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Founded in Calcutta on 26 June 1939 by Muzaffar Ahmad, one of the founders of the Communist Party of India, to publish Marxist and progressive literature in Bengali, English, Hindi and Urdu. It is now the publishing arm of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), and remains active as the "House of Marxist and Progressive Literature".

Years
1939–present
Location
Calcutta, India
Also known as
NBA · National Book Agency Private Limited
Affiliation
Publishing arm of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Languages
Bengali, English, Hindi, Urdu
Website
https://www.nationalbookagency.com/
Authority records
Wikidata
Sources
National Book Agency; Wikipedia — Muzaffar Ahmad

Backlist

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Titles of National Book Agency by year: 407 dated titles, 1940–2026, most in 2025 (61); 2 undated. Lines mark founded 1939.
The figures by decade
DecadeTitles
1940s3
1950s8
1960s25
1970s15
1980s7
1990s27
2000s16
2010s79
2020s227
YearTitleAuthor(s)Language
1940An Introduction to Socialism✓
New Thought Library
Hirendranath MukerjeeEnglish
1945Aftermath of Bengal Famine✓ — Problem of Rehabilitation and Our TaskPanchugopal G. BhaduriEnglish
1946Fascism and Social Revolution✓Free — A Study of the Economics and Politics of the Last Stages of Capitalism in DecayRajani Palme DuttEnglish
1952Growth of Industries in India✓S. UpadhyayEnglish
1955PatabaharSubhash Chandra MukhopadhyayBengali
1955The Theory of KnowledgeFree
Dialectical Materialism: An Introductory Course, v. 3
Maurice Campbell CornforthEnglish
1955With Nehru in China✓Dhirendranath DasguptaEnglish
1957Notes on the Bengal Renaissance✓Amit SenEnglish
1958Gandhi — A StudyHirendranath MukerjeeEnglish
1958Gandhiji✓ — A StudyHirendranath MukerjeeEnglish
1959Communist Party of India✓ — Years of Formation: 1921-1933Mujaphphara ĀhamadaEnglish
19601857 o bāṃlā déśa✓Sukumāra MitraNot recorded
1960Declaration of the Meeting of the Communist and Workers' Parties of Socialist Countries (1957) and Statement of the Conference of the 81 Communist and Workers' Parties✓—Not recorded
1962India's Struggle for Freedom✓Hirendranath MukerjeeEnglish
1962The Communist Party of India and Its Formation Abroad✓ — Translated from Bengali by Hirendranath MukerjeeMujaphphara ĀhamadaEnglish
1964Arbeit und Kapital “bengali”✓Karl MarxGerman
1964On the Seventh Congress of Our Party, Calcutta, 31st October to 7th November 1964✓P. Rammurti & Communist Party of India, West Bengal State CommitteeNot recorded
1964The "Self Criticism" Which Hides the Mistakes✓ — Comment on Dange Group's Kerala Election 'Probe'
Communist Party of India Publication
E. M. S. Namboodiripad & Communist Party of IndiaNot recorded
1965Dialectical Materialism✓Free — An Introductory CourseMaurice CornforthEnglish
1966Nabajībanera pathe✓Ābdula HālimaBengali
1966Nabajībanera pathe. [Lekhaka] Ābdula Hālīma✓Abdul HalimBengali
1966Problems of National Integration✓E. M. S. NamboodiripadEnglish
1966What Really Happened in Kerala✓ — The Story of the Disruptive Game Played by Right-Wing CommunistsE. M. S. NamboodiripadEnglish
1967Communists Challenge Imperialism from the Dock✓Introd. by Muzaffar AhmadEnglish
