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'''Sant Singh Yusuf''' was an Indian [[trade union]]ist and politician.
'''Sant Singh Yusuf''' was an Indian [[trade union]]ist and politician.


In the 1920s he organised cotton mill workers unions in [[Delhi]] and [[Bombay]].<ref name="Pandey1970"/> His adopted name combined his paternal Hindu name Sant Singh and Maulana Yusuf, a Muslim alias he had used whilst in clandestine activities in the 1930s.<ref name="Molund1988">{{cite book|author=Stefan Molund|title=First We are People--: The Koris of Kanpur Between Caste and Class|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8vItAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Department of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm|isbn=978-91-7146-701-0|page=63}}</ref> The [[Communist Party of India]] sent Sant Singh ''alias'' Mohammed Yusuf to [[Kanpur]] in 1936, to become a trade union organiser there.<ref name=ssybio1>Pandey, S. M. ''[https://www.jstor.org/stable/27760757 Ideological Conflict in the Kanpur Trade Union Movement, 1934-1945]''. ''Indian Journal of Industrial Relations'', vol. 3, no. 3, 1968, pp. 243–268. JSTOR. Accessed 6 Sept. 2020.</ref> On September 9, 1936 he led over 2,000 workers at a strike at the Atherton West Cotton Mills.<ref name=ssybio1/><ref name="Pandey1970">{{cite book|author=Shiva Mohan Pandey|title=As Labour Organizes: A Study of Unionism in the Kanpur Cotton Textile Industry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1XAEAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Shri Ram Centre for Industrial Relations|page=47}}</ref>
In the 1920s he organised cotton mill workers unions in [[Delhi]] and [[Bombay]].<ref name="Pandey1970"/> His adopted name combined his paternal Hindu name Sant Singh and Maulana Yusuf, a Muslim alias he had used whilst in clandestine activities in the 1930s.<ref name="Molund1988">{{cite book|author=Stefan Molund|title=First We are People--: The Koris of Kanpur Between Caste and Class|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8vItAAAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Department of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm|isbn=978-91-7146-701-0|page=63}}</ref> The [[Communist Party of India]] sent Sant Singh ''alias'' Mohammed Yusuf to [[Kanpur]] in 1936, to become a trade union organiser there.<ref name=ssybio1>Pandey, S. M. ''[https://www.jstor.org/stable/27760757 Ideological Conflict in the Kanpur Trade Union Movement, 1934-1945]''. ''Indian Journal of Industrial Relations'', vol. 3, no. 3, 1968, pp. 243–268. JSTOR. Accessed 6 Sept. 2020.</ref> On 9 September 1936 he led over 2,000 workers at a strike at the Atherton West Cotton Mills.<ref name=ssybio1/><ref name="Pandey1970">{{cite book|author=Shiva Mohan Pandey|title=As Labour Organizes: A Study of Unionism in the Kanpur Cotton Textile Industry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1XAEAAAAMAAJ|year=1970|publisher=Shri Ram Centre for Industrial Relations|page=47}}</ref>


Yusuf served as general secretary of the Kanpur Mazdoor Sabha 1937-1938 during the presidency of [[Harihar Nath Shastri]] and during the 1937 general strike.<ref name="Brass1965">{{cite book|author=Paul R. Brass|title=Factional Politics in an Indian State: The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KulsjpUIxeUC&pg=PA197|year=1965|publisher=University of California Press|pages=137–138|id=GGKEY:FH10XD57FZH}}</ref> Yusuf was elected president of the Kanpur Mazdoor Sabha in 1938, supported by coalition of communist and anti-Shastri [[Indian National Congress]] members.<ref name="Brass1965"/> At the August 21, 1938 KMS assembly Yusuf obtained 70 votes against 44 for the [[Congress Socialist Party|Congress Socialist]] Shastri.<ref name=ssybio1/>
Yusuf served as general secretary of the Kanpur Mazdoor Sabha 1937-1938 during the presidency of [[Harihar Nath Shastri]] and during the 1937 general strike.<ref name="Brass1965">{{cite book|author=Paul R. Brass|title=Factional Politics in an Indian State: The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KulsjpUIxeUC&pg=PA197|year=1965|publisher=University of California Press|pages=137–138|id=GGKEY:FH10XD57FZH}}</ref> Yusuf was elected president of the Kanpur Mazdoor Sabha in 1938, supported by coalition of communist and anti-Shastri [[Indian National Congress]] members.<ref name="Brass1965"/> At the 21 August 1938 KMS assembly Yusuf obtained 70 votes against 44 for the [[Congress Socialist Party|Congress Socialist]] Shastri.<ref name=ssybio1/>


