Kewal Kaur: A Great Punjabi Woman

From the information provided by Amarjit Chandan, this is all we know about Kewal Kaur:

Kewal Kaur (c1940. Samrai BhodaN. Jalandhar – 1982)

Kewal Kaur, a Naxalite activist. Photo by A. Chandan

An activist of the Maoist-Naxalite CPI (ML) in East Punjab, Kewal Kaur was jailed during Moga agitation in 1972.

She was the Editor of a Punjabi magazine Ma (The Mother).

Kewal Kaur was forced to commit suicide in Jalandhar in 1982.

Photo by Amarjit Chandan, Jallandhar 1974

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