Shamsher Singh Sheri

Shamsher Singh Sheri (1942 – 30 October 2005), commonly known by his nom de guerre, Karam Singh , was a communist leader and a Politburo member of the CPI (Maoist) in India.

Early life and family Sheri was born in the village of Khokhar Kalan, in the Sangrur district, Punjab. Soon after his birth his father died. He belonged to a middle class family. He had six brothers and three sisters. Sheri was married to Harbans Kaur in 1957.

In January 2003 RCCI(M) merged with the Maoist Communist Centre, which became the Maoist Communist Centre of India. Sheri became a Central Committee member of MCCI. After the merger of MCCI into the Communist Party of India (Maoist) in 2004, Sheri became a member of the Central Committee (Provisional) of the new party.