Avtar Singh Malhotra (; 18 April 1917 – 23 May 2005) was a Punjabi politician belonging to the

Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist Party of India, December 26, 1925 Cawnpore (Kanpur) conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led m ...

from Punjab, India. He is famous for his active leadership to communist and patriotic resistance in 1980's during separatist insurgency in Punjab.

Biography

Born on 18 April 1917, at Daultala town, in

Rawalpindi District Rawalpindi District (Punjabi language, Punjabi and ) is a Districts of Pakistan, district located in the northernmost part of the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province of Pakistan. Parts of the district form part of the Islamabad Rawalpindi metropo ...

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(now in Pakistan), Mr Malhotra spent his childhood there. After passing the MA (English) in first division in the 1940s, Mr Malhotra became a lecturer of English in a college at Rawalpindi. He joined communist movement during this period. He quit his job in 1945 and became the editor of the communist party publication weekly Jange Azadi.

Books

*''The Punjab Crisis and the Way Out'' (Communist Party Publication, 1984) *''Save Punjab, Save India'' (Communist Party Publication, 1984) *''Punjab Problem and Solution'' (Communist Party Publication, 1985) *''What is the Communist Party?'' (Communist Party Publication, 1986) *''Punjab: Martyrs of CPI : they gave their lives for communal amity and national integrity'' (Communist Party Publication, 1988) *''For Indian Unity Democratise Centre-state Relations'' (Communist Party Publication, 1991) *''Role of Communists in the Struggle for Linguistic States'' (Communist Party Publication, 1986) *''The Nature of the Bahujan Samaj Party'' (C. Rajeswara Rao, Avtar Singh Malhotra New Age Printing Press, 1988) *''History of Sirsa Town''

References

Indian independence activists from Punjab Province (British India) Punjabi Sikhs Revolutionary movement for Indian independence 1917 births 2005 deaths Indian revolutionaries Indian communists Communist Party of India politicians from Punjab, India Politicians from Rawalpindi {{PunjabIN-politician-stub