[1] He won the Damansara seat at 23 in the 1959 elections, representing Parti Rakyat Malaysia which was then part of the Socialist Front coalition.
[5] Karam also won the Serdang state assembly seat by defeating another MCA man Chan Chee Hong by a majority of 1,889 votes.
[2] In April 1967, he was detained for four years in solitary confinement under the ISA for leading a march of sacked rubber plantation workers from Bukit Asahan Estate in Malacca to Kuala Lumpur.
[5] Described by his party colleague Dr Syed Husin Ali as a gentle speaker who could be fiery in Parliament, Karam Singh was also drawn to the struggle for justice in India.
Her widowed husband, leftist journalist Martin Jacques filed a lawsuit over her death claiming racial prejudice and medical negligence at the hospital which treated her.
[8] His son Keshminder served as a municipal councillor in Subang Jaya appointed by Parti Keadilan Rakyat, following its breakthrough in the 2008 general elections in Malaysia.