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{{short description|Indian revolutionary (1912–1990)}}
{{About|the freedom fighter|other people|Kishori Lal (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kishori Lal
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth year|1912}}
| birth_place = [[Dharampur, Punjab|Dharampur]], Dasuya tehsil, [[Hoshiarpur district]], [[British India]] {{small|(present-day [[India]])}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1990|07|11|1912|01|01}}
| death_place = [[Jalandhar]], [[Punjab, India]]
| nationality = [[British Raj|British Indian]] {{small|(1912–1947)}} [[Indian people|Indian]] {{small|(1947–1990)}}
| occupation = {{hlist|[[Revolutionary]]|[[Politician]]}}
| years_active = 1928–1946 1948–1990
| partners = [[Sukhdev Thapar]] Jai Gopal
| employer = [[Hindustan Socialist Republican Association]] [[Naujawan Bharat Sabha]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| website =
}}

'''Pandit Kishori Lal''' (1912 – 11 July 1990) was a [[communist]] Indian revolutionary from [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]] who worked with [[Sukhdev Thapar]] and the [[Hindustan Socialist Republican Association]] (HSRA).<ref name="hanging">{{cite book|last1=Waraich|first1=Malwinderjit Singh|last2=Sidhu|first2=Gurdev Singh|title=The hanging of Bhagat Singh : complete judgement and other documents v.1-4|date=2005|publisher=Unistar|location=Chandigarh}}</ref>

==Early life==
He was born in village Dharampur, tehsil Dasuya, [[Hoshiarpur district]], [[Punjab]].<ref name="virdi">{{cite book|author1=Charan Singh Virdi|title=Memoirs: 25 Communist Freedom Fighters|date=2005|publisher=People's Democracy Press|location=Delhi|pages=55–58}}</ref> This village coordinates {{coord|31.880761|N|75.914580|E|}} – is situated on the south-western slopes of the Sola Singhi range. He attended primary school in Dharampur and then moved to Quetta (present-day Pakistan) where his father was posted as a Sanskrit teacher. After finishing his matriculation in Quetta, he joined DAV College Lahore to pursue higher studies.<ref name="virdi" />

==Political life==
His father and three elder brothers were all imbued with the spirit of [[Indian nationalism]]. In early 1928, Lal joined the [[Naujawan Bharat Sabha]], thereby coming into direct and close contact with the founder of the group, [[Bhagat Singh]].<ref name="virdi" /> The group instilled [[revolutionary]] ideas among the youth and prepared them for the struggle for [[India]]'s freedom.

He was involved with the HSRA bomb-making unit at 69 Kashmiri Building, [[Lahore]], from where he was arrested on 15 April 1929 along with [[Sukhdev Thapar]] and Jai Gopal.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Waraich|editor1-first=Malwinderjit Singh|editor2-last=Sidhu|editor2-first=Gurdev Singh|title=The Hanging of Bhagat Singh: Complete Judgement and Other Documents v. 1-4|date=2005|publisher=Unistar|location=Chandigarh}}</ref> While he was being held in jail as an undertrial prisoner, Lal participated in a historic [[hunger strike]] by the HSRA members. At the conclusion of the trial in the Lahore Conspiracy Case 1929, the judge sentenced Singh, [[Shivaram Rajguru]] and Sukhdev to [[Execution by hanging|death by hanging]]. Lal was sentenced to transportation for life.<ref name="hanging" /> He served his 18-year sentence in the jails of [[Lahore]], [[Multan]] and [[Montgomery (town), British India|Montgomery]].<ref name="virdi" /> He spent nearly five years in solitary confinement due to his rebellious nature.

While in jail, he came in contact with a number of communist prisoners and started reading Marxist literature. Under this influence, his world outlook underwent a change, and in 1936 he applied for party membership from jail. He was registered as a [[Communist Party of India|Communist Party]] member in 1942.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Charan Singh Virdi|title=Memoirs: 25 Communist Freedom Fighters|date=2005|publisher=People's Democracy|location=Delhi|pages=55–58}}</ref>

After his release from jail in 1946, he asked the party to allot him work on the trade union front, where he worked with his customary zeal. He was elected as president of the Punjab unit of [[All India Trade Union Congress]] (AITUC) in 1948.

In January 1948, nearly 1500 members, including Lal of the [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] unit of the Communist Party of [[India]], broke away and founded the [[Lal Communist Party Hind Union]]. This party carried out militant agrarian struggles in the [[PEPSU]] region of Punjab. After nearly four years, the Lal Communist Party was reunified with its parent party in July 1952.<ref name="bujha">{{cite book|last1=Sidhu|first1=Ajmer|title=Baba Bujha Singh: An Untold Story|date=2013|publisher=Tarkbharti Prakashan|location=Barnala}}</ref>

In early 1952, Lal took part in the movement for the [[liberation of Goa]] which was under [[Portugal|Portuguese]] control.<ref name="bujha"/> He was a committee member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] at Punjab state level for a number of years. In his later years, he served as in-charge of the Punjab Book Centre at [[Jalandhar]].<ref name="virdi" /> He was also active on the Desh Bhagat Yadgar Committee at Jalandhar.

==Death==
Lal died on 11 July 1990 in a hospital of [[Jalandhar]], following a road accident. He was 78 years old.<ref name="virdi" />

==References==
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{{Indian Revolutionary Movement}}
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[[Category:1912 births]]
[[Category:1990 deaths]]
[[Category:Indian revolutionaries]]
[[Category:Road incident deaths in India]]
[[Category:Hindustan Socialist Republican Association]]
[[Category:Accidental deaths in India]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians]]

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