Yagya Dutt Sharma (trade unionist)

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Yagya Dutt Sharma, often known as YD, was an Indian trade unionist and politician belonging to the Communist Party of India.

Sharma was born 1 March 1918, in Jakhauli village, Rohtak District. [1] He shifted to Delhi in 1930, and seven year later he graduated from Shri Ram College of Commerce. [1] During his student year he was active in the All India Students Federation. [1] He went on to finish his postgraduate studies in Economics at St. Stephen's College. [1] He worked as a lecturer at Ramjas College. [1] In 1939 he became a CPI member. [1] He was one of the founders of the Delhi unit of the party in 1944, and went on to become a Central Committee member of CPI in 1951. [1] [2] [3] He spent the period of 1948-1950 underground. [1] Sharma attended the 1952 Peking Asia and Pacific Rim Peace Conference as an observer. [4]

In 1973 he became the secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress, later becoming its vice president. [1]

Sharma died on 11 January 2004. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Trade unionist Y.D. Sharma dead". The Tribune. India. 12 January 2004. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  2. ↑ Mainstream Weekly. Birth and Growth of Communist Party in Delhi
  3. ↑ Communist Party of India. Congress (2005). Documents of the ... Congress of the Communist Party of India. The Party. p. 2.
  4. ↑ Marshall Windmiller (2011). Communism in India. University of California Press. p. 573. GGKEY:NSY99CAKNFU.
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