Narayan Palekar

Narayan Palekar
Born
Narayan Vithal Palekar

(1927-07-23)23 July 1927
Dramapur, Salcete taluka, Portuguese Goa
Died25 July 2006(2006-07-25) (aged 79)
Goa Velha, Goa, India
Political partyCommunist Party of India
Other political
affiliations		Goan Peoples Party
MovementGoa Liberation Movement
Children3

Narayan Palekar (23 July 1927 – 25 July 2006) was an Indian freedom fighter who participated in the Goa liberation movement and was leader of the Communist Party of India.[1][2] He was the president of the Goa state council of the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC). He was one of the founder members of the Goan Peoples Party, of which some members later formed the CPI along with George Vaz and S. A. Dange in Goa.[3]

  1. ^ "Revisiting Goa's Liberation Story on its 59th Independence Day". NewsClick. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  2. ^ "50 Years of Goa Liberation". Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Veteran freedom fighter, communist leader Palekar passes away". Oneindia.com. 26 July 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2021.