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Imphal, Sept 18,
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Manipur State Committee observed the 101st Birth Anniversary of Comrade Soyam Satradhari at Paona Bazar , Imphal yesterday .Comrade Soyam Satradhari was one of the two Communist legislators elected to the first Electoral College of Manipur (Assembly) in 1952 held after the ban on the communist were lifted in the country. The other legislator was Takkellambam Ibotombi, popularly known as Phototombi , who was one of the founder members of the Communist Party in the state.
Satradhari came to Manipur in 1936 after he was informed that the Assam police has a plan to arrest him for his activities as a cadre of the armed group of those days-ANUSHILAN SAMITI . Later he met Jananeta Hijam Irabot t Singh during the late 1930s and became a founder member of the Communist Party in 1048 and works under Irabot ‘s leadership. As a follower of Irabot he was assigned important responsibilities by the leadership of communist party.Satradhari contributed a path breaking research on the life and works of Irawat. He wrote the first biography on Irabot – MANIPURGI ITIHASTA JANANETA IRABOT and that was published by Manipur unit of All India Kisan Sabha in 1972 . Also published a collection of poems IMAGI PUJA written by Hijam Irawat Singh during his prison days in Sylhet Jail.
Satradhari participated in the movement for legislative assembly , Manipuri language and culture , against AFSPA etc. He died on 25th November 2006 .
The Manipur unit of CPI(M) also paid floral tributes to his memory on the 101st Birth Anniversary of Comrade Soyam Satradhari.
