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'''K.S. Vasan''' was an [[India]]n communist politician and [[trade union]]ist from the [[Kolar Gold Fields]].<ref>Communist Party of India. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Po6NAAAAMAAJ Documents of the Twelfth Congress of the Communist Party of India, Adhikari Nagar, Varanasi, 22 to 28 March 1982]''. New Delhi: Communist Party of India, 1982. p. 34</ref><ref>Sarkar, Subodh Chandra. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=oc05AQAAIAAJ Indian Parliament and State Legislatures, Being the Supplement to Hindustan Year Book, 1952]''. Calcutta: M.C. Sarkar, 1952. p. 79</ref> who organized the first leftist trade union in the gold fields during the 1940s.<ref name="w"/> Vasan, then a young man, arrived at the Kolar Gold Fields from [[Madras]] and went on to build a union that mobilized labourers from thirteen different mining companies. <ref name="h">''The Hindu''. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192719/http://hindu.com/2001/05/01/stories/0401402a.htm Titans who built the Left edifice in State]''</ref> He was arrested as he led a workers revolt against the British authorities.<ref>''The Hindu''. ''[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/veteran-trade-union-leader-dead/article2961881.ece Veteran trade union leader dead]''</ref> | '''K.S. Vasan''' was an [[India]]n communist politician and [[trade union]]ist from the [[Kolar Gold Fields]].<ref>Communist Party of India. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=Po6NAAAAMAAJ Documents of the Twelfth Congress of the Communist Party of India, Adhikari Nagar, Varanasi, 22 to 28 March 1982]''. New Delhi: Communist Party of India, 1982. p. 34</ref><ref>Sarkar, Subodh Chandra. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=oc05AQAAIAAJ Indian Parliament and State Legislatures, Being the Supplement to Hindustan Year Book, 1952]''. Calcutta: M.C. Sarkar, 1952. p. 79</ref> who organized the first leftist trade union in the gold fields during the 1940s.<ref name="w"/> Vasan, then a young man, arrived at the Kolar Gold Fields from [[Madras]] and went on to build a union that mobilized labourers from thirteen different mining companies.<ref name="h">''The Hindu''. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192719/http://hindu.com/2001/05/01/stories/0401402a.htm Titans who built the Left edifice in State]''</ref> He was arrested as he led a workers revolt against the British authorities.<ref>''The Hindu''. ''[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/veteran-trade-union-leader-dead/article2961881.ece Veteran trade union leader dead]''</ref> | ||
Vasan later teamed up with [[M. C. Narasimhan]] and V.M. Govindan. Together they were called the 'Red Triad'.<ref name="w">White, Bridget. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=2iFRgQXTbeAC&pg=PA46 Kolar Gold Fields: Down Memory Lane ; Paeans to Lost Glory!!]'' Milton Keynes: AuthorHouse, 2010. p. 46</ref><ref name="h"/> The Red Triad combine managed to achieve several victories for the miners, such as wage revision.<ref name="h"/> | Vasan later teamed up with [[M. C. Narasimhan]] and V.M. Govindan. Together they were called the 'Red Triad'.<ref name="w">White, Bridget. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=2iFRgQXTbeAC&pg=PA46 Kolar Gold Fields: Down Memory Lane ; Paeans to Lost Glory!!]'' Milton Keynes: AuthorHouse, 2010. p. 46</ref><ref name="h"/> The Red Triad combine managed to achieve several victories for the miners, such as wage revision.<ref name="h"/> | ||