AIYF is affiliated to World Federation of Democratic Youth and member of general council of WFDY.

The movement would remain isolated confined to the states With this end in view the first conference of the All India Youth Federation was held from April 28 to May 3, 1959, in Delhi.

250 delegates and observers representing youth organisations of eleven states attended this six-day session.

Mayor of Delhi Smt Aruna Asaf Ali in her speech inspired tremendous confidence among the delegates.

On the first point, at least it was agreed that though the broad ideas of socialism were becoming popular among youth, there also existed sharp differences on this question.

Therefore, it was finally decided that propagation of the ideas like the equality of rights and an end to class divisions should be incorporated among the aims of the AIYF.

But the AIYF would also participate in, organize and lead struggles and activities on unemployment, illiteracy, sovereignty, national independence, democracy, lack of facilities for training and health, etc.

At the same time, there would be no discrimination against the members and followers of any political parties as long as they abided by the aims and constitution of the organisation.

Besides these two important documents, the conference adopted a Programme of Action for the ensuing months, such as observance of May 16, 1959, as anti US-Pak Pact Day, and campaigns in solidarity with the Algerian youth, etc.

In its opinion, the WFDY was the only worldwide organisation with an understanding of world situation, being consistent in the fight against colonialism.

Youth had played a great in the Second World War to defeat the forces of Germany, Japan and Italy.

The famous film personality Balraj Sahani was elected president of the AIYF and Sarada Mitra the general secretary.

The secretaries were Sushil Chakravarty, Ganesh Vidyarthi and Desraj Goel, two seats remaining vacant.

At that time, the AIYF represented more than two lakh youths of the country, who were the members of the constituent units; it was poised to become a bigger organisation.

Till that year constituent units and organizations existed independently in the various states and regions of India.

The different state, district and local democratic youth organizations used to function separately, though there was some kind of co-ordination between them to a lesser or greater degree.

The separate youth organizations, which later formed the AIYF, were gradually evolving common aims and objects, and in the course of time felt the need for an organisation at national level.

Famous artist and film personality Balraj Sahani was elected as the first president of AIYF and Sarada Mitra as General Secretary.

250 delegates and observers representing youth organizations of eleven (11) states attended this six-day session.

These commissions were on working report and organizational problems, "present situation and the tasks of the youth", and programme of action.

The conference decided that the main task of the organisation was to mobilize the younger generation for democratic and political movements through ideological education on the basis of scientific socialism.

The Congress had split, banks had been nationalized, privy purses withdrawn and new possibilities for the growth of left, democratic and progressive forces had opened up.

The reports from the states in the conference assessed the tremendous impact of these and other events on the youth and student movements.

The AIYF would continue to attract and enroll common youths of factories, farms, universities, services, unemployed etc.

The conference gave a clarion call to the youth to fight the RSS seriously and to defend secularism and national unity.

The dangerous growth of RSS was a serious threat to the nation in the wake of the formation of Janata Dal government in 1977.

The conference called upon the youth to meet the RSS threat and to chalk out a programme of action on all India basis.

The hall in which the delegates session took place was named after the recently hanged young South African poet and freedom fighter Benjamin Moloise.

Its mammoth rally gave a stirring call to all the progressive, democratic and secular youth organisations to fight for the task.

The conference was also attended by the WFDY president Michael and by fraternal delegates from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Cuba.