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	'''~~Batuk~~ Vora''' (1930–2004) was a journalist from [[Palitana]], [[Gujarat]], India. 1949-1950 he worked with ''Jay Gujarat'' and ''Mashal'', [[Gujarati language]]-journalist published in [[Bombay]]. He then became involved in [[trade union]] struggles and joined the [[Communist Party of India]]. After returning to journalistic work, he wrote for the CPI party organ ''New Age''. He also worked for ''India Abroad'', and was its correspondent in [[San Francisco]], United States.<ref name="rediff">{{Cite web\|url=http://uswww.rediff.com/cms/print.jsp\|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130201094548/http://uswww.rediff.com/cms/print.jsp?docpath=%2Fnews%2F2004%2Foct%2F20vora.htm\|url-status=dead\|title=Print Article - Journalist Batuk Vora dead\|archive-date=1 February 2013\|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref>		'''Batukrai H Vora''' (1930–2004) was a journalist from [[Palitana]], [[Gujarat]], India. 1949-1950 he worked with ''Jay Gujarat'' and ''Mashal'', [[Gujarati language]]-journalist published in [[Bombay]]. He then became involved in [[trade union]] struggles and joined the [[Communist Party of India]]. After returning to journalistic work, he wrote for the CPI party organ [[New Age Weekly\|New Age]]. He also worked for ''India Abroad'', and was its correspondent in [[San Francisco]], United States.<ref name="rediff">{{Cite web\|url=http://uswww.rediff.com/cms/print.jsp\|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130201094548/http://uswww.rediff.com/cms/print.jsp?docpath=%2Fnews%2F2004%2Foct%2F20vora.htm\|url-status=dead\|title=Print Article - Journalist Batuk Vora dead\|archive-date=1 February 2013\|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref>

	In the 1978 Gujarat state assembly elections he contested and won the Palitana seat in [[Bhavnagar district]] as a CPI candidate. He is the only CPI candidate in history which has won a seat in the Gujarat state assembly.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/lone-red-flag-in-saffron-state/250768\|title=Lone red flag in saffron state - Indian Express\|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://coalitionagainstgenocide.org/reports/2002/cct.2002.report.vol1.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2008-01-07 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060420004540/http://www.coalitionagainstgenocide.org/reports/2002/cct.2002.report.vol1.pdf \|archive-date=20 April 2006 \|df=dmy }}</ref>		In the 1978 Gujarat state assembly elections he contested and won the Palitana seat in [[Bhavnagar district]] as a CPI candidate. He is the only CPI candidate in history which has won a seat in the Gujarat state assembly.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/lone-red-flag-in-saffron-state/250768\|title=Lone red flag in saffron state - Indian Express\|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://coalitionagainstgenocide.org/reports/2002/cct.2002.report.vol1.pdf \|title=Archived copy \|access-date=2008-01-07 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060420004540/http://www.coalitionagainstgenocide.org/reports/2002/cct.2002.report.vol1.pdf \|archive-date=20 April 2006 \|df=dmy }}</ref>

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'''Batuk Vora''' (1930–2004) was a journalist from [[Palitana]], [[Gujarat]], India. 1949-1950 he worked with ''Jay Gujarat'' and ''Mashal'', [[Gujarati language]]-journalist published in [[Bombay]]. He then became involved in [[trade union]] struggles and joined the [[Communist Party of India]]. After returning to journalistic work, he wrote for the CPI party organ ''New Age''. He also worked for ''India Abroad'', and was its correspondent in [[San Francisco]], United States.<ref name="rediff">{{Cite web|url=http://uswww.rediff.com/cms/print.jsp|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130201094548/http://uswww.rediff.com/cms/print.jsp?docpath=%2Fnews%2F2004%2Foct%2F20vora.htm|url-status=dead|title=Print Article - Journalist Batuk Vora dead|archive-date=1 February 2013|access-date=9 April 2020}}</ref>

In the 1978 Gujarat state assembly elections he contested and won the Palitana seat in [[Bhavnagar district]] as a CPI candidate. He is the only CPI candidate in history which has won a seat in the Gujarat state assembly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/lone-red-flag-in-saffron-state/250768|title=Lone red flag in saffron state - Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://coalitionagainstgenocide.org/reports/2002/cct.2002.report.vol1.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-01-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060420004540/http://www.coalitionagainstgenocide.org/reports/2002/cct.2002.report.vol1.pdf |archive-date=20 April 2006 |df=dmy }}</ref>

Following the [[2002 Gujarat violence]], Vora emerged as a staunch critic of the [[Narendra Modi]] state government. Vora died from [[cancer]] at the age of 74 in 2004.<ref name="rediff"/>

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->Arjun Madathiparambil Muraleedharan at 05:20, 23 November 2021

>Red Director: Adding local short description: "Indian journalist and politician", overriding Wikidata description "Indian politician" (Shortdesc helper)