Revolutionary Forward Bloc was a political party

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 in Tamil Nadu

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, India

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. The party was founded in 1968 by S. Andi Thevar and Velayudham Nayar, following a split from the All India Forward Bloc

All India Forward Bloc

The All India Forward Bloc is a leftwing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India...

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In the 1971 legislative assembly election, S. Andi Thevar challenged the regional AIFB leader P.K. Mookiah Thevar

P.K. Mookiah Thevar

- Early life :He was born to Kattamuthu ocha thevar and Sevenamal on 4 April 1923 in Pappapatti village, near Usilampatti, Madurai district, India. He had participated in many social activities as a student leader...

. S. Andi Thevar was defeated, receiving 16 909 votes (25%) against 49 292 for P.K. Mookiah Thevar (75%).

In the 1977 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election, RFB contested as part of the 'Progressive Front'. The front consisted of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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, Congress (R)

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, Communist Party of India

Communist Party of India

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, Tamil Nadu Muslim League, Tamil Nadu Toilers Party, Backward Classes Progressive Federation and RFB.

In 1979, following mediations by P.K. Mookkiah Thevar, RFB merged back into AIFB.

Sources

1. Bose, K., Forward Bloc, Madras: Tamil Nadu Academy of Political Science, 1988.
2. http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf