Sachchidanand Vishnu Ghate


Sachchidanand Vishnu Ghate, also known as S.V. Ghate, was a freedom fighter and first General Secretary of the Communist Party of India.

Early life

Ghate was one of the founders of the Communist Party of India. He was also active in the Bombay trade union movement in the 1920s and was jailed in the Meerut Conspiracy Case in 1929.
Prisoners taken outside the jail. Back row : K. N. Sehgal, S. S. Josh, H. L. Hutchinson, Shaukat Usmani, B. F. Bradley, A. Prasad, P. Spratt, G. Adhikari. Middle Row: Radharaman Mitra, Gopen Chakravarti, Kishori Lal Ghosh, L. R. Kadam, D. R. Thengdi, Goura Shanker, S. Bannerjee, K. N. Joglekar, P. C. Joshi, Muzaffar Ahmed. Front Row: M. G. Desai, D. Goswami, R.S. Nimbkar, S.S. Mirajkar, S.A. Dange, S.V. Ghate, Gopal Basak.'''