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'''Dhanpat Rai Nahar''' (born 1919, Shankar, d. 11 November 2009) was an [[India]]n politician and [[trade union]]ist. He was the joint secretary of the [[All India Agricultural Workers Union]] 1982-1992 and vice president of the organisation 1992-2003. He was a member of the [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] State Committee of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] until 2004.<ref name="pd">http://pd.cpim.org/2009/1213_pd/12132009_4.html</ref> | '''Dhanpat Rai Nahar''' (born 1919, Shankar, d. 11 November 2009) was an [[India]]n politician and [[trade union]]ist. He was the joint secretary of the [[All India Agricultural Workers Union]] 1982-1992 and vice president of the organisation 1992-2003. He was a member of the [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]] State Committee of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] until 2004.<ref name="pd">http://pd.cpim.org/2009/1213_pd/12132009_4.html</ref> | ||
Nahar hailed from a | Nahar hailed from a Hindu(kshtriya) family from [[Jalandhar District]], [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]]. During his school years, he fought against caste-based meal segregation and men/women inequalities in society.During the [[Second World War]] he was sent to [[Singapore]], and became a 2nd Lieutenant in the British Army. He came to join the [[Indian National Army]]. Nahar was arrested during the Manipur campaign of the INA. He was jailed until 1948.<ref name="pd"/> | ||
After his release from prison, Nahar joined the [[Communist Party of India]]. He became a leader of the rural workers movement. He was the founding general secretary of [[Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union]] in Punjab. When the CPI was divided in 1964, he sided with the CPI(M). He became president of the Punjab unit of the AIAWU (the rural workers front of CPI(M)).<ref name="pd"/> | After his release from prison, Nahar joined the [[Communist Party of India]]. He became a leader of the rural workers movement. He was the founding general secretary of [[Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union]] in Punjab. When the CPI was divided in 1964, he sided with the CPI(M). He became president of the Punjab unit of the AIAWU (the rural workers front of CPI(M)).<ref name="pd"/> | ||