S. V. Ghate

[2][3][4] The Communist Party of India Karnataka State headquarters, Ghate Bhavan, is named in his honor.

[9] In 1927, Ghate became the first Communist to be elected as an All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) office bearer during the Kanpur session.

His fellow Communist Party members, including Chandra Rajeswara Rao, dubbed this jeep the GTS, or Ghate Transportation Service.

[11] Ghate and colleagues transformed the Socialist Group within the Congress into a WPP in 1927, with S. S. Mirajkar as the general secretary, and soon spread to other provinces.

Ghate and Mirajkar met Shapurji Saklatvala when he came to Bombay in January 1927, and organized a huge public reception in his honor.

WPP also brought out a massive demonstration before the Congress pandal, demanding acceptance of resolution on full independence.

When he reached Madras in 1936, he met with and sought to unite political leaders, including Malayapuram Singaravelu, V. Subbiah, P. Jeevanandham, K. Murugesan Anandan, B. Srinivasa Rao, and Puchalapalli Sundarayya.

At that time, Ghate came to an agreement with Puran Chand Joshi and Jayaprakash Narayan that the CPI and Congress Socialist Party workers should join forces, and personally promised Narain to work to bring up CSP.

"[20] The Communist Party underwent a period of turmoil and dysfunction during which time leaders were put in jail and the organisation was forced to operate underground.

Writing under pseudonyms, Ghate, Shripad Amrit Dange, and Ajoy Ghosh – Purushottam, Prabodh Candra, and Prakash, respectively – released the "Three Ps Document" on 30 September 1950.

Instead, the Three Ps Document proposed an Indian path that took into account the local conditions and circumstances of India.

[22] CPI leaders, including Ghate and Dange, whose base was with the working class and trade unions advocated for an end to the violent Telangana Rebellion and for participation in general elections.