Raj Bahadur Gour

He was active with the Comrades Association and the Communist Party of India, and at the forefront of the 1946–1947 Telangana Rebellion against the Nizam of the erstwhile Hyderabad state.

He was founder general secretary of the AITUC affiliated All Hyderabad Trade Union Council of which Makhdoom Mohiuddin was the president.

Graduated from Osmania Medical College with a degree in medicine, demonstrating fluency in Urdu, the medium of instruction during his time.

[3] Inspired by the October Socialist Revolution and driven by a strong sense of social justice, Gour joined the "Comrades Association" alongside Makhdoom Mohiuddin, a renowned Urdu poet and revolutionary.

[citation needed] Gour played a key role in the Telangana Armed Struggle (1946-1948), a peasant rebellion against the oppressive feudal rule of the Nizam.

Following the merger of Hyderabad with the Indian Union in 1948, Dr. Gour continued his political activism as a member of the Communist Party of India (CPI).

He served as the President of the Andhra Pradesh Bank Employees Federation and the State AITUC, and was highly respected for his leadership and negotiating skills.

A veteran freedom fighter, a hero of Telangana Armed Struggle and communist leader comrade Gour died on 7 October 2011 at Hyderabad.