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All India Youth League is the youth wing of the Indian political party All India Forward Bloc.[1]

AIYL was founded in 1928 by Subhas Chandra Bose, as the first national youth organization.[2] By the end of 1929 the youth movement was growing, with AIYL being set up across the country.[3]

Ansar Harvani was the president of AIYL 1946-1952.[4]

AIYL is a member of World Federation of Democratic Youth.[5] It became a WFDY affiliate in 1951.[6]

References

  1. ^ Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. REGIONAL/STATE PARTIES IN INDIA - AN ANNOTATED ALMANAC
  2. ^ Thomas Kalathuveettil. Serving Youth Today in India: Papers, Reports, and Final Statement of the All India Research Seminar on Youth, Kristu Jyoti College, Bangalore 560036, Oct. 28-Nov. 1, 1992. Kristu Jyoti Publications, 1993. p. 244
  3. ^ Shashi Joshi (1992). Struggle for Hegemony in India, 1920-47: The Colonial State, the Left and the National Movement. Sage Publications. p. 193. ISBN 9788170362593.
  4. ^ Who's who in India, Burma & Ceylon. Who's Who Publishers (India) Limited, 1967. p. 55
  5. ^ List of WFDY membership as of 31 January 1999
  6. ^ World Federation of Democratic Youth. Peace and Friendship: Through Unity to Peace, Through Peace to Happiness; the Work of the IIIrd World Youth Congress from July 25th to 30th, 1953, Bucharest. World youth magazine, 1953. p. 304