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	\|name = Amarjeet Kaur		\| name = Amarjeet Kaur
	\|image =		\| image = Amarjeet Kaur at Workers' Mahapadav in 2017.png
	\|birth_place = [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]], India		\| birth_place = [[Punjab, India\|Punjab]], India
	\|birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|df=yes\|1952\|4\|2}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|df=yes\|1952\|4\|2}}
	\|residence =		\| residence =
	\|nationality =		\| nationality =
	\|office = General Secretary of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]]		\| office = General Secretary of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]]
	\|term_start = 11 December 2017		\| term_start = 11 December 2017
	\|term_end =		\| term_end =
	\|predecessor = [[Gurudas Dasgupta]]		\| predecessor = [[Gurudas Dasgupta]]
	\|successor =		\| successor =
	\|party = [[Communist Party of India]]		\| party = [[Communist Party of India]]
	\|occupation = [[Trade unionist]], Politician		\| occupation = [[Trade unionist]], Politician
	\|education = MSc Physics, LLB		\| education = MSc Physics, LLB
	\|alma_mater = [[University of Delhi]]		\| alma_mater = [[University of Delhi]]
	}}		}}
	'''Amarjeet Kaur''' (Born in 2 April 1952) is an Indian politician and National ~~Secretariat member~~ of the [[Communist party of India]].<ref>{{~~Cite~~ web\|url=https://~~economictimes~~.indiatimes.com/~~news~~/~~politics-and-nation~~/~~trade~~-~~unions~~-~~must~~-go-~~beyond~~-~~labour~~-~~issues~~-~~top~~-~~woman~~-tu-~~leader~~/articleshow/~~62229834~~.cms\|~~title~~=~~Trade Unions must go beyond labour issues: top woman TU leader~~\|~~via~~=~~The Economic Times~~}}</ref> She is General Secretary of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]]. She is the first woman in Independent India to be at the helm of one of the central trade unions, after [[Maniben Kara]]’s election as AITUC General Secretary in 1936.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.labourfile.com/section-detail.php?aid=580#\|title=Amarjeet Kaur: The Trade Unionist Who Broke Gender Barriers\|website=www.labourfile.com}}</ref>		'''Amarjeet Kaur''' (Born on 2 April 1952) is an Indian politician and National Secretary of the [[Communist party of India]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=CPI asks state govts not to enact Centre’s 4 labour codes \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/cpi-asks-state-govts-not-to-enact-centres-4-labour-codes/articleshow/121936986.cms \|website=The Times of India \|date=10 March 2025 \|access-date=6 October 2025}}</ref> She is General Secretary of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Amarjeet Kaur’s speech: A scathing attack on labour laws, BJP-RSS and the Modi government \|url=https://theazadi.in/amarjeet-kaurs-speech-a-scathing-attack-on-the-policies-of-the-bjp-rss-and-the-modi-government/ \|website=The Azadi \|publisher=The Azadi \|date=28 January 2026}} </ref>
			She is the first woman in Independent India to be at the helm of one of the central trade unions, after [[Maniben Kara]]’s election as AITUC General Secretary in 1936.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.labourfile.com/section-detail.php?aid=580#\|title=Amarjeet Kaur: The Trade Unionist Who Broke Gender Barriers\|website=www.labourfile.com}}</ref>

	Kaur went on to become the second woman general secretary of the [[All India Students Federation]] (AISF) for seven years from 1979 and General Secretary of [[National Federation of Indian Women]] (NFIW) from 1999 to 2002.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.aisf.org.in/past-leadership-conferences.php\|title=AISF – Official\|website=www.aisf.org.in}}</ref> She was AITUC National Secretary from 1994 to 2017. While a student, she was jailed in Delhi for 10 days in 1972 for participating in a CPI protest over price-rise, and for four days in 1977 for a joint Jamia-JNU-Delhi University students’ protest over Aligarh Muslim University riots.		Kaur went on to become the second woman general secretary of the [[All India Students Federation]] (AISF) for seven years from 1979 and General Secretary of [[National Federation of Indian Women]] (NFIW) from 1999 to 2002.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.aisf.org.in/past-leadership-conferences.php\|title=AISF – Official\|website=www.aisf.org.in}}</ref> She was AITUC National Secretary from 1994 to 2017. While a student, she was jailed in Delhi for 10 days in 1972 for participating in a CPI protest over price-rise, and for four days in 1977 for a joint Jamia-JNU-Delhi University students’ protest over Aligarh Muslim University riots.
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->Arjun Madathiparambil Muraleedharan at 07:47, 11 October 2021

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{{Distinguish|Amarjit Kaur}}{{Short description|General secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Amarjeet Kaur
|image =
|birth_place = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], India
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1952|4|2}}
|residence =
|nationality =
|office = General Secretary of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]]
|term_start = 11 December 2017
|term_end =
|predecessor = [[Gurudas Dasgupta]]
|successor =
|party = [[Communist Party of India]]
|occupation = [[Trade unionist]], Politician
|education = MSc Physics, LLB
|alma_mater = [[University of Delhi]]
}}
'''Amarjeet Kaur''' (Born in 2 April 1952) is an Indian politician and National Secretariat member of the [[Communist party of India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/trade-unions-must-go-beyond-labour-issues-top-woman-tu-leader/articleshow/62229834.cms|title=Trade Unions must go beyond labour issues: top woman TU leader|via=The Economic Times}}</ref> She is General Secretary of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]]. She is the first woman in Independent India to be at the helm of one of the central trade unions, after [[Maniben Kara]]’s election as AITUC General Secretary in 1936.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.labourfile.com/section-detail.php?aid=580#|title=Amarjeet Kaur: The Trade Unionist Who Broke Gender Barriers|website=www.labourfile.com}}</ref>

Kaur went on to become the second woman general secretary of the [[All India Students Federation]] (AISF) for seven years from 1979 and General Secretary of [[National Federation of Indian Women]] (NFIW) from 1999 to 2002.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aisf.org.in/past-leadership-conferences.php|title=AISF – Official|website=www.aisf.org.in}}</ref> She was AITUC National Secretary from 1994 to 2017. While a student, she was jailed in Delhi for 10 days in 1972 for participating in a CPI protest over price-rise, and for four days in 1977 for a joint Jamia-JNU-Delhi University students’ protest over Aligarh Muslim University riots.

==References==
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[[Category:Female politicians of the Communist Party of India]]
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[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian politicians]]
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Swap72 at 21:12, 26 January 2026

->Arjun Madathiparambil Muraleedharan at 07:47, 11 October 2021