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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Kameshwar Pandit''' was an [[India]]n politician, [[trade union]]ist and journalist. Pandit founded the [[Himachal Pradesh]] branch of the [[Communist Party of India]] in 1953.<ref name="Sharma1977">{{cite book|author=Ranbir Sharma|title=Party Politics in a Himalayan State|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pQmAAAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=National|page=78}}</ref><ref name=t1>''The Tribune''. ''[https://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010630/himachal.htm#7 HP CPI Secy Pandit dead]''</ref><ref name=t2>''The Tribune''. ''[https://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040701/himachal.htm#9 CPI pays tributes to Kameshwar Pandit]''</ref><br />
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Pandit contested the [[1959 Mahasu by-election|June 3, 1959 Mahasu Lok Sabha seat by-election]], standing as an independent politician.<ref name="e">Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ByeElection/Bye-ele-results%2052-95.xls Bye-election results 1952-95]''</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Asian Recorder|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s4xoIyMeBv0C|year=1959|publisher=K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press|page=2711}}</ref> Pandit obtained 6,712 votes (8.67%).<ref name="e"/><br />
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Pandit remained in CPI after the [[1964 split in the Communist Party of India|1964 split in the party]], and would stay on as the Himachal Pradesh State Council Secretary of CPI until his death.<ref name="Sharma1977"/><ref name=t1/><ref name=t2/> He was a leader of mass organizations like the [[All India Trade Union Congress]] and the [[All India Kisan Sabha]].<ref name=t1/> Pandit served as the editor of the weekly ''Himachal Janata'' for many years.<ref name=t1/><ref>{{cite book|title=Press in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6R72kS53F2cC|year=1977|publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|page=125}}</ref> He also founded the weekly ''Himachal Darpan'' and ''Pahari''.<ref name=t2/><ref>{{cite book|title=Press in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KdIfAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA12-PA338|year=1960|publisher=Office of the Registrar of Newspapers.|page=12}}</ref> He authored several books and worked on a number of periodical publications.<ref name=t2/> He was a member of the CPI National Council.<ref name="Congress1982">{{cite book|author=Communist Party of India. Congress|title=Documents of the Twelfth Congress of the Communist Party of India, Adhikari Nagar, Varanasi, 22 to 28 March 1982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RHUcAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=J. Sen for the Communist Party of India|page=390}}</ref><br />
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He was offered the position as state governor by [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[H.D. Deve Gowda]], but turned down the offer.<ref name=t2/><br />
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Pandit died in [[Shimla]], from [[cardiac arrest]], on June 29, 2001.<ref name=t1/><br />
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