Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri
| Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri | |
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| Born |
10 April 1917 Lyallpur |
| Died | 27 May 2013 (aged 96) Ludhiana |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Politician |
Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri (10 April 1917, Lyallpur - 27 May 2013, Ludhiana) was an Indian politician. He was the oldest surviving member of the founding Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
Prior to the Partition of India, Lyallpuri's family held a land ownership of roughly 150–180 acres in Lyallpur (present-day Faisalabad, in Pakistan). The young Lyallpuri became a political activist through the student movement in the 1930s and after finishing his BSc at Khalsa College in Amritsar he joined the Indian National Congress at the age of 18. Lyallpuri's parents were reluctant towards his entry into politics. They preferred that he'd embark on a professional career instead. Lyallpuri obtained his LLB from the Government Law College in Lahore in 1940. He soon became a professional revolutionary and cadre of the Kirti Kisan Party, was included in the Central Committee of the party and a leader of the Punjab Kisan Sabha. The Kirti Kisan Party later merged into the Communist Party of India.
As a result of Partition, Lyallpuri moved to Ludhiana. Within the Communist Party, he opposed B.T. Ranadive's line of launching guerrilla struggles. Lyallpuri was jailed between 1949 and 1951, when the Communist Party was banned. Whilst in jail, he was ordered by the party leadership to instigate a prisoner revolt, which led to riots and a hunger strike. He fasted for nine weeks.
In April 1953 he was elected Joint Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha, at its 11th conference in Cannanore. He would hold this post for 18 years.
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