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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Deepak Dhawan
| honorific_suffix =
| image = DEEPAK.DHAWAN.jpg
| image_size =
| image_upright =
| smallimage = 
| alt =
| caption =
| order = Punjab State Committee member, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| office =
| term_start =
| term_end = 19 May 1987
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1955|02|28}}
| birth_place = [[Khemkaran]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1987|05|19|1955|02|28}}
| death_place = Sangha, [[Tarn Taran district]]
| death_cause = Killed by Khalistan movement extremists
| nationality = [[Indian nationality|Indian]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| education =
| alma_mater = [[Guru Nanak Dev University]]
| occupation = [[Communist]] leader, activist, columnist
}}

'''Deepak Dhawan''' was the State Committee member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)) representing [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and also Joint Secretary of Khet Mazdoor Union,<ref name="IDSA">{{cite book | url=https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/IDSA_News_Review_on_South_Asia_Indian_Oc/WVw8AAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=Deepak%20Dhawan | title=Institute for Defence Studies & Analysis | page=987, 994 | publisher=Institute for Defence Studies | year=1987}}</ref> a mass organisation of CPI(M), which campaigns for the rights of landless agricultural labourers.<ref name="CPIMBook">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jyAmAAAAMAAJ | title=CPI(M) in Punjab: The Martyrs of the Struggle for National Unity | page=20 | publisher=Communist Party of India (Marxist) | year=1987}}</ref><ref name="The Annual Register of Indian Political Parties">{{cite book| url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Annual_Register_of_Indian_Political/raskAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 | title=The Annual Register of Indian Political Parties | page=376 | publisher=Michiko & Panjathan | year=1989}}</ref> He was a member of [[All India Students Federation]] (AISF) in D.A.V College, [[Amritsar]], and an elected President of Student Council (Progressive Student Front - a united front of SFI and AISF) at [[Guru Nanak Dev University]].<ref name="The Tribune">{{cite news| url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/campus-politics-back-570315 | title=Campus Politics| work=The Tribune |date=28 April 2018}}</ref> On 19 May 1987, he was killed by [[Khalistan movement]] extremists at Sangha village, [[Tarn Taran district]].<ref name="CPIMBook"/><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/ghosts-of-khalistan/article3978880.ece | title=Ghosts of Khalistan | work=The Hindu | date=8 October 2012 | accessdate=16 June 2015}}</ref>

== 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]] by which he lived and sacrificed his life.<ref name="Punjabi Tribune">{{cite news| url=https://www.punjabitribuneonline.com/news/doaba/comrade-mangat-ram-pasala-attacks-the-central-government-3610 | title=RMPI launches Calendar to Commemorate Deepak Dhawan|date=19 June 2020}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Place of birth missing]]
[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:Victims of Sikh terrorism]]

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