Harpal Brar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Harpal Brar

Indian politician

Date of Birth: 05-Oct-1939

Place of Birth: Sri Muktsar Sahib, India

Profession: politician

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Harpal Brar (born 5 October 1939) is an Indian communist politician, writer and businessman, based in Britain.
He is the founder and former chairman of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist), a role from which he stood down in 2018.
Brar was appointed Eternal Honorary Chairman of the Party in August 2019. Born in Muktsar, Punjab, British India, Brar has lived and worked in Britain since 1962, first as a student, then as a lecturer in law at Harrow College of Higher Education (later merged into the renamed University of Westminster), and later in the textile business.
Brar owns buildings in West London which he uses for CPGB-ML party activity, and he part-owns an internet shop called "Madeleine Trehearne and Harpal Brar" which sells shawls. Brar is the editor of a far-left political newspaper called Lalkar, which was a paper belonging to the Indian Workers' Association before Brar inherited it.
Brar has written multiple books on subjects such as Communism, Indian republicanism, imperialism, anti-Zionism, anti-Colonialism, and the British General Strike.
He is also a co-founder of the Hands off China Campaign.