Satpal Dang
| Satyapal Dang | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 October 1920 Lahore, British India |
| Died | 15 June 2013 (aged 92) Amritsar, India |
| Occupation | Freedom activist Politician |
| Organization |
AITUC Communist Party of India. |
| Movement |
Indian independence movement Communism |
| Spouse(s) | Vimla Dang |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan |
Satyapal Dang (1920–2013) was an Indian independence activist, writer and later-day politician from Punjab. He was a legislator of Punjab State Legislative Assembly, representing the Communist Party of India for four terms and a Minister of Food and Civil Supplies in the United Front ministry led by Lachhman Singh Gill. He was also involved in trade union movement in India, aligning with the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC). The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1998, for his contributions to society.
Satyapal Dang was born on 4 October 1920 at Rasoolpur (then in Gujranwala district) of the British India and did his early schooling in Lahore. Getting involved in the Indian freedom movement during his student days, he worked with the leftist wing of the Indian National Congress in the beginning but moved the Communist Party of India and became an active worker in the Bombay Commune of the party in the 1920s. Later, he became the general secretary of the All India Students Federation at the age of 25, and participated in the 1st Party Congress hed in Mumbai in 1943. It was during this time, he had the opportunity to work alongside Vimla Bakaya, an associate from his student days who would later marry him in 1952. After the Indian independence and in the aftermath of Calcutta Thesis and resultant insurgencies, the party was banned and when the ban was lifted, Dang couple were entrusted with the responsibility of working amidst the working class in Amritsar region. The couple relocated to Chheharta Sahib, a village near Amritsar and in 1953, when the first local election was held, Dang became the president of Chheharta Municipality.
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