Deepak Dhawan was the State Committee member of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

(CPI(M)) representing

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and also Joint Secretary of Khet Mazdoor Union, a mass organisation of CPI(M), which campaigns for the rights of landless agricultural labourers. He was a member of

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(AISF) in D.A.V College,

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, and an elected President of Student Council (Progressive Student Front - a united front of SFI and AISF) at

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. On 19 May 1987, he was killed by

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extremists at Sangha village, Tarn Taran district.

Commemoration

On 19 June 2020, on the 33rd anniversary of his death, the Revolutionary Marxist Party of India launched a calendar to commemorate Dhawan and highlight the principles of

socialism Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the ...

by which he lived and sacrificed his life.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dhawan, Deepak 1987 deaths Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Punjab, India Place of birth missing 1955 births Victims of Sikh terrorism