspiracy Case Law & Order All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) National Meerut Prisoners' Defence Committee Conditions in Prison Reports Registers Correspondence

CP/IND/BRAD/01/04. Letters from Ben Bradley in India mainly to his brother Len Bradley, with letter to C.W. Bowerman MP, draft 'Appeal to the International Working Class for the Defence of...

Date:1929-1933
Contributor:Labour History Archive & Study Centre
Identifier:72696b-04
Archive Reference(s):CP/IND/BRAD/01/04
Trade Unions United Kingdom Soviet Union (USSR) 1920s 1930s British India India Labour Party Pakistan Notes Communism 1929 Legal Papers Trades Union Congress (TUC) Unemployment Political Prisoners 1931 1932 1933 Indian Independence Bangladesh Racial Discrimination Racism Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) Meerut Conspiracy Case Law & Order Amalgamated Engineering Union Conditions in Prison Simon Commission (Indian Statutory Commission) Statistics Reports Ledgers Registers Correspondence

CP/IND/BRAD/01/05. Letters from Ben Bradley in India mainly to his parents and brother Len Bradley; also Reginald Bridgeman and the National Meerut Prisoners Defence Committee. These letters focus on issues...

Date:1929-1931
Contributor:British Library; LHASC; WCML
Identifier:72696b-05
Archive Reference(s):CP/IND/BRAD/01/05
United Kingdom 1920s 1930s British India India Labour Party Pakistan Notes Communism 1928 1929 Unemployment Political Prisoners 1930 1931 Indian Independence May Day Bangladesh Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) Meerut Conspiracy Case Law & Order National Meerut Prisoners' Defence Committee Conditions in Prison Correspondence

CP/IND/BRAD/01/06. Correspondents include Percy Glading (several letters); Ellen Fairbrother; Muzaffar; Nancy Price, Catholic Crusade, Stoke-on-Trent; Alex Gossip, NAFTA; William Rust; Mary Knight, Manchester; B.S. Horniman, Herald; Jack Tanner; A.A. Purcell,...

Date:1929-1932
Contributor:Labour History Archive & Study Centre
Identifier:72696b-06
Archive Reference(s):CP/IND/BRAD/01/06
Trade Unions United Kingdom 1930s British India India Daily Worker Pakistan Photographs Notes Communism General Election Political Prisoners 1932 Indian Independence Bangladesh Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) Meerut Conspiracy Case Law & Order Conditions in Prison Young Communist League Pamphlets Print Media Postcards Books Flyers/Posters Correspondence

CP/IND/BRAD/01/07. Transcripts of summing-up of cases for prosecution in the conspiracy case, with manuscript notes of depositions in Bradley case. These items include detailed plans of specific events arranged to...

Date:1929-1929
Contributor:Labour History Archive & Study Centre
Identifier:72696b-07
Archive Reference(s):CP/IND/BRAD/01/07
Trade Unions United Kingdom Soviet Union (USSR) 1920s British India India Pakistan Socialism Notes Communism 1928 1929 Legal Papers Speeches Political Prisoners Zinoviev Letter Indian Independence Industrial Relations Bangladesh Internationalism Communist International (Comintern) Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) Meerut Conspiracy Case Law & Order Communist Party of India (CPI) Indian Workers & Peasants Party (WPP) Kirti Kisan Party All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) GIP Railwaymen's Union Leninism Programmes Minutes Reports Registers Diaries Correspondence

CP/IND/BRAD/02/01. Includes petitions and enquiries of the accused to the Governor General and sessions judges, orders of the additional sessions judge and related papers; evidence given by H.N. Brailsford Nov....

Date:1930-1930
Contributor:Labour History Archive & Study Centre
Identifier:72696b-08
Archive Reference(s):CP/IND/BRAD/02/01
Trade Unions United Kingdom 1930s British India India Labour Party Pakistan Socialism Notes Communism 1930 1931 1932 Indian Independence Bangladesh Independent Labour Party (ILP) Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) Meerut Conspiracy Case Law & Order Indian Workers & Peasants Party (WPP) Kirti Kisan Party Conditions in Prison Print Media Reports Registers Correspondence

CP/IND/BRAD/02/02. Includes applications and complaints from Bradley, Spratt and other defendants, court orders, list of defence witnesses, charge sheet and list of accused, etc. (handlist with papers).

Date:1929-1930
Contributor:Labour History Archive & Study Centre
Identifier:72696b-09
Archive Reference(s):CP/IND/BRAD/02/02
Trade Unions United Kingdom 1920s 1930s British India India Pakistan Notes 1929 Legal Papers Political Prisoners 1930 Bangladesh Meerut Conspiracy Case Law & Order Indian Workers & Peasants Party (WPP) Kirti Kisan Party Reports Correspondence

CP/IND/BRAD/02/03. Mainly letters from Ben Bradley to his brother Len Bradley; also correspondence of Ben Bradley's father with William Wedgwood Benn, Secretary of State for India, letters from Percy Glading,...

Date:1931-1933
Contributor:Labour History Archive & Study Centre
Identifier:72696b-10
Archive Reference(s):CP/IND/BRAD/02/03
Trade Unions United Kingdom 1920s 1930s British India India Labour Party Pakistan Notes 1929 Trades Union Congress (TUC) Unemployment Political Prisoners 1931 1932 1933 Bangladesh Independent Labour Party (ILP) Meerut Conspiracy Case Law & Order Amalgamated Engineering Union Conditions in Prison Meerut Prisoners' Release Committee Print Media Correspondence

CP/IND/BRAD/02/04. Defence statement of Ben Bradley in Meerut conspiracy case June-July 1931. Commencing with a brief autobiographical description of his early life, Bradley's defence then deals more directly with the...

Date:1931-1931
Contributor:Labour History Archive & Study Centre
Identifier:72696b-11
Archive Reference(s):CP/IND/BRAD/02/04
Transport Housing Public Health United Kingdom Soviet Union (USSR) 1930s British India India Labour Party Pakistan Socialism Communism Legal Papers Speeches Transport Workers Trades Union Congress (TUC) Unemployment Political Prisoners 1931 Indian Independence Textile Industry Industrial Relations Bangladesh Internationalism Communist International (Comintern) Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) Labour and Socialist International (LSI) Meerut Conspiracy Case Communist Party of India (CPI) All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) GIP Railwaymen's Union Deportation 1928 Bombay Textile Industry Strike Minutes Reports Correspondence