1967India Under Congress Rule✓E. M. S. NamboodiripadEnglish
1967Kerala: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow✓E. M. S. NamboodiripadEnglish
1967Mao Tse-Tung✓ — On Art and LiteratureZedong MaoEnglish
1967On Practice✓Free — On Contradiction. On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the PeopleMao ZedongEnglish
1967Qāzi Nazrul Islam: Smritikathā✓Muzaffar AhmadBengali
1968Kerala: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow✓E. M. S. NamboodiripadEnglish
1968National Integration✓Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)English
1968The Diary of Che in Bolivia, November 7, 1966 - October 7, 1967✓Che GuevaraEnglish
1969A Collection on the Agrarian Question✓—English
1969A History of Indian Journalism✓Mohit MoitraEnglish
1969A Proposal Concerning the General Line of the International Communist Movement✓ — Letter Dated 14 June 1963 of the CPC Central Committee to the Central Committee CPSU—Not recorded
1969The Communist Party of India and Its Formation Abroad✓Muzaffar AhmadEnglish
1970Myself and the Communist Party of India, 1920-1929✓Muzaffar AhmadEnglish
1970Myself and the Communist Party of India, 1920-1929 Muzaffar Ahmad✓ — [Translated from Bengali by Prabhas Kumar Sinha]Mujaphphara ĀhamadaEnglish
1972Communism in India✓ — Unpublished DocumentsSubodh RoyEnglish
1973Principles of Party Organisation✓ — Thesis on the Organisation and Structure of the Communist Parties, Adopted at the 3rd Congress of the Communist International in 1921Sunil BasuEnglish
1974A History of the All India Kisan Sabha✓Md. Abdullah RasulEnglish
1975Adivasis Revolt✓ — The Story of Warli Peasants in StruggleGodavari ParulekarEnglish
1975The Real Face of the Right Communists✓M. BasavapunnaiahEnglish
1976Communism in India✓ — Unpublished documentsSubodh RoyNot recorded
1976Dangers from Multinationals✓Ranjan ChowdhuryEnglish
1976Women Workers of India✓Vimal RanadiveEnglish
1978Bānar theke mānuser bibartane śramer bhūmikā✓Friedrich EngelsGerman
1979Euro-Communism✓Bhalchandra Trimbak RanadiveEnglish
1979Marxist Cultural Movement in India✓ — Chronicles and Documents (1936-1947)Sudhi PradhanEnglish
1979Multinationals in drugs & pharmaceutical industry in India✓All India Chemical & Pharmacentical Employees' Federation & J. S. MajumdarNot recorded
1979Part played by labour in the transition from ape to man✓Free — BengaliFriedrich EngelsBengali
1981The Mahatma and the Ism✓FreeE. M. S. NamboodiripadEnglish
1981The Nature of Democracy, Freedom and Revolution✓Herbert ApthekerNot recorded
1982Caste, Class, and Property Relation✓Bhalchandra Trimbak RanadiveEnglish
1982Selected Writings✓E. M. S. NamboodiripadEnglish
1985Selected Writings✓Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran NamboodiripadEnglish
1989A History of the All India Kisan Sabha✓Md. Abdullah RasulEnglish
1989On Comrade Muzaffar Ahmad✓ — A Birth Centenary PublicationMujap̱hp̱hara ĀhamadaEnglish
1990Women and the Left Front Government of West Bengal✓Chhaya BeraEnglish
1993A History of Indian Journalism✓Manish Chandra MoitraEnglish
1995Diabetes✓P. ChattapadhayaBengali
1995Election Result in W.B Statistics and Analysis Vol-1CPIM West Bengal State CommitteeEnglish
1995Groundswell in Bengal in the 1940s✓Atis K. DasguptaEnglish
