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==Early life and pre-1947 career== | ==Early life and pre-1947 career== | ||
Harkishan Singh Surjeet was born in 1916 in a [[Sikh]] family in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab.<ref name="IASN_HT_2008"/> He started his political career in the national liberation movement in his early teens, as a follower of the revolutionary socialist [[Bhagat Singh]] and in 1930 joined his [[Naujawan Bharat Sabha]]. In 1936, Surjeet joined the [[Communist Party of India]]. He was a co-founder of the [[All India Kisan Sabha|Kisan Sabha]] (Farmer's Union) in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]. In the pre-war years he started publishing ''Dukhi Duniya'' and ''Chingari''. During the War, Surjeet was imprisoned by the colonial authorities. When India became independent and partitioned in 1947, Surjeet was the Secretary of CPI in Punjab. Although he sported a [[Dastar|Sikh turban]], throughout his life, Surjeet remained an [[atheist]].<ref name="IASN_HT_2008">"Surjeet, who always sported a white turban, was also passionately opposed to the Sikh separatist campaign that bled Punjab for a decade until 1993. He led a spartan lifestyle and always wore simple, even crumpled clothes." M.R. Narayan Swamy and Monobina Gupta, Indo-Asian News Service: [https://archive. | Harkishan Singh Surjeet was born in 1916 in a [[Sikh]] family in the village of Bundala, Jalandhar district of Punjab.<ref name="IASN_HT_2008"/> He started his political career in the national liberation movement in his early teens, as a follower of the revolutionary socialist [[Bhagat Singh]] and in 1930 joined his [[Naujawan Bharat Sabha]]. In 1936, Surjeet joined the [[Communist Party of India]]. He was a co-founder of the [[All India Kisan Sabha|Kisan Sabha]] (Farmer's Union) in [[Punjab (India)|Punjab]]. In the pre-war years he started publishing ''Dukhi Duniya'' and ''Chingari''. During the War, Surjeet was imprisoned by the colonial authorities. When India became independent and partitioned in 1947, Surjeet was the Secretary of CPI in Punjab. Although he sported a [[Dastar|Sikh turban]], throughout his life, Surjeet remained an [[atheist]].<ref name="IASN_HT_2008">"Surjeet, who always sported a white turban, was also passionately opposed to the Sikh separatist campaign that bled Punjab for a decade until 1993. He led a spartan lifestyle and always wore simple, even crumpled clothes." M.R. Narayan Swamy and Monobina Gupta, Indo-Asian News Service: [https://archive.today/20121209082224/http://www.hindustantimes.com/storypage/storypage.aspx?id=a7cd9552-34ef-42f0-8861-48711969e8ae&ParentID=1e5b1926-3c9b-44c3-99fe-e0863dedc58a&MatchID1=4736&TeamID1=8&TeamID2=6&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1194&MatchID2=4727&TeamID3=2&TeamID4=3&MatchType2=1&SeriesID2=1191&PrimaryID=4736&Headline=Harkishan+Singh+Surjeet+-+nationalist+to+Communist+and+then+kingmaker 'Harkishan Singh Surjeet - nationalist to Communist and then kingmaker]', ''Hindustan Times'', 1 August 2008 (accessed 1 August 2008).</ref> | ||
==Role in the Communist Party== | ==Role in the Communist Party== | ||
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==Novel== | ==Novel== | ||
A literary work in Punjab titled ''Bhauu'', which has uncanny resemblance to the life of Surjeet was written by Darshan Singh, a close associate of Surjeet. The novel remained unknown till it was printed by the mainstream media.<ref>[http://www.livemint.com/2008/06/03000910/Novel-based-on-the-life-of-CPM.html/ Novel based on the life of CPM’s Surjeet may kick up a storm] Singh, Bajinder Pal, 3 June 2008.</ref> The newspaper article sparked a flurry of coverage and it was then reported by most Indian newspapers.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080604/jsp/nation/story_9362752.jsp |title = Surjeet-Karat spat? It's fiction}}</ref> | A literary work in Punjab titled ''Bhauu'', which has uncanny resemblance to the life of Surjeet was written by Darshan Singh, a close associate of Surjeet. The novel remained unknown till it was printed by the mainstream media.<ref>[http://www.livemint.com/2008/06/03000910/Novel-based-on-the-life-of-CPM.html/ Novel based on the life of CPM’s Surjeet may kick up a storm] Singh, Bajinder Pal, 3 June 2008.</ref> The newspaper article sparked a flurry of coverage and it was then reported by most Indian newspapers.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080604/jsp/nation/story_9362752.jsp |title = Surjeet-Karat spat? It's fiction}}</ref> | ||
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news24online.com/ViewDetails.aspx?NewsId=3044 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-12-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610133651/http://www.news24online.com/ViewDetails.aspx?NewsID=3044 |archive-date=10 June 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-conciliatory-revolutionary/343533/3 | title=The conciliatory revolutionary - Indian Express}}</ref><ref>[http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article877.html=]{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Though the author Darshan Singh claimed that the novel was not based on the life of Surjeet, he termed his novel "virtual reality". He did say that "novels have been written about American presidents without naming them". The main character is named Karam Singh Kirti, with Kirti meaning a worker in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] - a term often used by the left wing in Punjab. The Communist Part of India (Marxist), with which Surjeet was affiliated, was unhappy at the description of Surjeet in the novel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newshopper.sulekha.com/cpi-m-upset-over-fiction-targeting-surjeet_news_916224.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-12-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive. | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news24online.com/ViewDetails.aspx?NewsId=3044 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-12-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610133651/http://www.news24online.com/ViewDetails.aspx?NewsID=3044 |archive-date=10 June 2008 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-conciliatory-revolutionary/343533/3 | title=The conciliatory revolutionary - Indian Express}}</ref><ref>[http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article877.html=]{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Though the author Darshan Singh claimed that the novel was not based on the life of Surjeet, he termed his novel "virtual reality". He did say that "novels have been written about American presidents without naming them". The main character is named Karam Singh Kirti, with Kirti meaning a worker in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] - a term often used by the left wing in Punjab. The Communist Part of India (Marxist), with which Surjeet was affiliated, was unhappy at the description of Surjeet in the novel.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newshopper.sulekha.com/cpi-m-upset-over-fiction-targeting-surjeet_news_916224.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-12-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712173038/http://newshopper.sulekha.com/cpi-m-upset-over-fiction-targeting-surjeet_news_916224.htm |archive-date=12 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||