Philip Spratt

Chanced upon a reference to Philip Spratt in Ramachandra Guha’s : India after Gandhi.

Philip Spratt was apparently a communist sent to spread communism in India. He was imprisoned in the Meerut Conspiracy Case. He spent awhile in prison reading and thus became virulently anti-communist. He stayed on in India and got married to an Indian lady.

Interesting stuff. Not much information about him on the internet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Spratt