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The '''Wahikar Union''' was a peasants organization in [[Punjab, India|Punjab]], [[India]]. It was founded in the mid-1970s and functioned as a mass organization of the [[Punjab Communist Revolutionary Committee]] (later the [[UCCRI(ML)]]).<ref>Judge, Paramjit S. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=HvYpVtBXw5kC&pg=PA136 Insurrection to Agitation: The Naxalite Movement in Punjab]''. Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1992. p. 136</ref><br />
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The Wahikar Union organized a militant mass protest in [[Jagraon]] in 1974. Police opened fire on the demonstration, killing one peasant. Later in the same year, on 26 November, an armed demonstration was organized jointly in [[Bhatinda]] by Wahikar Union, Punjab Students Union and Bharat Naujavan Sabha. The rally was dispersed by police forces. Several leaders of the protest were arrested.<ref>Judge, Paramjit S. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=HvYpVtBXw5kC&pg=PA137 Insurrection to Agitation: The Naxalite Movement in Punjab]''. Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1992. p. 137</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.antiimperialista.org/de/node/1845 | title=Martyrdom of Prithipal Singh Randhawa – 25th death anniversary | date=19 July 2004 | publisher=Anti-imperialist Camp | first=Harsh | last=Thakor | accessdate=19 April 2018 }}</ref><br />
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By 1982 the Wahikar Union had become defunct.<ref>Judge, Paramjit S. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=HvYpVtBXw5kC&pg=PA144 Insurrection to Agitation: The Naxalite Movement in Punjab]''. Bombay: Popular Prakashan, 1992. p. 144</ref><br />
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