President of The Punjab Kisan Sabha
In 1942 he was elected as President of the All India Kisan Sabha - Punjab and held this position for seven years. It was in that capacity that he organized the Harsha Chhina Moga Morcha in 1946, as a result of which he was detained in Lahore jail for three months. He also held a post of Secretary of the Punjab Communist Party.
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