Mohan Punamia was an Indian trade unionist and politician. Punamia, then the Rajasthan secretary of the

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, was detained and jailed 1964-1965 under Defense of India Rules. In April 1964 Punamia was one of 32 members of the

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National Council that

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and formed the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He served as the CPI(M) Rajasthan State Committee secretary. When the

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was founded in 1970, Punamiya became the founding president of CITU in Rajasthan. In 1981 Punamia was expelled from CPI(M). A split also occurred in CITU, in 1982 Punamia founded the Rajasthan Trade Union Centre. In 1983 he founded a new party, the

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(MCPI). Punamia served as secretary of MCPI. In 1986 he founded the

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. He died in Jaipur on 4 June 1997.

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