Prabhakar Sanzgiri

Prabhakar Sanzgiri Born on 25/9/1921 (died 9 March 2009, in Vikhroli) was a communist politician, trade union organiser and newspaper editor from Maharashtra, India.

[1] Sanzgiri was active in building a base of CITU, the trade union centre linked to CPI(M), in Bhandup, especially amongst the tyre-factory workers of CEAT Limited.

During his lifetime, Sanzgiri authored many books, such as Anuchya Antarangat, Manavachi Kahani, Charvaka Te Marx and Dr Ambedkar: A Marxist evaluation.

[citation needed] He had resigned from his post as Maharashtra State Committee Secretary of the party two years earlier, due to ill health.

His wife and fellow CPI(M) leader, Suman Sanzgiri, has written a biography on his political career, titled Lal Chhayet Kranticha Shodh.