Deepak Dhawan
Deepak Dhawan was the State Committee member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) Punjab (India) and Joint Secretary of Khet Mazdoor Union,[1] a mass organisation of CPI(M), which fights for the rights of landless agricultural labourers.[2][3] He was a member of All India Students Federation (AISF) in D.A.V College, Amritsar & an elected President of Student Council (Progressive Student Front-a united front of SFI and AISF in GNDU) of Guru Nanak Dev University.[4] On 19 May 1987, he was killed by the Khalistan movement extremists at village Sangha, Tarn Taran district.[2][5]
Deepak Dhawan | |
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Punjab State Committee member, Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
Personal details | |
Born | Khemkaran | February 28, 1955
Died | May 19, 1987 32) Sangha, Tarn Taran district | (aged
Cause of death | Killed by Khalistan movement extremists |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Alma mater | Guru Nanak Dev University |
Occupation | Communist leader, Activist, Columnist |
Calendar launched by Revolutionary Marxist Party of India
On 19 June 2020, on his 33rd martyrdom day, RMPI launched a calendar to commemorate Deepak and highlight the principles of Socialism on which he lived and sacrificed his life.[6]
References
- Institute for Defence Studies & Analysis. Institute for Defence Studies. 1987. p. 987,994.
- CPI(M) in Punjab: The Martyrs of the Struggle for National Unity. Communist Party of India (Marxist). 1987. p. 20.
- The Annual Register of Indian Political Parties. Michiko & Panjathan. 1989. p. 376.
- "Campus Politics". The Tribune. 28 April 2018.
- "Ghosts of Khalistan". The Hindu. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- "RMPI launches Calendar to Commemorate Deepak Dhawan". 19 June 2020.
External links
- Punjab Times: New York: Vol 21, Issue 19; Page 16; May 9, 2020, The Martyrs in the month of May
- Memories of Anti-Khalistan Yatra, 2016 (ENGLISH)
- Comrades against Terrorism 1 April 2016(Punjabi)
- Sikh Chintan-Gurdial Bal, 2014
- Leading Communists killed by Khalistanis in Punjab, Sikhs in Britain-The making of a community, 2006, Page 239
- Burning Punjab - Post Mortem of Khalistani period-Harsh Thakur; 2003
- Punjabi Lekhak Kosh (Punjabi); Page 476; 2003
- Jo Haarey Nahi (Punjabi)-Harbhajan Singh; Page 226; Year-2003
- Punjab Times: New York: March 29, 2014; Page 22, The issue of Elections during the times of Darkness- Gurdial Bal
- Role of Rightist and Leftist Parties, Year 2000, Page 176
- Punjabi sankat te Punjabi Kavita (Punjabi)-Harpreet Singh Hundal; Page 42,120; Year-2000
- Documents of the Communist Movement in India, 1998, Page=119
- Prasangwas (Punjabi)-Chaman Lal; Page 69; Year-1996,
- Deepening Punjab Crisis, a Democratic Solution-Harkishan Singh Surjeet, 1992, Page 209
- Modern History Of Punjab,1992, Page 268
- Khooni aab- Master Darshan Singh, 1989, Page 19,20,151
- Women's Equality; Quarterly Bulletin of AIDWA. Volume 2, 1989, Page 21,37
- Yuga ke Yoddha (Hindi)- Jagjit Singh Anand, 1988, Page 62
- Documents of the Communist Movement in India, 1987-1988 ยท Volume 22, Page 119
- Genesis of Terrorism-An Analytical Study of Punjab terrorists,1988, Page 28
- Political Dynamics and Crisis in Punjab, Department of Political Science, Guru Nanak Dev University, 1988, Page 433
- Communists on target of Terrorists in Punjab
- No change in Punjab under President's rule 15 June 1987
- The Working Class, 1987, Page 12,18
- Kavita Teerey (Hindi) Page 172
- KHOJ DARPAN- Guru Nanak Dev University, 1984, Page 102
- Link(1975)-Vol 17, Part 4, Page-33
- People's Democracy 6(25); 20 June 20 1982; Page 7,8; What Punjab Bye Elections Result Show
- Mainstream Weekly 20(16); 19 December 1981; Page 11-12; Scientific Temper: Need for Clarity
- Science & Sensibility- K. V. Subbaram; ISBN 9788185235073; Manthan Publications; 1989
- Bibliography; Page 247
- Changing contours of the science and technology discourse in the 1970s and 1980s in India; Page 20, Citation number 58; Jawaharlal Nehru University; New Delhi
- In search of Roots- The Indian Scientific Community; Volume:18, Issue: 1; 1 May 1984; Page-112,129; IIT-Kanpur
- Scientific Temper: An Issue Above Ideologies; Indian Journal of Science Communication
- Scientific temper, emotional intelligence and Academic achievement among tribal and nontribal Adolescents of Kashmir-Azad Ahmad Andrabi; Bibliography, Page-155; Aligarh Muslim University; 2015
- Page 274; Citation number 33
- Guide to Indian Periodical Literature, Volume; Page-808; Publisher-Indian Documentation Service; 1983
- Mainstream Weekly, JULY 18, 1981, Page 19-23, Behind Anti-Tobacco Agitation in Amritsar
- Aftermath of Operation Bluestar-Vol 1-Man Singh Deora; Page 612; Anmol Publications; ISBN 9788170416456; 1992
- Members of Dehati Mazdoor Sabha meet at Deepak Dhawan Memorial Bhavan to pressurize Police Department against increasing atrocities on Dalits
Deepak Dhawan Remembered
- Gursharan Singh (theatre director) remembers Deepak Dhawan in his play-Comrade, 1995
- "Comrade Deepak Dhawan" by Gursharan Singh
- Deepak Dhawan remembered, 25th Martyrdom Day, 2012
- Deepak Dhawan remembered, 2017
- Deepak Dhawan Remembered, 30th Martyrdom Day, 2017
- Deepak Dhawan Remembered, 31st Martyrdom day, 2018
- RMPI organises conference to pay tribute to Deepak Dhawan; The Tribune; 05 June 2018
- Deepak Dhawan Remembered, 32nd Martyrdom Day, RMPI calls for self-analysis & Left Unity; 11 June 2019
- Deepak Dhawan Remembered, 33rd Martyrdom Day, Calendar on Deepak Dhawan launched, 19 June 2020
- Apna Radio-Canada-organised FM show to remember Deepak on 19 June 2020
See also
- Achhar Singh Chhina
- Arjan Singh Mastana
- Baldev Singh Mann
- Chanan Singh Dhoot
- Darshan Singh Canadian
- Gursharan Singh (theatre director)
- Shaheed Gurnam Singh Uppal
- Jaimal Singh Padda
- Nidhan Singh Gudhan
- Pash
- Professor Ravinder Singh Ravi
- Sarvan Singh Cheema
- Sumeet Preetlari
- Satyapal Dang
- Teja Singh Swatantar
- Punjab insurgency