S.G. Patkar

S.G. Patkar (1911 - 1972) was an Indian trade unionist and politician.

He was born in 1911.[1] Patkar was a member of the Bombay Provincial Congress Committee for 7 years and a member of the All India Congress Committee for 6 years.[2] He was part of the small nucleus building the Communist Party of India as a national organization in 1933.[3] As of 1935 he was a member of the executive committee of the All India Trade Union Congress.[4]

Patkar was elected to the Bombay Municipal Corporation in 1940.[2] He served as secretary of the Girni Kamgar Union (GKU) 1937–1942, then serving as the general secretary of GKU 1942–1951.[2] Patkar was one of the communist leaders arrested during a GKU general strike on 4 March 1940.[5] Patkar was released from jail in July 1942.[6]

Patkar was expelled from CPI in 1950, but was soon thereafter readmitted as party member.[2] He was a member of the CPI Central Committee 1953–1956.[2] He was elected to the Bombay Legislative Assembly in 1957, representing the Sewree constituency.[2][7] He was part of the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti caucus in the Bombay Legislative Assembly.[7]

Patkar was a member of the Administrative Council of the Trade Union International of Textile, Leather and Fur Workers Unions.[8] He died on 5 February 1972.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Trade Union Record. All-India Trade Union Congress. 1972. p. 10.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Marshall Windmiller (2011). Communism in India. University of California Press. p. 569. GGKEY:NSY99CAKNFU.
  3. ^ Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation. From Fragmentation to Reorganisation
  4. ^ Prem Sagar Gupta (1980). A Short History of All-India Trade Union Congress 1920-1947. AITUC Publication. p. 259.
  5. ^ Meera Kosambi (2000). Intersections: Socio-cultural Trends in Maharashtra. Orient Blackswan. pp. 156–157. ISBN 978-81-250-1878-0.
  6. ^ D N Gupta (5 August 2008). Communism and Nationalism in Colonial India, 1939-45. SAGE Publications. p. 207. ISBN 978-81-321-0008-9.
  7. ^ a b Sir Stanley Reed (1970). The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. Bennett, Coleman & Company. p. 342.
  8. ^ World Federation of Trade Unions (1973). VIIIe Congrès syndical mondial: compte-rendu des travaux, Varna, 15-22 octobre 1973. Fédération syndicale mondiale. p. 8.