Revolutionary Forward Bloc was a

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. The party was founded in 1968 by S. Andi Thevar and

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, following a split from the

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. In the 1971 legislative assembly election, S. Andi Thevar challenged the regional AIFB leader

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. S. Andi Thevar was defeated, receiving 16 909 votes (25%) against 49 292 for P.K. Mookiah Thevar (75%). In the 1977 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election, RFB contested as part of the 'Progressive Front'. The front consisted of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,

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, Tamil Nadu Muslim League, Tamil Nadu Toilers Party, Backward Classes Progressive Federation and RFB. In 1979, following mediations by P.K. Mookkiah Thevar, RFB merged back into AIFB.

Sources

#Bose, K., ''Forward Bloc'', Madras: Tamil Nadu Academy of Political Science, 1988. #{{cite web , url=http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616183041/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf , url-status=dead , archive-date=16 June 2007 , title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1971 to the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu , publisher=Election Commission of India , location=New Delhi , accessdate=12 July 2020 Defunct political parties in Tamil Nadu Political parties established in 1968 1968 establishments in Madras State Political parties disestablished in 1979 1979 disestablishments in India All India Forward Bloc