Sunil Mishra

Sunil Mishra
Dr Sunilam
Personal details
Born Sunil Mishra
27 July 1961
Sultaniya Hospital, Bhopal
Nationality Indian
Political party Samajwadi Party
Spouse(s) Mrs Vandana Mishra
Relations Narmada prasad Mishra (Father),Adarsh Mishra( brother),Dr Sushma Mishra( sister)
Children Shaswat Mishra
Residence Kisan Kutir, Station Road, Multai. Permanent Address:82, sector 1, Vinay Nagar, Gwalior
Alma mater Delhi University
Occupation Social Activist

Dr Sunilam, birth name Sunil Mishra (27 July 1961– ) is a social activist, politician, writer, and former physicist.

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Early life

Sunil Mishra was born on 27 July 1961, at Govt. Sultaniya Hospital in Bhopal, India.

His primary to higher-secondary studies were carried out in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Gwalior. He graduated from Govt. Science College, Gwalior and completed his post-graduate Msc Applied Physics from M.I.T.S., Gwalior's engineering college. Sunilam received a PhD in Bio-Medical Electronics from Delhi University. He was Research Associate with CISR. After returning from Burn's Institute, Melbourne, Australia, he became a full-time political worker.

Sunilam also took the responsibility of editing Georage Fernandez' Pratipaksha newspaper. He also managed the editorial work of Nayachakra Magazine of Shri Ram Vilas Paswan.

Through Samajwadi Yuvjan Sabha, he as a schoolchild, participated in a rally demonstration against emergency events. He was district president of Yuva Janata Dal. Later he was the National General Secretary of Yuva Janta for 10 years.

Sunilam was elected International Vice President of International Union of Socialist Youth (an organization of socialist youths of 120 countries connected to Socialist International) in Milan, Italy. He travelled widely to represent the youth of India, in 60 countries of the world, and he kept his analysis in front of the world during presentations.

Being the founder President of Kisan Sangharsh Samiti (Farmers Struggle Committee), he offered his leadership for Kisan Andolans.[1] He was sent to prison for three months, after his arrest in Kisan Andolan at Multai, M.P, where 24 innocent farmers/kisans were shot dead and 250 injured under police firing on 12 January 1998. Congress Government has lodged 66 false cases against Dr Sunilam and his associate farmers in one single incident of police firing in Multai. Every month, Kisan sangharsh Samiti, Madhya Pradesh organises the Kisan Mahapanchayat (General Meeting of Farmers). On 12 January 2011, the 175th Kisan Mahapanchayat was organized.

In 1998, Sunilam won the legislative assembly seat of Multai, by a margin of 50% votes. He contested this seat as People's candidate of farmers community (Jan Ummidawar of Kisan community) in Kisan mahapanchayat. Later, with the help of various Madhya Pradesh kisan sangathans, he made Kisan-Mazdoor-Adiwasi Kranti Dal, which merged with the Samajwadi Party; he again won the Multai assembly seat in 2003, with 60% of polled votes. He was made the Leader of the Samajwadi Legislative Party of Madhya Pradesh, by party president Shri Mulayam Singh Yadavj, and he was also appointed as National Secretary of Samajwadi Party.

Publication work

Dr. Sunilam published and co-authored two books. In Samajwadi Andolan ke Dastavej (in Hindi with Prof. Vinod Prasad Singh), he collected various facts and papers relating to Samajwadi Andolan. In English he prepared a book with Shri Surendra Mohan, the late shri HariDev Sharma and Prof. V.P. Singh titled "Evolution of Socialist Policy in India". Sunilam also compiled a book on Urvasiam lohia of the northeastern frontier. Sunilam continues to write articles in national newspapers and local dailies.[2]

Offices

Sunilam is a managing trustee of Lohiya’s Samta Adivasi kendra at the village Urdan, Panchayat Jamadhi, Betul. For almost a decade, he was monitor for CAPART, evaluating various projects. He is active with many kisan and Jan sangathans (social groups), like INSAF, NAPM, Coordination Committee of farmers organization, collision for GM free India, Yusuf Meher Ali yuva biradari, Rastriya Seva dal Sangathan, and Socialist Front.

Travels

Sunilam has travelled the length and breadth of Madhya Pradesh states three times, covering 15,000 kilometres (9,000 mi) for various campaigns. During Dr Ram Manohar's birth-centenary year, Sunilam travelled by road through 21 states and completed 20,000 kilometres (12,000 mi). Saptakranti Vichar yatra was organized by Rastriya Seva Dal and Yusuf Meher ali yuva Biradari. On the occasion of the birth-centenary year of Mama Baleshwar dayal, Sunilam started from Nivarikala (Etawa,U.P) and travelled in Samta yatra to Jhabua.[3] The next month, Sunilam has undertaken Saptakranti Vichar yatra to northeastern states.

He is also National Secretary of the Indian solidarity committee for Freedom Democracy and Human Rights[4] and National President of Bhutan Solidarity, which is fighting for Democracy in Bhutan. He is also supporting the movement for restoration of Democracy in Burma and Freedom of Tibet,[5] In the last nineteen years, Sunilam has organized 150 youth camps in various parts of India, for training young socialists.

Different governments have imposed 132 court cases against him. He has been arrested more than 125 times.[6] Still he is fighting for the cause. He is regularly writing articles for Hindi daily Jansatta, Aaj Samaj, People's Samachar, Khabaryaar weekly, Sputanik weekly, Mahabeer Samata Sandesh Weekly, in Hindi and English, Janta weekly and English monthly The Otherside.

References

  1. ^ http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article266.html
  2. ^ OrissaDiary.com, webpage: OD.
  3. ^ http://www.narmada.org/nba-press-releases/may-2006/May03_polkhol.html
  4. ^ http://insoco.org.in
  5. ^ http://www.equal-justice.eu/index.php
  6. ^ "Farmers’ leader released from detention". The Financial Express. 21 December 2005. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/farmers-leader-released-from-detention/155013/. Retrieved 11 March 2010. "Sunilam was arrested on December 17 by the Hong Kong police from the Wan Chai area when several Indian farmers, trade unionists and NGOs joined their Korean, Thai and Indonesian counterparts in a peaceful protest march." 

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