G. A. K. Lohani
G. A. K. Lohani | |
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গোলাম আম্বিয়া খান লোহানী | |
NKVD mugshot of Lohani in 1938 | |
| Born | 2 December 1892 |
| Died | 17 September 1938 (aged 45) |
| Organization(s) | Communist Party of India, Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Communist International, Krestintern, International Red Aid |
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Ghulam Ambia Khan Lohani (2 December 1892 – 17 September 1938), stylized as G. A. K. Lohani, or Luhani, was a Pathan revolutionary, journalist and professor from modern-day Bangladesh who struggled against British Raj.
During 1914–1925, Lohani lived in Europe, where he studied law and then became active in the local labor movement and Indian independence movement. Inspired by Russia's 1917 October Revolution, he attended the 1921 3rd World Congress of the Communist International where he corresponded with Vladimir Lenin. In 1925, he moved permanently to the USSR, where he worked as a translator, researcher and professor, authoring numerous articles on South Asian society and revolutionary strategy.
In 1938, during the Great Purge, Lohani was arrested and executed by the NKVD on false charges of espionage. He was posthumously rehabilitated (found innocent) in 1957.