Deepak Dhawan

Deepak Dhawan was the State Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) representing Punjab and also Joint Secretary of Khet Mazdoor Union, a mass organisation of CPI, which campaigns for the rights of landless agricultural labourers. He was a member of All India Students' Federation in D.A.V College, Amritsar, and an elected President of Student Council at Guru [Nanak Dev University]. On 19 May 1987, he was killed by Khalistan movement extremists at Sangha village, Tarn Taran district.

Commemoration

On 19 June 2020, on the 33rd anniversary of his death, the Revolutionary [Marxist Party of India] launched a calendar to commemorate Dhawan and highlight the principles of socialism by which he lived and sacrificed his life.