About Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri
Jagjit Singh Lyallpuri (10 April 1917 – 27 May 2013) was an Indian politician. He was the oldest surviving member of the founding Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). == Political activist == Prior to the Partition of India, Lyallpuri's family owned roughly 150–180 acres of land in Lyallpur (present-day Faisalabad, in Pakistan). 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's parents were reluctant towards his entry into politics. They preferred that he'd embark on a professional career instead. Lyallpuri obtained his LLB from the Government Law College in Lahore in 1940. He soon became a professional revolutionary and cadre of the Kirti Kisan Party, was included in the Central Committee of the party and a leader of the Punjab Kisan Sabha. The Kirti Kisan Party later merged into the Communist Party of India. == After Partition == As a result of Partition, Lyallpuri moved to Ludhiana.
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