Shamsher Singh Sheri

Shamsher Singh Sheri
Shamsher Singh Sheri
Born	1942
Died	30 October 2005
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Communist leader
Organization	Communist Party of India (Maoist)

Shamsher Singh Sheri (1942 – 30 October 2005), commonly known by his

nom de guerre, Karam Singh (Hindi pronunciation: [krm sɪŋɦ]), was a communist leader and a Politburo member of the CPI (Maoist) in India.^[1]

Early life and family

Sheri was born in the village of Khokhar Kalan, in the Sangrur district, Punjab. Soon after his birth his father died. He belonged to a middle class family. He had six brothers and three sisters. Sheri was married to Harbans Kaur in 1957.^[2] Sheri has two children. The elder one, Krantipal Singh, an artist by training but engaged in farming; while the younger one Sachinder Pal Singh Pali, an M. Phil holder in economics from Panjab University, is associated with Students for Society, a student organization of Panjab University.

Guerrilla life

Sheri joined the

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)

and went underground 1969-1970. He took active part in the armed struggle of the party.

In 1974 he joined the

parallel UCCRI(ML)

.

After its 1992 conference, RCCI(ML) split in 1995. Sheri became the Secretary of one of the factions,

CCOMPOSA.^[3]

In January 2003 RCCI(M) merged with the

Maoist Communist Centre, which became the Maoist Communist Centre of India. Sheri became a Central Committee member of MCCI. After the merger of MCCI into the Communist Party of India (Maoist) in 2004, Sheri became a member of the Central Committee (Provisional) of the new party.^[3] Sheri also became a Politburo member of the CPI (Maoist).^[1]

Death

Singh suffered from

cerebral malaria and jaundice. He died on 30 October 2005.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2005-12-15 - document - CPN-M". Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 15 December 2005. Retrieved 29 August 2013. Comrade Shamsher Singh Sheri, alias comrade Sher Shing Sheri, alias com. K.S., a Central Committee and Polit Bureau member of Communist Party of India (Maoist), has passed away from us by dangerous diseases Cerebral Malaria-Jaundice. He attained martyrdom on Oct.30, 2005. It is not only a great loss of CPI (Maoist) but also a great loss of the whole proletarian's revolution. The untimely demise of comrade Karam Singh has caused a serious loss to the ongoing revolutionary struggles in India and the world as well.
^ ^a ^b "SHAMSHER SINGH SHERI". thesikhencyclopedia.com. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b People's March. Comrade Shamsher Singh Sheri, Alias Comrade Karam Singh (Com. K. S.), has departed from us for ever! Let us pledge to follow his ideals and foot-steps!

[ohchr-1] "2005-12-15 - document - CPN-M". Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. 15 December 2005. Retrieved 29 August 2013. Comrade Shamsher Singh Sheri, alias comrade Sher Shing Sheri, alias com. K.S., a Central Committee and Polit Bureau member of Communist Party of India (Maoist), has passed away from us by dangerous diseases Cerebral Malaria-Jaundice. He attained martyrdom on Oct.30, 2005. It is not only a great loss of CPI (Maoist) but also a great loss of the whole proletarian's revolution. The untimely demise of comrade Karam Singh has caused a serious loss to the ongoing revolutionary struggles in India and the world as well.

[:0-2] "SHAMSHER SINGH SHERI". thesikhencyclopedia.com. 12 June 2007. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[b-3] People's March. Comrade Shamsher Singh Sheri, Alias Comrade Karam Singh (Com. K. S.), has departed from us for ever! Let us pledge to follow his ideals and foot-steps!

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