Comrade Mankumar Singha, a veteran leader of the Tripura unit of CPI(ML) and lifelong fighter for the rights of the poor and landless, passed away at the age of 74 years on July 10 at a hospital in Silchar in Assam. Born in August 1951 into a landless family plagued by poverty, he grew up amidst the harsh realities of deprivation. He was a resident of Village Nadiapur, Dharmanagar, North Tripura District. His journey into revolutionary activism began early, inspired by the historic food movement of the 1960s and guided by his close association with the legendary revolutionary leader Comrade Gobinda Teli.
Along with Comrade Gobinda Teli and others, Comrade Mankumar too faced imprisonment and torture during the 1970s. Released after the Emergency, he continued to work for the party and played a leading role in forming the Indian People's Front in Tripura.
His legacy as a steadfast fighter for the struggles of the toiling masses will remain a source of inspiration for the revolutionary communist movement in Tripura.
