Kameshwar Pandit was an Indian politician, trade unionist and journalist. Pandit founded the Himachal Pradesh branch of the Communist Party of India in 1953.[1][2][3]
Pandit contested the June 3, 1959 Mahasu Lok Sabha seat by-election, standing as an independent politician.[4][5] Pandit obtained 6,712 votes (8.67%).[4]
Pandit remained in CPI after the 1964 split in the party, and would stay on as the Himachal Pradesh State Council Secretary of CPI until his death.[1][2][3] He was a leader of mass organizations like the All India Trade Union Congress and the All India Kisan Sabha.[2] Pandit served as the editor of the weekly Himachal Janata for many years.[2][6] He also founded the weekly Himachal Darpan and Pahari.[3][7] He authored several books and worked on a number of periodical publications.[3] He was a member of the CPI National Council.[8]
He was offered the position as state governor by Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, but turned down the offer.[3]
Pandit died in Shimla, from cardiac arrest, on June 29, 2001.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Party Politics in a Himalayan State{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. National(1977)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The Tribune. HP CPI Secy Pandit dead
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The Tribune. CPI pays tributes to Kameshwar Pandit
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Election Commission of India. Bye-election results 1952-95
- ↑ Asian Recorder{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press(1959)
- ↑ Press in India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India(1977)
- ↑ Press in India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Office of the Registrar of Newspapers.(1960)
- ↑ Documents of the Twelfth Congress of the Communist Party of India, Adhikari Nagar, Varanasi, 22 to 28 March 1982{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. J. Sen for the Communist Party of India(1982)