K. Varadarajan Explained

Party:	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
K. Varadarajan
Birth Date:	4 October 1946
Death Place:	Karur, Tamilnadu

K. Varadarajan (October 4, 1946 – May 16, 2020) was a Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from Tamil Nadu of India.^[1]

Life

K. Varadharajan was born on 4 October 1946.^[2] He died at Karur, Tamil Nadu on 16 May 2020.

He had a Diploma in Civil Engineering.^[3]

Political career

Peasant Leader

K. Varadharajan was a peasant activist and the leader of All India Kisan Sabha.

He gave leadership to numerous struggles of the Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangham (or Tamil Nadu State Kisan Sabha) and took to organising the Peasantry particularly in Trichy District.^[4]

• Elected as the Secretary of Trichy District Kisan Sabha in 1974.^[5]
• Elected as the Secretary of Tamil Nadu State Kisan Sabha in 1986
• Elected as the General Secretary of All India Kisan Sabha in 1998.^[6]

Communist Leader

K. Varadharajan became a member of CPI(M) in 1968.

• Elected as the Trichy District Secretary of CPI(M) in 1978.
• Elected to the Tamil Nadu State Committee of CPI(M) in 1972.
• Elected to the State Secretariat of CPI(M) in 1986.
• Elected to the Central Committee of CPI(M) in 1998.
• Elected to the Central Secretariat of CPI(M) in 2002.
• Elected to the Polit Bureau of CPI(M) in 2005.^[7]

During the Emergency he was underground from 1975 to 1977.

He was the All India Vice President of AIKS and member of the Central Committee of the CPI-M till his death.

Notes and References

1. News: A combination of class, caste struggle must for Dalits’ emancipation, says CPI(M) . https://web.archive.org/web/20080304010422/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/28/stories/2008022853740500.htm . dead . 4 March 2008 . . 28 February 2008 . 2009-04-02 .
2. Web site: മുതിര്‍ന്ന സി.പി.എം. നേതാവ് കെ. വരദരാജന്‍ അന്തരിച്ചു. Mathrubhumi. en. 2020-05-16.
3. Web site: തമിഴ്നാട്ടിലെ സിപിഎമ്മിന്‍റെ പ്രമുഖനേതാവ് കെ വരദരാജൻ അന്തരിച്ചു. Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. ml. 2020-05-16.
4. Book: Gaur, Mahendra.. Indian affairs annual, 2006 : chronology of events (1 April 2005 to 31 March 2006). 2006. Kalpaz Publications. 81-7835-529-9. Delhi. 476698479.
5. Web site: മുതിർന്ന സിപിഐ എം നേതാവ് കെ വരദരാജൻ അന്തരിച്ചു. Deshabhimani. ml. 2020-05-16.
6. Web site: All India Kisan Sabha General Secretary, K. Varadarajan addressing a public meeting in Hyderabad on... The Hindu Images. thehinduimages.com. 2020-05-16.
7. Web site: 500 activists held at Kaverirajapuram. 2009-11-10. Deccan Herald. en. 2020-05-16.