Shamsher Singh Sheri (1942 – 30 October 2005), commonly known by his nom de guerre, Karam Singh (Hindi pronunciation: [krm sɪŋɦ]), was a communist leader and a Politburo member of the CPI (Maoist) in India.
[1] Sheri was born in the village of Khokhar Kalan, in the Sangrur district, Punjab.
The elder one, Krantipal Singh, an artist by training but engaged in farming; while the younger one Sachinder Pal Singh Pali, an M. Phil holder in economics from Panjab University, is associated with Students for Society, a student organization of Panjab University.
In 1974 he joined the Punjab Communist Revolutionary Committee of Harbhajan Sohi, which merged into the UCCRI(ML) in 1976.
Sheri became the Secretary of one of the factions, Revolutionary Communist Centre of India (Maoist).