Meghraj Tawar (died on August 27, 2017) is an Indian politician. He is a leader of the Communist Party of India. He represented

Gogunda Gogunda is a town and tehsil headquarters of Gogunda Tehsil in Udaipur district, located about in north-west from Udaipur city in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is situated on a high mountain in Aravalli hills and is reached by crossing a d ...

constituency in

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from 1980 to 1985. He is a prominent profile of the party amongst the local

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community. He died on 27 August 2017 in Rabindranath Tagore Medical College Hospital in Udaipur in age of 76.

Adivasi struggles

Tawar hails from the

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community. A prominent Adivasi cadre of the Communist Party, Tawar was detained under the

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in the 1970s for having led a campaign against usurers. According to G.S. Rao, "

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not only organised a terror against the

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s and Government officials in Gogunda, but maintained a tribal government in the region for many days. This government could be removed only through police force." As of 2011 he served as a national office bearer of the All India Adivasi Mahasabha.

Legislator

He contested the

seat in the 1977 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, finishing in second place with 8,743 votes (40.62%). He was defeated by Bhura Lal from the

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. Tawar won the Gongunda seat in the 1980 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election, obtaining 9,530 votes (33.74%).

Candidate

Tawar has contested every election to the

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(lower house of the

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) between 1984 and 2014. He contested the Salumber seat in the general elections of

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(37,260 votes, 10.56%),

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(21,837 votes, 4.88%),

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(16,203 votes, 3.86%), 1996 (24,450 votes, 5.70%),

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

(42,202 votes, 7.04%),

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(22,417 votes, 3.99%) and 2004 (32,233 votes, 5.12%).Election Commission of India.
General Elections 2004 - 17-Salumber (ST) Constituency of Rajasthan
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Statistical Report on the General Election, 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha - Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results)
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Statistical Report on the General Election, 1999 to the 12th Lok Sabha - Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results)
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Statistical Report on the General Election, 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha - Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results)
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Statistical Report on the General Election, 1989 to the Ninth Lok Sabha - Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results)
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Statistical Report on the General Election, 1999 to the Eighth Lok Sabha - Volume I (National and State Abstracts & Detailed Results)
'' He finished in third place in all of these elections. He contested the 1985 Legislative Assembly election from the

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seat, finishing in second place with 4,301 votes (14.55%). Tawar stood as a candidate for the Sarada seat in the 1990 Legislative Assembly election, finishing in third place with 3,915 votes (6.87%). He contested the Sarada seat in the 1993 Legislative Assembly election, finishing in third place with 8,109 votes (12.20%). In 1998 Tawar contested the Legislative Assembly election from the Gongunda seat, finishing in third place with 2,952 votes (4.17%). Tawar contested the Gongunda seat in the November 2003 Legislative Assembly polls; finishing third with 5,923 votes (6.42%) After new delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies, the Communist Party fielded Tawar as its candidate in the Udaipur seat in the 2009 general election. He finished in third place with 27,324 votes (3.60%).Election Commission of India.
General Elections, 2009 (15th Lok Sabh) - 25 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results
' He again contested the Gongunda seat in the 2013 Legislative Assembly election, finishing in third place with 6,416 votes. The Communist Party fielded the 75-year-old Tawar as its candidate in the Udaipur constituency in the 2014 general election.''Business Standard''.
LS polls: Raj CPI fields 3 candidates
' Tawar was the first candidate to file his nomination papers in Udaipur.''Udaipur Times''.
Four Lok Sabha election contestants file nomination
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tawar, Meghraj Living people Communist Party of India politicians from Rajasthan Communist Party of India candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Rajasthan MLAs 1977–1980 Adivasi politicians Year of birth missing (living people)