Gandhi vs. Lenin

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Shripad Amrut Dange (10) October 1899-22 May 1991) was an Indian Politician who was a founding member of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and a stalwart of the Indian trade union movement. Dange's arrival in the political arena was through the pamphlet Gandhi vs. Lenin.

In 1921. Dange Published a pamphlet titled Gandhi Vs. Lenin, but Lenin came out as the better of the two. This work proved to be a turning point in Dange's life. Prominent Marxist leader M.N. Roy read the work and went on to meet its young author when he came to Mumbai. Ranchoddas Bhavan Lotvala, a flour mill owner from Mumbai who's concerned himself with radical causes also read this treatise and was impressed by its contents. Latvala sponsored Dange's study of Marxism for several years, and together they built up a library of Marxist Literature and published translations of classics.