Mohan Punamia

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Mohan Punamia was an Indian trade unionist and politician. Punamia, then the Rajasthan secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress, was detained and jailed 1964-1965 under Defense of India Rules. [1]

In April 1964 Punamia was one of 32 members of the Communist Party of India National Council that broke away and formed the Communist Party of India (Marxist). [2] He served as the CPI(M) Rajasthan State Committee secretary. [3] [4] When the Centre of Indian Trade Unions was founded in 1970, Punamiya became the founding president of CITU in Rajasthan. [1] [5]

In 1981 Punamia was expelled from CPI(M). [6] A split also occurred in CITU, in 1982 Punamia founded the Rajasthan Trade Union Centre. [7] [8] [9] In 1983 he founded a new party, the Marxist Communist Party of India (MCPI). [3] Punamia served as secretary of MCPI. [10] In 1986 he founded the All India Centre of Trade Unions. [11]

He died in Jaipur on 4 July 1997. [12]

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  7. ↑ Trade Union Record. All-India Trade Union Congress. 1987.
  8. ↑ The Working Class. Centre of Indian Trade Unions. 1989. p. 8.
  9. ↑ G. L. Gaur (1986). Trade Unionism and Industrial Relations. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 210.
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