Bhag Singh

Dr. Bhag Singh (1898–10 August 1966) was an Indian anti-imperialist revolutionary, freedom fighter, Kisan leader and Communist politician who was an active member of the Ghadar Party during the Indian independence movement and later became one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Early life Bhag Singh earned his master's degree from National College of Arts in Lahore, which was established by the Indian National Movement. He continued to work as a teacher in the Jhelum District in Punjab, now in Pakistan, and was active in both the Congress movement and the Gurdwara Reform Movement, which was launched by the Akali party against the British government's feudal stooges.

Communist Movement Dr. Bhag Singh got elected as Joint Secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha along with M.A. Rasul, E. M. S. Namboodiripad, and P. Sundarayya at the 9th AIKS Conference held in Netrokona, Bangladesh, from 5 to 9 April 1945. The Congress government eventually cracked down on him and issued an arrest order for him after the country gained independence in 1947. While evading the warrant and remaining underground for some time, he was caught and detained until 1952.

Soon after being released from prison, he contested in the 1957 Punjab Legislative Assembly election as a Communist Party of India candidate from the Garhshankar Assembly constituency and eventually won the seat, becoming a Member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. Dr. Bhag Singh again contested in the 1962 Punjab Legislative Assembly election from the same constituency but lost to INC candidate Rattan Singh. Along with Dalip Singh Tapiala and Harkishan Singh Surjeet, he was also a prominent figure in the Punjab Kisan movement and a leader of the Kisan Sabha. During the Indo-China War in 1962, he was again detained by the Congress government for over ten months, and during the inner struggle of the Communist Party, Bhag Singh sided with the Left Fraction, and during the 1964 split in the Communist Party of India, he became one of the 32 founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and became a member of the Central Control Commission, the party's highest decision-making body, along with Abdul Halim and C. Venkatraman.

Death After years of Prisons life and revolutionary struggle Dr. Bhag Singh's health was shattered which developed into serious Kidney trouble which eventually took his life on August 10, 1966.