Birth anniversary held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 18 2018:
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Manipur State Committee observed the 101st birth anniversary of Comrade Soyam Satradhari at Paona Bazar yesterday.
A press release issued by secretary CPI (M) Manipur State Committee stated that 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 legislators was Takhellambam Ibotombi, who was one of the founding members of CPI in the State.
The Manipur Unit of CPI (M) paid floral tribute to his memory.
It stated that Satradhari wrote the first biography on Irawat titled "Manipurgi Itihasta Jananeta Irawat", which was published in 1972 .