Dr. Raj Bahadur Gour: October 2012

Dr. Raj Bahadur Gour

Dr. Raj Bahadur Gour was born in Hyderabad on July 21, 1918. He did his MBBS from Osmania Medical collage. He joined the freedom struggle during his student life. He participated in the anti-Nizam Struggle, built first trade unions in the Nizam state and was a close associate of Comrades Ravi Narayan Reddy and Makhdoom Mohiuddin, the heroes of Telangana Armed Struggle. He wrote the famous booklet “Tri-colour shall fly over Hyderabad” for integration of the Nizam state with India.

Dr. Gour was an elected member of Rajya Sabha for two terms. He who worked as city secretary of CPI during the troubled years in Hyderabad after its integration, was elected to the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of CPI in 1978. He was a prominent trade union leader.

Dr. Raj Bahadur Gour, who championed the cause of Urdu in India, was president of All India Anjuman Taraqqui-e-Urdu for long. He has a number of Urdu books to his credit. He published memoirs as well as a collection of English articles “Random Writings” in English.

A veteran freedom fighter, a hero of Telangana Armed Struggle and communist leader comrade Raj Bahadur Gour passed away on 7th October 2011 at Hyderabad. He was 93 years old.

Dr. Raj Bahadur Gour

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

English Internationale (with lyrics)