Suneet Chopra (24 December 1941 – 4 April 2023) was an Indian

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politician and

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ist. He was the All-India joint secretary of the All India Agricultural Workers Union. He was a

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member of the

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. Earlier he was on the Central Committee of the Students Federation of India and a founding member of the SFI in

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New Delhi. Later in 1980 he was the founding All-India treasurer of the

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and became vice president in 1984. Chopra was born on 24 December 1941 in

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. He was also an art critic, writer, and poet. He was an alumnus of Modern School and

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, and

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. He taught science at Holland Park School. He taught African studies at the

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and later regional development at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. He supported communism in India. Chopra died in

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on 4 April 2023, at age 81.Agri Workers Union Leader and Art Critic, Suneet Chopra, Passes Away
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1941 births 2023 deaths Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal Trade unionists from West Bengal University of Calcutta alumni St. Columba's School, Delhi alumni Alumni of SOAS University of London Indian trade unionists {{CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub