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Tha. Pandian: A lifetime in service of the oppressed
Pandian was just 16 when he was first arrested in 1948, a year after Independence, after the Communist Party was banned in the country.
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Communist party members pay their final respect to Tha Pandian at the Indian Communist party office in T Nagar on Friday | AsAshwi n prasath
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MADURAI: “Until I die, I will keep Tamils awake and aware with my speech,” thundered Tha. Pandian just 10 days ago at a State conference of the Communist Party of India in Madurai. Pandian passed away on Friday following a brief bout of illness. He was 88. He is set to be buried in his ancestral village of Kezh Vellamalaipatti near Usilampatti, where he wandered around in his early years spreading Communist philosophy. The veteran Communist is survived by two daughters and son, P Jawahar.
Veteran communist leader D Pandiyan passes away at 88
Pandiyan was among those to sustain serious injuries during the bomb blast that killed former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi and others.
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CHENNAI: Veteran communist leader and two-time Lok Sabha MP D Pandiyan passed away on Friday following a brief illness. The 88-year-old CPI national committee member is survived by two daughters and his son P Jawahar.
Pandiyan was born at Keezhavellaimalaipatti near Usilampatti in Madurai district in 1932. In 1948, at the age of 16, he was arrested when the Communist party was banned in the country. He completed his graduation in English at Alagappa College in Karaikudi and joined the faculty in the same department. His wife Joyce was also a teacher.
Veteran Indian CPI leader passes away
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D. Pandian was seriously injured in 1991 bomb blast that killed former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
Former Member of Parliament and CPI leader D.Pandian (88) died here on Friday owing to prolonged illness.
Suffering from chronic kidney problems, Pandian was admitted to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital on Wednesday as his health condition turned worse.
Pandian s condition turned critical on Thursday night and was put on a ventilator but he passed away on Friday morning, a hospital official said.
A trade unionist Pandian headed the party s state unit thrice and was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1989 and 1991 elections.