Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri

Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri (10 April 1917 – 27 May 2013) was an Indian politician.

Political activist Prior to the Partition of India, Lyallpuri's family owned roughly 150–180 acres of land in Lyallpur (present-day Faisalabad, in Pakistan). Whilst in jail, he was ordered by the party leadership to instigate a prisoner revolt, which led to riots and a hunger strike. He fasted for nine weeks. He would hold this post for 18 years. In 1961 he became the general secretary of the All India Kisan Sabha.

In CPI(M) In 1964, he took part in the founding of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Lyallpuri was jailed during the 1975 Emergency.

Dissident leader In 1992 Lyallpuri led a split in the CPI(M) in protest against rapprochement with the Congress Party. Lyallpuri and other CPI(M) dissidents joined the Marxist Communist Party of India. Lyallpuri became the general secretary of MCPI.

Autobiography In 2010 Lyallpuri released his autobiography, My Life My Times.