Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri was an Indian politician. He was the oldest surviving member of the founding Central Committee of the Communist Party of India.
E. M. S. Namboodiripad (left) with Lyallpuri in 1966
The Communist Party of India is a Marxist–Leninist political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats, and one of the six national parties
Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri
…Singh Lyallpuri (10 April 1917 – 27 May 2013) was an Indian politician. He was the oldest surviving member of the founding Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Prior to the Partition of India, Lyallpuri's family owned roughly 150–180 acres of land in Lyallpur (present-day Faisalabad, in Pakistan). The young…
Guerrillas of the Telangana armed struggle (1946–1951)
CPI election campaign in Karol Bagh, Delhi, for the 1952 Indian general election
Swearing-in ceremony of E. M. S. Namboodiripad as first Chief Minister of Kerala, April 1957
A. K. Gopalan (left), B. T. Ranadive (center), E.M.S. Namboodiripad (right) and H. K. Konar (extreme right) with other leaders in Kolkata, 1966