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Past Activities

  • Protest Meeting, Rally against semi-fascist forces; Statement with signatures of Writers, Artists; To stand by oppressed people, Writers, Artists and Cultural activists
  • Support to strike of Railway Workers and other working people
  • State-wide Protest Meeting against Emergency Rule
  • Celebration of Birth-Centenary of writer Saratchandra Chattopadhyay and 50th birth anniversary of poet Sukanta Bhattacharya; Spreading their writings to reach our say even to among working classes and farmers
  • Active protest against farce election in 1972 in West Bengal
  • In 1972 Meeting in support of Human Rights
  • Anti-US Imperialist Assemble in support of Freedom Fight of Vietnam
  • Protest Meeting and Rally against Prisoner Murder and Detention without trial
  • Meeting on Role of Intellectuals against Fascism: Speaker — B. T. Ranadive
  • Yearly observance of International Mother Language Day
  • Protest Meeting: Attack on Theatre Team and Death Of Prabir Datta
  • Meeting on ‘Role of Writers and Artists in Democratic Movement’: Speaker: E M S Nambudripad
  • To free people from Suffocating Condition in Emergency Rules and to withdraw Censorship from Newspaper and magazines: Letters to Governor and President
  • Letter to Prime Minister: Demand to withdraw Ban from the books written by our writer; to remove barriers from little Magazines etc; to refrain from attacking Press
  • Appeal to Governor for unconditional release of political workers at all levels
  • Campaign in support of Left Front in Election’77
  • To organise all-out movement against staging of Counter-Culture
  • Meetings and Rallies against breaking/harming Icons of Vidyasagar, Jatin Das, Netaji and against Extremists
  • Yearly Observance of May Day at Maidan
  • Protest against Furious attacks of Separatists of Assam and Tripura.
  • Convention against National Security Act under the initiation of Association
  • Public Awareness Programme against Nuclear war by US-Imperialist force
  • Observance of Death-Centenary of Karl Mark
  • Demonstration to Condemn the Murder of Safdar Hashmi. Yearly Observance of Hashmi Day
  • Centenary Celebration of Eminent Thinkers, Writers, Artists like Ho Chi Min, Muzaffar Ahmad, Saratchandra Chattopadhyay, Manik Bandyopadhyay, Lu Sun
  • Meeting and Rallies in front of Durodorson Bhaban to demand more programmes in local languages in TV and to stop programmes with Anti-Science and Counter-Culture outlook
  • Events for 200 years Anniversary
  • Bengali Literary Conferences at Malda (16 October 1993 and 16-18 December in 1994) And in different districts henceforth.
  • In August 13-15, 2005: Literary Conference at Bangla Academy, Kolkata. Topic relates to Contemporary World Literature with fresh perspective to Human Face
  • Protest Meeting against Attack of Fundamentalists on Art and Culture
  • Yearly Observance of World Theatre Day
  • Protest Meeting against Communal Riot and Genocide in Gujarat
  • Organise Renuka Memorial Lecture Series in different Districts in alternate years
  • Convention of Writers and Artists against terrorism. Joint meeting of Writers and artists against State and general interference with individual liberty
  • Organising Regular Literary Events in the names like Saturday Events or so
  • Extension of organization from districts to block levels
  • Observance of Birth-Centenary of Bijan Bhattacharya and Chittaprasad
  • On the occasion of 25 years of organisation, a Collection of Articles and two other authentic books were published.
  • On the occasion of 50 years of organisation, a book on History of Organisation was published
  • On the occasion of 100 years of November Revolution, a folder is published.
  • On the occasion of 100 years of November Revolution and 80 years of Pragati Lekhak Sangha, Discussion Sessions were organised in the districts of the state.

The Association started its journey on 16th February 1972, when normal day-to-day life of the people of this province was going through a suffocating environment under state terror, which had never been experienced by them in the post-independence period.

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172, Lenin Sarani,
Kolkata - 700013,
West Bengal , India
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