1995The History of the Kisan Sabha✓Harkishan Singh SurjeetEnglish
1996The Fifth Commandment✓ — A Biography of Shapurji SaklatvalaSehri SaklatvalaEnglish
1996The Fifth Commandment Biography of Shapurji SaklatvalaSehri SaklatvalaEnglish
1996The History of Kishan SabhaHarkishen Singh SurjeetEnglish
1996The History of the Kisan Sabha✓Harkishan Singh SurjeetEnglish
1997Communism in India✓ — Unpublished Documents, 1919-1924Subodha RāẏaEnglish
1997Dialectical Materialism✓Free — An Introductory CourseMaurice Campbell CornforthEnglish
1997Documents of the Communist Movement in India✓ — 1964, Pt. 1Jyoti BasuEnglish
1997Documents of the Communist Movement in India (27 Volume Set)Jyoti BasuNot recorded
1997India and Communism✓ — Secret British DocumentsAshoke Kumar MukhopadhyayEnglish
1997Marxism and Nation Building✓Oneil BiswasEnglish
1997People's Power in Practice✓ — 20 Years of Left Front in West BengalJyoti BasuEnglish
1997Peoples Power in Practice - 20 Years of Left Front in West BengalEditorial BoardEnglish
1998Communism in India (1925 - 1934)Subodh RoyEnglish
1998Dialectics, Relativity and Quantum✓ — Based on Thesis Entitled Dialectical Materialism and Modern Science - With Special Reference to the Theories of Relativity and Quantum MechanicsKishore Kumar TheckedathEnglish
1998Documents of the Communist Movement in India✓Jyoti BasuEnglish
1998Election Result in W.B Statistics and Analysis Vol-2CPIM West Bengal State CommitteeEnglish
1998March of the Communist Movement in India✓ — An Introduction to the Documents of the History of the Communist Movement in IndiaHarkishan Singh SurjeetEnglish
1999Communism in India (1935 - 44)Subodh RoyEnglish
1999Documents of the Communist Movement in India✓Jyoti BasuEnglish
1999Memoirs, a Political Autobiography✓Jyoti BasuEnglish
1999My Life and Experiences✓Benoy ChaudhuryEnglish
2000The Programme Explained✓E. M. S. NamboodiripadEnglish
2000The Seed-Time of Communist Movement in India, 1919-1926✓Lāḍalīmohana RāẏacaudhurīEnglish
2000The Seed-Time of Communist Movement in India, 1919-26✓Lāḍalīmohana RāẏacaudhurīEnglish
2000The Seedtime of Communist Movement in IndiaLadlimohan RoychowdhuryEnglish
2000Two Programmes, Marxist and Revisionist✓ — On the Programme of C.P.I. (M) Adopted in the 7th Congress Held in Calcutta on October 31-November 7, 1964 and on the Programme of C.P.I. Adopted in Its Bombay (Mumbai) Congress the Same TimeBhalchandra Trimbak RanadiveEnglish
2002Afghanistan Ebong Samasamayik BiswaBrinda Karat & Debashish ChakrabortyBengali
2003Dharma o SamajGeorge ThomsonBengali
2004Bimal Chandra Ghosher Nirbachita Kabita Sankalan (1)Bimal Chandra GhoshBengali
2004Nihsheshe Pran: Niranjan Sengupta Janmashatabarshiki Smarak GranthaRaghunath KushariBengali
2005Urbar AgunShubhamay MondalBengali
2006Man's Worldly GoodsFreeLeo HubermanEnglish
2006Perpetrators of Perpetuity✓ — A Critique on Bengal RenaissanceAbul Mansur HabibullahEnglish
2007Chotoder Pata: Nirbachita SankalanEditorial BoardBengali
2008Banglar Communist Aandolon Dalil o Prasangik Tathya - Tritiya KhandoAnil BiswasBengali
2008Rush Biplaber Prastuti-Vol-1Jyoti BhattacharyaBengali
2009Jyoti Basur Nirbachita Rachanasangraha (Pancham Khanda)Jyoti BasuBengali
2010A History of Indian JournalismMohit MoitraEnglish
2010Bangla Bhashay Samyabad CharchaPradoshkumar BagchiBengali
