Khagendra Jamatia (c. 1954 – 2 March 2018) was an Indian politician. A member of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in term ...

since 1983, Jamatia first represented the party while standing in the 1988

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elections. He subsequently won reelection five consecutive times through 2013, and was again backed by the CPM in the 2018 election cycle. During his campaign, Jamatia was diagnosed with cancer, and died in the

All India Institute of Medical Sciences The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a group of autonomous government public medical universities of higher education under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare , Government of India. These institutes ha ...

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on 2 March 2018, aged 64.

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