Yusuf ran as a candidate for the [[Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanpur seat]] in the [[1952 Indian general election]], finishing in third place with 22.1% of the votes.<ref>''Economic & Political Weekly''. ''[https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1962_14/28-29-30/ii__an_industrial_labour_constituency_kanpur.pdf II An Industrial Labour Constituency: Kanpur]''</ref> He led the 1955 strike in Kanpur.<ref name=turssy/>
Yusuf ran as a candidate for the [[Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanpur seat]] in the [[1952 Indian general election]], finishing in third place with 22.1% of the votes.<ref>''Economic & Political Weekly''. ''[https://www.epw.in/system/files/pdf/1962_14/28-29-30/ii__an_industrial_labour_constituency_kanpur.pdf II An Industrial Labour Constituency: Kanpur]''</ref> He led the 1955 strike in Kanpur.<ref name=turssy/>
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As of the mid-1970s he served as the President of the Uttar Pradesh Trade Union Congress.<ref>{{cite book|title=Amity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ppAEL1mUjqAC|year=1975|publisher=Indo-Soviet Cultural Society.|page=8}}</ref> He served as vice president of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]].<ref name=turssy/>
As of the mid-1970s he served as the President of the Uttar Pradesh Trade Union Congress.<ref>{{cite book|title=Amity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ppAEL1mUjqAC|year=1975|publisher=Indo-Soviet Cultural Society.|page=8}}</ref> He served as vice president of the [[All India Trade Union Congress]].<ref name=turssy/>


Sant Singh Yusuf died in Kanpur on June 6, 1982 after protracted illness, at the age of 76.<ref name="Kaul1978">{{cite book|author=Vimla Kaul|title=India Since Independence: Chronology of Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eCgKAQAAIAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Sagar Publications|page=1655}}</ref><ref name=turssy>{{cite book|title=Trade Union Record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3HtAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=All-India Trade Union Congress|page=8}}</ref>
Sant Singh Yusuf died in Kanpur on 6 June 1982 after protracted illness, at the age of 76.<ref name="Kaul1978">{{cite book|author=Vimla Kaul|title=India Since Independence: Chronology of Events|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eCgKAQAAIAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Sagar Publications|page=1655}}</ref><ref name=turssy>{{cite book|title=Trade Union Record|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H3HtAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=All-India Trade Union Congress|page=8}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 22:11, 9 July 2023

Sant Singh Yusuf was an Indian trade unionist and politician.

In the 1920s he organised cotton mill workers unions in Delhi and Bombay.[1] His adopted name combined his paternal Hindu name Sant Singh and Maulana Yusuf, a Muslim alias he had used whilst in clandestine activities in the 1930s.[2] The Communist Party of India sent Sant Singh alias Mohammed Yusuf to Kanpur in 1936, to become a trade union organiser there.[3] On 9 September 1936 he led over 2,000 workers at a strike at the Atherton West Cotton Mills.[3][1]

Yusuf served as general secretary of the Kanpur Mazdoor Sabha 1937-1938 during the presidency of Harihar Nath Shastri and during the 1937 general strike.[4] Yusuf was elected president of the Kanpur Mazdoor Sabha in 1938, supported by coalition of communist and anti-Shastri Indian National Congress members.[4] At the 21 August 1938 KMS assembly Yusuf obtained 70 votes against 44 for the Congress Socialist Shastri.[3]

Yusuf ran as a candidate for the Kanpur seat in the 1952 Indian general election, finishing in third place with 22.1% of the votes.[5] He led the 1955 strike in Kanpur.[6]

Yusuf won the Kanpur II seat in the 1962 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, obtaining 23,119 votes (34.54%).[7] S.S. Yusuf finished in third place in the Govind Nagar seat in the 1967 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, obtaining 9,907 votes (17.89%).[8] He won the Govind Nagar seat in the 1974 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.[9]

As of the mid-1970s he served as the President of the Uttar Pradesh Trade Union Congress.[10] He served as vice president of the All India Trade Union Congress.[6]

Sant Singh Yusuf died in Kanpur on 6 June 1982 after protracted illness, at the age of 76.[11][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Shiva Mohan Pandey (1970). As Labour Organizes: A Study of Unionism in the Kanpur Cotton Textile Industry. Shri Ram Centre for Industrial Relations. p. 47.
  2. ^ Stefan Molund (1988). First We are People--: The Koris of Kanpur Between Caste and Class. Department of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm. p. 63. ISBN 978-91-7146-701-0.
  3. ^ a b c Pandey, S. M. Ideological Conflict in the Kanpur Trade Union Movement, 1934-1945. Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 3, no. 3, 1968, pp. 243–268. JSTOR. Accessed 6 Sept. 2020.
  4. ^ a b Paul R. Brass (1965). Factional Politics in an Indian State: The Congress Party in Uttar Pradesh. University of California Press. pp. 137–138. GGKEY:FH10XD57FZH.
  5. ^ Economic & Political Weekly. II An Industrial Labour Constituency: Kanpur
  6. ^ a b c Trade Union Record. All-India Trade Union Congress. 1982. p. 8.
  7. ^ Election Commission of India. Uttar Pradesh 1962
  8. ^ Election Commission of India. Uttar Pradesh 1967
  9. ^ Sir Stanley Reed (1974). The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who. Bennett, Coleman & Company. p. 675.
  10. ^ Amity. Indo-Soviet Cultural Society. 1975. p. 8.
  11. ^ Vimla Kaul (1978). India Since Independence: Chronology of Events. Sagar Publications. p. 1655.
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