2010Bastubadi Dristite Prakriti Paribesh - O - ManushBasab BasakBengali
2010Jyoti Basur Nirbachita Rachanasangraha (Chaturtha Khanda)Jyoti BasuBengali
2010Jyoti Basur Nirbachita Rachanasangraha (Dwitiya Khanda)Jyoti BasuBengali
2010Jyoti Basur Nirbachita Rachanasangraha (Pratham Khanda)Jyoti BasuBengali
2010Jyoti Basur Nirbachita Rachanasangraha (Tritya Khondo)Jyoti BasuBengali
2010Nirbachita Rachana Sankalan- Promod Dasgupta—Bengali
2010Nirbachito Rachanaboli-Lenin-Vol-1Vladimir Il’ich LeninBengali
2010Nirbachito Rachanaboli-Lenin-Vol-2Vladimir Il’ich LeninBengali
2010Nirbachito Rachanaboli-Lenin-Vol-3V. I. LeninBengali
2010Nirbachito Rachanaboli-Lenin-Vol-4Vladimir Il’ich LeninBengali
2010Sanskriti, Bhogabad o MulyabodhHiren BhattacharyaBengali
2011Communist Manifesto✓FreeKarl Marx, Friedrich Engels & David Borisovič RjazanovEnglish
2011International Working Class Movement✓ — Dynamics of Class-Struggle vs Class-Collaboration and Birth of World Federation of Trade Unions, from Foundation Congress 1945 to Sixteenth World Congress 2011Sukomal SenEnglish
2011Jahantak Mujhe Yaad HaiJyoti BasuHindi
2012Ami Tomaderi LokRabindranath Tagore & Soumitra LahiriBengali
2012Banganarir Pragati PrabahaShyamali GuptaBengali
2012ChaitradinArun ChowdhuryBengali
2012Communist Kya Chahate Hain - (Marxbad Parichaymala - 1)Shib VermaHindi
2012Ek Ananya Communist: Janmashatabarshe SundaraiyaEditorial BoardBengali
2012Ek Bochhorer Moyna TadantaAnik ChakrabortyBengali
2012Marxbad Aur Rashtriya SamasyaJoseph StalinHindi
2012My Self & the Communist Party of India (Urdu)Muzaffar AhmadNot recorded
2012Nirbachita Rachana Sankalan - Dwitiya khandaKarl Marx & Friedrich EngelsBengali
2012Nirbachita Rachana Sankalan - Pratham khandaKarl Marx & Friedrich EngelsBengali
2012Paribesh o MarxSatyajit BandopadhyayBengali
2012Pujibadi Janabad - (Marxbad Parichaymala - 4)Shib VermaNot recorded
2012Pujivadi Samaj - (Marxvad Parichaymala - 2)Shib VermaEnglish
2012Rajsatta - (Marxbad Parichaymala - 3)Shib VermaHindi
2012Sarbahara Barg tatha Sarbahara Ki PartyJoseph StalinHindi
2012Saroj Mukherjee O Binoy Chowdhury Smarak GronthaEditorial BoardBengali
2013Mukti Parishader ItikathaDasarath DebBengali
2014Birbhum Jelar Communist Andolaner Gothon O ByaktitwaArun ChowdhuryBengali
2014Janasankhya Bhabna - DurbhabnaHarilal NathBengali
2014Purono Howrahr KathaSukanta MukhopadhyayBengali
2015Bharatbarsher Itihas PrasangeIrfan Habib & Kaberi BasuBengali
2015Documents on Party Organisation✓ — 1964-2009: A CollectionCommunist Party of IndiaEnglish
2015Harekrishna Konar Prabandha SangrahaHare Krishna KonarBengali
2015Ki Karite HoibeVladimir Il’ich LeninBengali
2015Mao Tse Tung Nirbachita RachanaMao Tse TungBengali
2015Nirbachita Rachana Sankalan - Chaturtha khandaKarl Marx & Friedrick EngelsBengali
2015Nirbachita Rachana Sankalan - Tritiya khandaKarl Marx & Friedrich EngelsBengali
2015PariprashnaJyoti.· BhattacharyaBengali
2015Shahid SmritiShib VermaBengali
2015Shramiker DarshanJyoti BhattacharyaBengali
2015The Political-Tactical Line of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)✓ — Excerpts from Documents, 1964 1978 1985 1992 1995 1998 2002 2008 2010 2012Communist Party of IndiaEnglish
2016Jalabayu Paribartan, Paribesh O NagarayanAshoke BhattacharyaNot recorded
