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Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri

Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri, Indian politician (died 2013)

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Born
April 10, 1917
Died
May 27, 2013
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1917

About Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri

Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri was an Indian politician. He was the oldest surviving member of the founding Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). The young Lyallpuri became a political activist through the student movement in the 1930s and after finishing his BSc at Khalsa College in Amritsar he joined the Indian National Congress at the age of 18. Lyallpuri became the general secretary of MCPI.

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The world when Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri was born

Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri was born in 1917. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1917

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" – H.G. Wells

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentProfessional sports curtailed as America enters World War I
  • Top headlineUS enters World War I
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical military use of sonar
  • World population~1.77B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population100.8M

1917 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19172026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Population100.8M341 million

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