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In which year was Communist Party of India. Marxist (CPI-M) founded?

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1964

The Communist Party of India (Marxist), CPI(M), was founded in 1964 following a split in the original Communist Party of India (CPI) over ideological differences linked to the Sino-Indian War (1962) and the Sino-Soviet rift.

The dissenting faction held the Tenali Convention (Andhra Pradesh) in July 1964 and formalised the new party at its first congress in Calcutta in October–November 1964. Distractors: 1885 is the founding year of the INC; 1980 is the founding year of the BJP.

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