->Arjun Madathiparambil Muraleedharan at 17:41, 30 November 2021

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
'''Dhanwantri''' (7 March 1902 – 13 July 1953) was a freedom fighter and one of the founder of [[Communist Party of India]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. During the [[British Raj]], he was arrested by the British authorities and jailed for an overall period of 17 years out of his total adult life of 34 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/death-anniversary-comrade-dhanwantri-observed/|title = Death anniversary of Comrade Dhanwantri observed|date = 13 July 2014}}</ref>

The Communist Party of India Jammu and Kashmir State headquarters, Dhanwantri Bhavan, is named in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.earlytimes.in/m/newsdet.aspx?q=256523|title=JKFFA pays tributes to Comrade Dhanwantri - Early Times Newspaper Jammu Kashmir}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marxists.org/subject/india/cpi/index.htm|title = Communist Party of India (CPI)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-commentary/when-the-communists-knocked-on-kashmirs-door/|title=When the communists knocked on Kashmir's door|date=27 August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/communalism/punjab-1947-bloodied-and-partitioned-by-competing-nationalisms|title=Punjab 1947: Bloodied and Partitioned by Competing Nationalisms}}</ref>

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[[Category:1902 births]]
[[Category:1953 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists]]
[[Category:Indian independence activists from Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India politicians from Jammu and Kashmir]]

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->Arjun Madathiparambil Muraleedharan at 17:41, 30 November 2021