2017Bhayankar Romharsak KahiniAnatoly AlexinBengali
2017Karl Marx JiboniAmal DasguptaBengali
2017Marxist Cultural Movement in IndiaSudhi PradhanEnglish
2017MumuIvan TurgenivNot recorded
2017Paramanu Boma Hiroshima Nagasaki O TarparArunabha MisraBengali
2017Uttarkaler GalpasangrahaManik BandyopadhyayBengali
2018Aparajeyo Stephen HawkingShyamal ChakrabortyNot recorded
2018Apekkhikata KiL. V. LandaoBengali
2018B. R. Ambedkar - Nirbachito Rachana SankalanKapilkrishna ThakurBengali
2018Bampanthi Communism - Sishusulav BishrinkhalaVladimir Il’ich LeninBengali
2018Communist Partyr SangathanJoseph Stalin, Mao Tse Tung, Lazar Kaganovich & Georgi DimitrovBengali
2018Comrade LeninAmal DasguptaBengali
2018Leninbader Bhitti o SamasyaJoseph StalinBengali
2018Marx-Engles SmritiFriedrich Engels, Vladimir Il’ich Lenin, Lafarge, Elionor Vidal Reig & Mangalacharan ChattopadhyayBengali
2018Nari Otit Bortoman BhobishyotAugust Bebel & Kanak MukhopadhayayBengali
2018Novemborer ManushManabesh ChoudhuryBengali
2018Prasanga Gautama Buddha: Nirbachita Prabandha SankalanaBratindranath Mukhopadhyay, Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya, Hemanta Gangopadhyay, Rabindranath Tagore, Satyendranāth Ṭhakur, Haraprasad Shastri, Pramatha Chowdhury & Satishchandra BidyabhusanBengali
2018Shromik Shrenir Oikya- Fascibad Birodhi DurgoGeorgi DimitrovBengali
2019Ami Nari, Ami MahiyasiRabindranath Tagore & Pallab SenguptaBengali
2019Banar theke Manusher Bibortone Shromer BhumikaFriedrich EngelsBengali
2019Bharatiya Sabhyatar Bikasher DharaCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Bengali
2019Danga Birodhi Galpa—Not recorded
2019Debiprasad: Sahitya Bijnan o Darshan BhabnaShyamal ChakrabortyBengali
2019Jol Niye Jontrona BarcheAparajito BandyopadhyayBengali
2019Ke Chilen Sibaji?Govind PansareBengali
2019NRC Bibhajaner RajnitiHarilal NathBengali
2019Orey Nabin Orey Amar KanchaRabindranath Tagore & Pallab SenguptaBengali
2019Paribar, Byaktigata Malikana - o - Rashtrer UtpottiFriedrick EngelsBengali
2019Phool Phutbe Ki Asphalt ChireNaomi KleinBengali
2019Rakter Sapath JaliyanwalabaghKrishanu BhattacharyaBengali
2019Tinti DashakSaroj MukhopadhyayBengali
2020Bhagat Singh: Sahid-e-AjamTirthankar ChattopadhyayBengali
2020Bharatiya DarshanDebiprasad ChattopadhyayaBengali
2020Chengiz KhanVasily YanBengali
2020GalilioBasab BasakBengali
2020Jobab Din JonotakeLeft FrontBengali
2020Krishok Andoloner Pata ThekeSanjay PutatundaBengali
2020Marichjhapi: Asole Ki Ghotechilo?—Bengali
2020Mirza GhalibSanchari SenBengali
2020Molla Nasiruddiner Eksho GalpoAniruddha ChakrobortyBengali
2020Natsi Germanyr Janma o MrityuBuddhadeb BhattacharjeeBengali
2020Tathya Prayuktir Naya Duniya: Computer, Internet Social-MediaDebesh DasBengali
2021Agnikishor KhudiramJaladhar MullickBengali
2021Bharatiya Dharme UdarotaKhitimohan SenBengali
2021Communist Partyr KortabyaGeorgi DimitrovBengali
2021Jatiyo Andolaner Matadarsha o Itihas CharchaIrfan HabibBengali
2021Jobab Din Jonotake 2Left FrontBengali
2021Tarke-Bitarke Bharater MadhyajugRatnabali ChattopadhyayBengali
2021Uttarkaler GalpasangrahaManik BandyopadhyayBengali
2022Amar Jiban O Bharater Communist PartyMuzaffar AhmadNot recorded
2022Apariharya MarxbadPrabhat PattanayakBengali