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'''Prabhakar Sanzgiri''' Born on 25/9/1921<br />
(died 9 March 2009, in [[Vikhroli]]) was a [[communist]] politician, [[trade union]] organiser and newspaper editor from [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. He served as secretary of the Maharashtra State Committee of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], vice-president of the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]], Maharashtra State Committee president of CITU and editor of the [[Marathi language|Marathi]] party organ ''Jeevan Marg''.<ref name="pd">''People's Democracy'': [http://pd.cpim.org/2009/0316_pd/03162009_6.htm Sanzgiri: A Life of Struggle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410013621/http://pd.cpim.org/2009/0316_pd/03162009_6.htm |date=10 April 2009 }}</ref><br />
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Prabhakar Sanzgiri is a descendant of Sanzgiris of Morjim-Goa<br />
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Sanzgiri became a leftwing activist during his student days, joining the struggle against British rule in India. After [[Independence of India|Independence]], he took active part in the [[Samyukta Maharashtra]] movement. During the years to come, Sanzgiri was jailed several times due to his political activism. He was again jailed during [[Emergency (India)|The Emergency]].<ref name="pd"/><br />
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Following the end of The Emergency, Sanzgiri was elected to the Maharashtra [[Vidhan Sabha|Legislative Assembly]] from [[Bhandup (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bhandup]] in 1978. His candidature was supported by various other opposition parties. In 1980 elections, he was the losing candidate in Bhandup seat. After his tenure in the Legislative Assembly, he was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council.<ref name="pd"/><br />
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Sanzgiri was active in building a base of CITU, the trade union centre linked to CPI(M), in Bhandup, especially amongst the tyre-factory workers of [[CEAT Limited]]. During his lifetime, Sanzgiri authored many books, such as ''Anuchya Antarangat'', ''Manavachi Kahani'', ''Charvaka Te Marx'' and ''Dr Ambedkar: A Marxist evaluation''. In 2008, he resigned as editor of ''Jeevan Marg''.<ref name="pd"/><br />
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Prabhakar Sanzgiri died on 9 March 2009, at his residence in suburban Vikhroli.{{fact|date=October 2021}} He had resigned from his post as Maharashtra State Committee Secretary of the party two years earlier, due to ill health. His wife and fellow CPI(M) leader, Suman Sanzgiri, has written a biography on his political career, titled ''Lal Chhayet Kranticha Shodh''.{{fact|date=October 2021}}<br />
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