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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| name = K. Varadarajan
| office =
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|10|4|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|5|16|1946|10|4|df=y}}
| death_place = Karur, Tamilnadu
}}
'''K. Varadarajan ''' (October 4, 1946 – May 16, 2020) was a [[Politburo]] member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] from [[Tamil Nadu]] of [[India]].<ref>{{cite news |title=A combination of class, caste struggle must for Dalits’ emancipation, says CPI(M) |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/28/stories/2008022853740500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304010422/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/28/stories/2008022853740500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2008 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=28 February 2008 |accessdate=2009-04-02 }}</ref>

== Life ==

K. Varadharajan was born on 4 October 1946.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=മുതിര്‍ന്ന സി.പി.എം. നേതാവ് കെ. വരദരാജന്‍ അന്തരിച്ചു|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/news/india/cpm-leader-k-varadarajan-passes-away-1.4763784|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref> He died at Karur, Tamil Nadu on 16 May 2020.<ref name=":0" />

He had a Diploma in Civil Engineering.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=തമിഴ്നാട്ടിലെ സിപിഎമ്മിന്‍റെ പ്രമുഖനേതാവ് കെ വരദരാജൻ അന്തരിച്ചു|url=https://www.asianetnews.com/india-news/cpim-leader-from-tamilnadu-k-varadarajan-passed-away-qafasg|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=ml|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref>

== Political career ==

=== Peasant Leader ===
K. Varadharajan was a peasant activist and the leader of [[All India Kisan Sabha (Ashoka Road)|All India Kisan Sabha]].

He gave leadership to numerous struggles of the Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangham (or Tamil Nadu State Kisan Sabha) and took to organising the Peasantry particularly in Trichy District.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gaur, Mahendra.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/476698479|title=Indian affairs annual, 2006 : chronology of events (1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006)|date=2006|publisher=Kalpaz Publications|isbn=81-7835-529-9|location=Delhi|oclc=476698479}}</ref>

* Elected as the Secretary of Trichy District Kisan Sabha in 1974.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=മുതിർന്ന സിപിഐ എം നേതാവ് കെ വരദരാജൻ അന്തരിച്ചു|url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/national/veteran-cpim-leader-k-varadarajan-passes-away/871801|website=Deshabhimani|language=ml|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref>
* Elected as the Secretary of Tamil Nadu State Kisan Sabha in 1986<ref name=":1" />
* Elected as the General Secretary of All India Kisan Sabha in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|title=All India Kisan Sabha General Secretary, K. Varadarajan addressing a public meeting in Hyderabad on... {{!}} The Hindu Images|url=https://thehinduimages.com/details-page.php?id=10266347|website=thehinduimages.com|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref>

=== Communist Leader ===
K. Varadharajan became a member of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] in 1968.<ref name=":0" />

* Elected as the Trichy District Secretary of CPI(M) in 1978.<ref name=":1" />
* Elected to the Tamil Nadu State Committee of CPI(M) in 1972.<ref name=":1" />
* Elected to the State Secretariat of CPI(M) in 1986.<ref name=":1" />
* Elected to the Central Committee of CPI(M) in 1998.<ref name=":0" />
* Elected to the Central Secretariat of CPI(M) in 2002.
* Elected to the Polit Bureau of CPI(M) in 2005.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=500 activists held at Kaverirajapuram|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/35175/500-activists-held-kaverirajapuram.html|date=2009-11-10|website=Deccan Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref>

During the Emergency he was underground from 1975 to 1977.<ref name=":2" />

He was the All India Vice President of AIKS and member of the Central Committee of the CPI-M till his death.<ref name=":0" />

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