Yagya Dutt Sharma, often known as YD, was an Indian trade unionist and politician belonging to the Communist Party of India.
Sharma was born 1 March 1918, in Jakhauli village, Rohtak District.[1] He shifted to Delhi in 1930, and seven year later he graduated from Shri Ram College of Commerce.[1] During his student year he was active in the All India Students Federation.[1] He went on to finish his postgraduate studies in Economics at St. Stephen's College.[1] He worked as a lecturer at Ramjas College.[1] In 1939 he became a CPI member.[1] He was one of the founders of the Delhi unit of the party in 1944, and went on to become a Central Committee member of CPI in 1951.[1][2][3] He spent the period of 1948-1950 underground.[1] Sharma attended the 1952 Peking Asia and Pacific Rim Peace Conference as an observer.[4]
In 1973 he became the secretary of the All India Trade Union Congress, later becoming its vice president.[1]
Sharma died on 11 January 2004.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Trade unionist Y.D. Sharma dead". The Tribune. India. 12 January 2004. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
- ^ Mainstream Weekly. Birth and Growth of Communist Party in Delhi
- ^ Communist Party of India. Congress (2005). Documents of the ... Congress of the Communist Party of India. The Party. p. 2.
- ^ Marshall Windmiller (2011). Communism in India. University of California Press. p. 573. GGKEY:NSY99CAKNFU.