Shamsher Singh Sheri
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Shamsher Singh Sheri, alias Karam Singh (1942 – October 30, 2005) was a communist leader in India
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Sheri was born in the village of Khokhar Kalan, in the Sangrur district, Punjab. Soon after his birth his father died. He was married to Harbans Kaur in 1951. Harbans was only nine years old at the time.
Sheri joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
and went underground 1969-1970. He took active part in the armed struggle of the party. His wife and sister-in-law were imprisoned for three months and tortured. His brothers and friends were also tortured by the police.
In 1974 he joined the Punjab Communist Revolutionary Committee
of Harbhajan Sohi, which merged into the UCCRI(ML) in 1976. In 1979 the Punjab State Committee formed a parallel UCCRI(ML)
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During the beginning of the 1980s, Sheri became the leader of the minority within the organisation. In 1982 he and his followers broke away from UCCRI(ML). In November 1983 they constituted the Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist)
. Sheri became the Secretary of RCCI(ML).
After its 1992 conference, RCCI(ML) was divided in two in 1995. Sheri became the Secretary of one of the factions, Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Maoist)
. He was reelected as Secretary at the RCCI(M) conferences in 1996 and 2002. Sheri took active part in the setting up of CCOMPOSA.
In January 2003 RCCI(M) merged with the Maoist Communist Centre
, which became the Maoist Communist Centre of India. Sheri became a Central Committee member of MCCI. After the merger of MCCI into the Communist Party of India (Maoist)
in 2004, Sheri became a member of the Central Committee (Provisional).
Sheri died on October 30, 2005, after suffering from cerebral malaria and jaundice
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India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
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Sheri was born in the village of Khokhar Kalan, in the Sangrur district, Punjab. Soon after his birth his father died. He was married to Harbans Kaur in 1951. Harbans was only nine years old at the time.
Sheri joined the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)
The Communist Party of India was formed by the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries at a congress in Calcutta in 1969. The foundation of the party was declared by Kanu Sanyal at a mass-meeting in Calcutta on the 22nd of April .-History:CPI advocated armed revolution and...
and went underground 1969-1970. He took active part in the armed struggle of the party. His wife and sister-in-law were imprisoned for three months and tortured. His brothers and friends were also tortured by the police.
In 1974 he joined the Punjab Communist Revolutionary Committee
Punjab Communist Revolutionary Committee
Punjab Communist Revolutionary Committee, originally the Bhatinda District Committee of AICCCR. The committee was one of the sections that broke away when AICCCR founded CPI. In June 1976 PCRC merged with UCCRI....
of Harbhajan Sohi, which merged into the UCCRI(ML) in 1976. In 1979 the Punjab State Committee formed a parallel UCCRI(ML)
Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Harbhajan Sohi)
Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India [Harbhajan Sohi], a splinter-group of UCCRI. Since July 1977 the UCCRI Central Committee Member from Punjab, Harbhajan Sohi had started to express criticism towards the Three Worlds Theory of the Communist Party of China. Gradually he got closer...
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During the beginning of the 1980s, Sheri became the leader of the minority within the organisation. In 1982 he and his followers broke away from UCCRI(ML). In November 1983 they constituted the Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Marxist-Leninist)
Revolutionary Communist Centre of India was a splinter Maoist communist terrorist outfit in India. Later, it split into - 1) Revolutionary Communist Centre of India and 2) Revolutionary Communist Centre of India .Revolutionary Communist Centre of India merge with Maoist Communist Centre of...
. Sheri became the Secretary of RCCI(ML).
After its 1992 conference, RCCI(ML) was divided in two in 1995. Sheri became the Secretary of one of the factions, Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Maoist)
Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Maoist)
Revolutionary Communist Centre of India , was a communist group based in Punjab. RCCI was formed in 1995, as the Revolutionary Communist Centre of India was divided into two...
. He was reelected as Secretary at the RCCI(M) conferences in 1996 and 2002. Sheri took active part in the setting up of CCOMPOSA.
In January 2003 RCCI(M) merged with the Maoist Communist Centre
Maoist Communist Centre
The Maoist Communist Centre was one of the largest two armed Maoist groups in India, and fused with the other, the People's War Group in September 2004, to form the Communist Party of India .-Dakshin Desh:...
, which became the Maoist Communist Centre of India. Sheri became a Central Committee member of MCCI. After the merger of MCCI into the Communist Party of India (Maoist)
Communist Party of India (Maoist)
The Communist Party of India is a Maoist political party in India which aims to overthrow the government of India through violent means. It was founded on 21 September 2004, through the merger of the People's War, and the Maoist Communist Centre . The merger was announced to the public on October...
in 2004, Sheri became a member of the Central Committee (Provisional).
Sheri died on October 30, 2005, after suffering from cerebral malaria and jaundice
Jaundice
Jaundice is a yellowish pigmentation of the skin, the conjunctival membranes over the sclerae , and other mucous membranes caused by hyperbilirubinemia . This hyperbilirubinemia subsequently causes increased levels of bilirubin in the extracellular fluid...
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