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'''Shamsher Singh Sheri''' (1942 &ndash; 30 October 2005), commonly known by his [[nom de guerre]], '''Karam Singh''' ({{IPA-hi|krm sɪŋɦ}}), was a communist leader and a [[Politburo]] member of the CPI (Maoist) in India.<ref name="ohchr">{{cite web |title=2005-12-15 - document - CPN-M |url=http://nepalconflictreport.ohchr.org/html/documents/2005-12-15_document_cpn-m_eng.html |publisher=[[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]] |date=15 December 2005 |accessdate=29 August 2013 |quote=Comrade Shamsher Singh Sheri, alias comrade Sher Shing Sheri, alias com. K.S., a Central Committee and Polit Bureau member of Communist Party of India (Maoist), has passed away from us by dangerous diseases Cerebral Malaria-Jaundice. He attained martyrdom on Oct.30, 2005. It is not only a great loss of CPI (Maoist) but also a great loss of the whole proletarian’s revolution. The untimely demise of comrade Karam Singh has caused a serious loss to the ongoing revolutionary struggles in India and the world as well.}}</ref><br />
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==Early life and family==<br />
Sheri was born in the village of Khokhar Kalan, in the Sangrur district, [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. Soon after his birth his father died. He belonged to a middle class family. He had six brothers and three sisters. Sheri was married to Harbans Kaur in 1957.<ref name=":0" /> Sheri has two children. The elder one, Krantipal Singh, an artist by training but engaged in farming; while the younger one Sachinder Pal Singh Pali, an M. Phil holder in economics from Panjab University, is associated with Students for Society, a student organization of Panjab University.<br />
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==Guerrilla life==<br />
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.<br />
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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 [[Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Harbhajan Sohi)|parallel UCCRI(ML)]].<br />
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After its 1992 conference, RCCI(ML) split in 1995. Sheri became the Secretary of one of the factions, [[Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Maoist)]]. He was re-elected as Secretary at the RCCI(M) conferences in 1996 and 2002. Sheri took active part in the setting up of [[CCOMPOSA]].<ref name="b">''People's March''. ''[http://www.bannedthought.net/India/PeoplesMarch/PM1999-2006/archives/2005/nov-dec2k5/ks.htm Comrade Shamsher Singh Sheri, Alias Comrade Karam Singh (Com. K. S.), has departed from us for ever! Let us pledge to follow his ideals and foot-steps!]''</ref><br />
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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) of the new party.<ref name="b"/> Sheri also became a [[Politburo]] member of the CPI (Maoist).<ref name="ohchr"/><br />
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==Death==<br />
Singh suffered from [[cerebral malaria]] and [[jaundice]]. He died on 30 October 2005.<ref name="ohchr"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/biographies/sikh-political-figures/shamsher-singh-sheri|title=SHAMSHER SINGH SHERI|website=thesikhencyclopedia.com|access-date=14 September 2017}}</ref><br />
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