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Harkishan Singh Surjeet
Harkishan Singh Surjeet (23 March 1916 – 1 August 2008) was an Indian Communist politician from Punjab, who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005 and was a member of the party's Political Bureau from 1964 to 2008.Manini Chatterjee.Nine to none, founders’ era ends in CPM. ''The Telegraph''. 3 April 2008. Early life and pre-1947 career Harkishan Singh Surjeet was born in 1916 in a Sikh family in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab. He started his political career in the national liberation movement in his early teens, as a follower of the revolutionary socialist Bhagat Singh and in 1930 joined his Naujawan Bharat Sabha. In 1936, Surjeet joined the Communist Party of India. He was a co-founder of the Kisan Sabha (Farmer's Union) in Punjab. In the pre-war years he started publishing ''Dukhi Duniya'' and ''Chingari''. During the War, Surjeet was imprisoned by the colonial authorities. When India became independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bundala
Bundala, also spelt as Bandala, (Punjabi language, Punjabi: ਬੁੰਡਾਲਾ) is a large village in Jalandhar district, Jalandhar zillah situated in Tehsil Phillaur within the Indian state of Punjab (India), Punjab and is located in the centre of the Doaba region of Punjab. History Early history The village can trace its establishment from around 1516 when it was built by two Sikh brothers, Bahhar and Chahar as a small Village, pind. Bundala later became a part of the Ahluwalia (misl), Ahluwalia Misl led by Jassa Singh Ahluwalia, Sultan ul Quam Nawab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia as Misaldar during the Misl, Sikh Misl from 1716–1799. Colonial Era Bundala gained the title of Inqalabian Pind (Punjabi: ੲਿਨਕ਼ਲਾਬੀਆਂ ਪਿੰਡ) meaning village of revolutionaries which was attainted by the village following the daredevilry of Harkishan Singh Surjeet who was an Indian nationalist. During his early teens he became politically active in the Indian independenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |