This powerful depiction of the National Conference's 1946 'Quit Kashmir' campaign against the ruling Dogra dynasty is the work of Chittaprosad Bhattacharya. Chittaprosad Bhattacharya was an Indian political artist of the mid-20th century. He avoided painting on canvas in favour of watercolour and printmaking. As far as we can make out, the drawing appeared in the CPI's weekly publication, People's War. Chittaprosad was a communist who used his exceptional artistic gifts for political purposes and is best known for his powerful depictions of the 1943 Bengal famine. He was born in Naihati, West Bengal, in 1915. He became a part of the grassroots movement that opposed both British colonial oppression and the feudal exploitation of the Indian landed nobility. The Bengal School's classicism and its emphasis on spirituality were rejected by Chittaprosad. Chittaprosad never used his Brahminical surname throughout his life because he refused to embrace the prejudices of the caste system. He demonstrated a natural knack for draughtsmanship in the essays he wrote as well as in the sharp cartoons and illustrations he produced.